I thought a nice way to acknowledge that Spring is upon us would be to open a few little windows and let some music in.
A Woman playing a Lute to Two Men
Gerard ter Borchabout 1667-8
Rossini: Finale from “William Tell” Overture San Francisco Symphony
This is here because every time I see it, I love it.
Dancing Woman
Rabindranath Tagore1928/1940
These little windows are made to be enjoyed by firelight.
Painted Fire Screen
Jacques Vigoureux Duplessis1700
This is copy of a painting by Leonardo da Vinci in the Louvre (inv. 775) which is dated to 1513-1516, at the end of the artist’s career. Scholars are now considering the possibility that the Walters’ version was actually executed at the same time, alongside the original. As in the original, the Baptist wears a leopard skin, usually considered an attribute of Bacchus.
I want this played at my funeral…and all attendees to do this dance.
“Popcorn” (first version “Pop Corn”) is an instrumental composed by Gershon Kingsley in 1969 for the album Music to Moog By on Audio Fidelity Records label. The Moog synthesizer instrumental became a worldwide hit, first in 1972 when a version by Hot Butter was released.
Today it’s all about the ladies:
One of the Family
Frederick George Cotman1880
Hay making Jules Bastien-Lepage 1877
Georges Seurat
Le Cirque
En 1891
Judith with the Head of Holofernes
Lucas Cranach the Elder