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Music

Composers of Western Classical Music – Visualised

I was looking for a timeline of composers of western classical music right from Hildegaard Von Bingen but I could not find an interactive one on the web. However,I found the following: Classical.net lists the major composers in its timeline in PDF format Classicfm has a much nicer timeline but it does not show all the composers. Media and text on a particular composer is included in … Continue reading Composers of Western Classical Music – Visualised

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Nature

Living Symphonies

Living Symphonies is a sound installation which aims to portray a forest ecosystem in an ever changing soundscape – reflecting, in real time, the interactions of the natural world. In this film, Nature Video takes a peek under the hood of Living Symphonies, at the science which makes it possible; and asks how projects like these could influence the way that both the public and … Continue reading Living Symphonies

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Odds and sods

Recreating a 400 year old book

On the night of January 7, 1610, Galileo Galilei, a resident of Padua, walked onto his balcony and tipped his telescope toward space. He spotted three stars near Jupiter and graphed their positions in a notebook. Six days later, he looked through his telescope again and found the same stars—but their positions had shifted. They were, he realized, moons orbiting Jupiter. Galileo had long believed … Continue reading Recreating a 400 year old book

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Poetry

Pessoa – The keeper of sheep

My colleague and friend, Ana, kindly allowed me to record a poem read by her of the noted Portuguese poet, Fernando Pessoa. He makes us speechless, when he utters: To love is eternal innocence, And the only innocence is not to think… Krishnamurti uses the word “thought” a lot and it was interesting to see that there are some parallels between their works. “In the … Continue reading Pessoa – The keeper of sheep

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Poetry

Arthur Rimbaud dormeur du val

Some similarities with Robert Browning’s ‘Incident of the French Camp’: You know, we French stormed Ratisbon: A mile or so away On a little mound, Napoleon Stood on our storming-day; With neck out-thrust, you fancy how, Legs wide, arms locked behind, As if to balance the prone brow Oppressive with its mind. Just as perhaps he mused, “My plans That soar, to earth may fall, … Continue reading Arthur Rimbaud dormeur du val

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