This children’s music book contains 5 places in the Palace of Versailles, each place is assigned to a music piece around 17th century. There are little white buttons to press to make the music play. Little words in French combine with the illustrations, they reflect what music for which occasion. The musical life in Versailles …
The coffee grinder was fine: as soon as you rotated the crank, it played ” May makes everything new… “. But, oh wonder – it played it in two voices!How is that possible? Can you explain it? Die Kaffeemühle war in Ordnung : Sobald man die Kurbel drehte, spielte sie “Alles neu macht der Mai …
Stepping into the bookstore was like entering an enchanted book world that only exists in imagination. Every corner, each room, the staircase, the corridor are decorated with such careful detail. My most loved room was the reading place at the 2nd floor, by the window. Then I read about the late bookstore owner wanted to write a novel with his bookstore, if I was in his bookstore, I was part of his novel. That was the magic he used.
Since I’ve read The Story of the Root Children by Sibylle von Olfers, every year in February, I would imagine the root children are sewing new clothes for the flowers. The meadow doesn’t look like much happened, but the root children are preparing the most beautiful spring costumes for it. This book is one of …
From my tears burstMany full-blown flowers,And my sighs becomeA nightingale chorus … A poem by Heinrich HeinePg. 299 The Magician by Colm Toibin When the book get to the part, where my favourite song is mentioned. I have to put aside the book and immerse myself in the music. By the way, can someone tell …
Work harder, climb the career ladder, you will rule, be rich, famous, powerful, therefore more “freedom”. Is the true “freedom” really coming from this? Or we have become the slave to false promises? Usually, people with more power and wealth is trapped in fear. Many disasters happened out of this fear. Generally I ask, why …
My good night story tonight is a story about Big Hat. I met Big Hat in the book Krabat by Otfried Preußler. The time I met him, I was at the beginning of being a self-employed musician from an employed musician. It was not an easy decision to make, everything would be very complicated. Like …
Happy birthday to you,Happy birthday to you,Happy birthday to Fra-anz (ritardando and take a deep breath)Happy birthday to you! Today is Franz Schubert’s birthday (31.1.1797) and a few days ago was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s birthday (27.1.1756). The two very short and brilliant lives, like comets. Schubert died at the age of 31, Mozart died at …
No, they’re not my reading plan for year 2023. But they will be my brilliant friends for this year! Part 1Theme: Russia and Ukraine ReadThese 4 books are to help me understand Russia and Ukraine. A Classical literature (Dostoevsky), also contemporary literature of a Russian author (Ulitskaya), from a migrant perspective (Wodin) and from a …
The Four Fictionalized Biography Books by Peter Härtling: 📚 Schumanns SchattenRobert Schumann (1810 – 1856) 📚 Liebste Fenchel! Das Leben der Fanny Hensel-Mendelssohn in Etüden und Intermezzi.Fanny Hensel (1805 – 1847) 📚 SchubertFranz Schubert (1797 – 1828) 📚 HölderlinFriedrich Hölderlin (1770 – 1843) I love music and literature, I think, the essence of literature and …