Artless earth-vexing weasle

May 23

ALFREDO!!!! Jajaja!

May 22

distineo:

demons:

An East German soldier helping a boy cross the newly formed ‘Berlin Wall,’ 1961.

From what is known, the photograph was taken the day the emerging Wall was put up in August 1961 and the boy was found on the opposite side of the wall from his family. Despite given orders by the East German government to let no one pass, the soldier helped the boy through the barbwire. Near the exact time this photo was taken, it was said that the soldier was seen by his superior officer who immediately detached the soldier from his unit.
Concerning the fate of the soldier, most descriptions that come with photograph say that “no one knows what became of him.”

demons:

An East German soldier helping a boy cross the newly formed ‘Berlin Wall,’ 1961.

From what is known, the photograph was taken the day the emerging Wall was put up in August 1961 and the boy was found on the opposite side of the wall from his family. Despite given orders by the East German government to let no one pass, the soldier helped the boy through the barbwire. Near the exact time this photo was taken, it was said that the soldier was seen by his superior officer who immediately detached the soldier from his unit.

Concerning the fate of the soldier, most descriptions that come with photograph say that “no one knows what became of him.”

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immaestro:

Chopin: Impromptu No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 66 “Fantaisie-Imprompu”

Alexandre Tharaud (Piano)

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May 21

nataliakoptseva:

Rachmaninov Sergey

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tierradentro:

oranc:

Debussy: Cello Sonata in D minor L. 135 - 3. Finale (03:53)

Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Benjamin Britten (piano)

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May 20

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May 18

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May 17

odditoreum:

Gabriel Fauré- Pavane Op.50

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Alan Gilbert conducing the NY Philharmonic in Dresden (photo Chris Lee)

May 16

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“…A strange art, music; the most poetic and precise of all the arts, vague as a dream and exact as algebra.” Guy de Maupassant (via tierradentro)

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May 15

nyphil:

There It Is

“But they showed no corrections of any kind. Not one. He had simply written down music already finished in his head. Page after page of it as if he were just taking dictation. And music, finished as no music is ever finished. Displace one note and there would be diminishment. Displace one phrase and the structure would fall.”

A very happy 87th birthday to British playwright Sir Peter Shaffer, the man behind Amadeus in both stage and screen forms. Appropriately enough, we marked Sir Peter’s natal day with a performance of Mozart in Vienna. Laughs (though none to the degree of Tom Hulce’s) were had by all.

Soviet Union by Henri Cartier-Bresson

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May 14

hashtagbachswag:

mahleriana:

do you ever just start to realize that you are roger radcliffe

yes

May 13

natgeofound:

Man looks out on the Eiffel Tower.
Photograph by Clifton R. Adams, National Geographic