Au Clair de la Lune^ We listened to this in class yesterday. The first part is the world’s oldest recording, a 15-year-old girl singing “Au Clair de la Lune” from 1860. Soooo crazy. Some of the comments on the video likened it to the voice of a ghost, because it’s so scratchy. It is prettyContinue reading “oldest recordings and wolfie!”
Monthly Archives: January 2009
discoveries and quotes
Whoa whoa whoa HELLO AND WHOA, I just found out today that The Last Tycoon (F. Scott Fitzgerald’s unfinished novel, which I read over winter break) was made into a movie! What’s more, it stars Robert De Niro and Jack Nicholson?! I am soooo intrigued. The Last Tycoon was a fascinating read, although Fitzgerald diedContinue reading “discoveries and quotes”
i love this.
The Psalm Of Lifeby Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Tell me not, in mournful numbers,Life is but an empty dream!–For the soul is dead that slumbers,And things are not what they seem. Life is real! Life is earnest!And the grave is not its goal;Dust thou art, to dust returnest,Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment, andContinue reading “i love this.”
I feel more like a music major every day
My current obsession is in the form of a song. More specifically, it’s the 3-minute introduction to Tchaikovsky’s 1st piano concerto. I really can’t find words to describe it, but about 2 and a half minutes in, I feel like the strings are gripping my heart and pulling me up into the heavens, haha. MeanwhileContinue reading “I feel more like a music major every day”
