El velo azul (1898), de Edmund Tarbell
31 5 / 2012
Honestly, you don’t even have to caption these photos to know that she’s Anna Karenina. Perfect. (source)
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31 5 / 2012
nypl:
Walt Whitman was born on May 31, 1819. Happy birthday, you poet of the people! Explore the NYPL’s collection of Whitman Manuscripts here: http://ow.ly/bgLIN
Happy Birthday to the great American poet.
(via theworldaccordingtoeg)
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24 5 / 2012
Beethoven’s most wunderbar Kreutzer violin sonata debuted on this date in 1803. Here’s Nathan Milstein tearing it up (with the excellently named Georges Pludermacher on piano)
Spotted on the site Roll Over, Beethoven … which quotes the Wikipedia page on how the sonata came to be named after Rodolphe Kreutzer, despite his opinion that it was “outrageously unintelligible”:
The sonata was originally dedicated to the violinist George Bridgetower (1778–1860), who performed it with Beethoven at the premiere on 24 May 1803 at the Augarten Theatre at a concert that started at the unusually early hour of 8:00 am. Bridgetower sight-read the sonata; he had never seen the work before, and there had been no time for any rehearsal. However, research indicates that after the performance, while the two were drinking, Bridgetower insulted the morals of a woman whom Beethoven cherished. Enraged, Beethoven removed the dedication of the piece, dedicating it instead to Rodolphe Kreutzer, who was considered the finest violinist of the day. However, Kreutzer never performed it, considering it “outrageously unintelligible.”
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22 4 / 2012
A blooming Jackie sits and watches the now infamous televised Kennedy/Nixon debates ~ 1960
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22 4 / 2012
“Mr. Darcy, who was leaning against the mantelpiece with his eyes fixed on her face, seemed to catch her words with no less resentment than surprise. His complexion became pale with anger, and the disturbance of his mind was visible in every feature. He was struggling for the appearance of composure, and would not open his lips till he believed himself to have attained it. The pause was to Elizabeth’s feelings dreadful.”
(Pride and prejudice, Chapter 34)
mini Socially Awkward Darcy spam!!
(Source: pemberley-state-of-mind)
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