Tag: art

Posted on

World of Classical Music

Title page, piano/vocal score, La Nuit de Noel, 1895

Nicolai Rimsky-Korsadov (Russian 1844-1908) began composing this four-act opera in 1894, and it premiered a year later in St Petersburg. Based on a story by Gogol, it features the magical, fantastic and exotic elements characteristic of Russian ballet. Although this score was published in Germany, its cover page is in Russian and the interior is multilingual.

Posted on

Marc Chagall

America Windows, “Music” and “Art” (panels 1 and 2), 1977
A gift of Marc Chagall, the City of Chicago, and the Auxiliary Board fo the Art Institute of Chicago, commemorating the American Bicentennial in memory of Mayor Richard J Daley,
The Art Institute of Chicago

Posted on

Vincent Van Gogh

July

Went to the National Gallery in Oslo to see “the scream” (smaller than expected) and guess what – here was this Van Gogh hidden away with a few French paintings! All well so far – loud music and partying until very late (only dark for an hour or two). Leave Oslo for the country on Monday.

Love, Tim