Beethoven’s 1st Symphony “Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend.” Ludwig van
Tag: classical music
Above the Battle
“…But we know, from the rest of his music, that Beethoven was a man who experienced all that we can experience, who suffered all that
Keeping it Real
As one of the current sales pitches here in the land of the mostly apathetic makes its’ rounds on TV, or, if you just happen
The Family Intervention
“He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher… or, as his wife would have it, an idiot.” ~ Douglas Adams Knowing what our
The Simple, Dignified & Beautiful
Josef Gabriel Rheinberger (17 March 1839, in Vaduz – 25 November 1901, in Munich) was an organist and composer, born in Liechtenstein and resident for most of his life in Germany. Josef Gabriel Rheinberger, whose
It’s All in the Clouds
Like the upcoming Easter “holiday” (or more appropriately, Holy Day, for believers) becomes the all important event for Americans to shell out cash for all
Dispatches from the Asylum 