I find Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas for the solo violin some of the most beautiful, complex music I’ve ever heard. In the partitas, Bach masters the art of creating multiple melody lines on a solo violin. You can read the history and technical details on the Wikipedia page. The Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin […]
Step 1: Obtain a Violin Rent, Buy, or Build Your Own? A reasonably priced violin will range in price from about $259 to a little over $23,000,000[1]. Rentals start around $35/month. You can probably build your own with odds and ends around your garage. [1] The most expensive violin ever sold is the 1715 “Baron […]
A delightful morning with Elder G! WLBOTT: Good morning, G. What musical key shall we sing in to welcome the day? ELDER G: Good morning, Elder JZ. If the morning were a doorway, the key you choose is the shape of the sunlight that slips through it. So let’s pick one that belongs to dawn. […]
We’ve long been fascinated by the life and times of J. S. Bach. Imagine living in the late 17th century Europe. I don’t want to minimize the suffering of the majority of people living today – in many ways their lives are worse that those living in Bach’s time. But for now let’s focus our […]
Not actually random, other than the misfiring of my addled neurons, but here goes…. Remember the Donovan song Colours? I may have the lyrics slightly wrong, but I seem to recall the following: Yellow is the colorOf my True Love’s teethWhen we rise, when we riseThat’s the time I love best.Red is the colorOf my […]
Here’s a poem by Graeme Edge that has stuck with my most of my life. Departureby Graeme Edge of the Moody BluesBe it sight, sound, smell, or touchThere’s something inside that we need so muchThe sight of a touch or the scent of a soundOr the strength of an oak with roots deep in the […]
WLBOTT brings you a curated list of the best accordion covers. Organ Fugue ”Little” in g minor, BWV 578 Vanja Krajnov Black Dog Accordion Rock Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 Canadian accordionist Alexander Sevastian “Que sube y que baja” Los Bañales Juniors DESDE EL RANCHO Vivaldi Concerto for violin No. 4 in […]
This morning, as turned my free will over to the Spotify randomizer, I was enjoying my usual favorites of Tibetan throat singing, Alpine yodels, and Those Darned Accordions, up popped one of my favorites: Suite: Judy Blue Eyes. Is this the perfect love song? It embraces the euphoria of early love, the idealization of beauty, […]
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Friends, this video will improve your life by an estimated 7.3%. What is going on? That was a clip from a 1957 Hindi RomCom called Aasha. Aasha (transl. Hope) is a 1957 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by M. V. Raman. It stars Kishore Kumar and Vyjayanthimala. The film was a critical and commercial success. […]