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At last an admission that opera is a waste of time. That may have been true for Beethoven. I’ll not say that Fidelio is worthless… but...

Another interesting painting I just stumbled upon is Good Night by Francesco Fonseco:

I just came upon these two paintings by Robert Winthrop Chanler (American, 1872-1930). He was an American artist whose works merged...

I’ve been slowly populating my library in Spotify with all the works I have on CD. There are a few exceptions of recordings unavailable...

Quite possibly the first classical song-cycle, A die fern Geliebte (To the distant loved one) established a model that Schubert...

Many of the composers of the Baroque era were forgotten for a good deal time… with the exceptions of J.S Bach, G.F. Handel (largely on...

I highly doubt that. It would be far easier to learn how to draw.

I have used projectors to more rapidly transfer images of the figure on my large painting surface. I have access to projection by...

I have long admired Samson François’ recordings of Ravel and Debussy but just came upon this one of Liszt. I am slowly building my...

Don’t get me wrong; I like a lot of Hockney’s art but have issues with his theories of how the old masters “cheated” through the use of...

I know I am probably missing much by practically never listening to jazz. Rather than the raw, original works, I am only able to...

If a voodoo doll can be said to be a form of sculpture, then this cartoon fits into this thread... :-)