tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086588560855961894.post6460359829464544364..comments2024-03-22T03:10:02.053-07:00Comments on THE BLUE LANTERN: The Grief GondolaJane Librizzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03943563452168571716noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086588560855961894.post-6353362840038553062012-03-19T11:03:19.603-07:002012-03-19T11:03:19.603-07:00Jeanne, I'm always so happy to hear from you. ...Jeanne, I'm always so happy to hear from you. I try to find interesting things and the write interestingly about them. The latter is much more of a challenge than the former, but it's fun.Janehttp://www.thbeluelantern.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086588560855961894.post-45927777175128234572012-03-18T11:07:50.975-07:002012-03-18T11:07:50.975-07:00I swear that 90 percent of what I've learned a...I swear that 90 percent of what I've learned about art in the last few years - and the history of art - has come from reading your blog!femminismohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05259380168965137800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086588560855961894.post-25645510449132775682012-03-10T09:46:48.136-08:002012-03-10T09:46:48.136-08:00An aside that didn't make it into the article ...An aside that didn't make it into the article - but would have if I'd been cleverer about it - is that Hans Von Bulow in his role as critic wrote that for music, Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier was the Old Testament and Beethoven's piano sonatas were the New Testament. Von Bulow was evidently no match for Cosima, definitely not a nice girl, so to speak. Nut then, a nice girl would have been wasted on Wagner.Janehttp://www.thebluelantern.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1086588560855961894.post-14038919014553530742012-03-09T16:00:33.031-08:002012-03-09T16:00:33.031-08:00Hi Jane, what a marvelous poem. "Liszt has co...Hi Jane, what a marvelous poem. "Liszt has composed a few chords so heavy they ought to be sent <br />to the mineralogical institute in Padua for analysis." Funny and brilliant. Thanks for posting.Timothy Cahillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10603395656560067724noreply@blogger.com