nomoreheroes:insalatadiparole:Simone Prieuer, Dancer
Man Ray
ca. 1930/11-1/2”x9” Vintage gelatin silver print
Elliott Erwitt Jack Kerouac, New York City 1953
“I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion.” Jack Kerouac
“Music for Large Ensemble” by Steve Reich, on the CD Triplet Quartet by the artists Ossia and Alarm Will Sound.
After last night’s news [Reich getting the Pulitzer], how could I -not- feature Steve Reich? I was lucky enough to hear an acoustic version of his winning Double Sextet in a concert with Eighth Blackbird this year, so the win is well deserved. This piece, while older, tends to remind me a great deal of the sound and energy of that performance.
Cello sonata, g minor, op. 65: allegro moderato - Chopin
Yo-Yo Ma (cello) Emmanuel Ax (piano)
This piece is one of the few works composed by Chopin for an instrument other than piano. Of course, being a piano virtuoso ensures that this sonata is almost a proper duet between the piano and the cello. I think of this piece exuding nobility and subtle grace - so definitely powerful and technically demanding but not showy.
It was written for Auguste Franchomme, an amazing cellist who advanced the DuPort/French school of bowing technique, which is more refined and light and corresponds to the legerity and facility of the left-hand. It’s hard to find a recording I really like of this piece. Yo-Yo ma schmaltzes it up a bit too much for my taste, and there are times when he and the pianist kind of struggle for dominance. Harwood and Jacqueline Du Pres are cellists who have done interesting versions.
I also realized that I don’t own much music mp3’s myself :) I usually just listen to online music databases like CML, Naxos or internet radio. Sometimes Pandora is fun, but the selections are limited. And Youtube for videos to share. :)
H.S. Rice - Museum Staff With Fossil Shark Jaws Under Restoration, January, 1927
Photo from the American Museum of Natural History photograph collection
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George Eastman with Kodak
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