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Beginning Schubert

Schubert collection

2022

Josef Navratil, 'Plums with a Twig', 1856.

Coda…

…probably

Posted on  UTC 2022-12-10 16:01

Words: 327; reading time: 1 minute

Richard Edward Miller, Tea Time, c1914.

Scrapbook for August

Little Switzerland

Posted on  UTC 2022-08-01 02:01

Words: 645; reading time: 2 minutes

Tied to the post of the present.

The sleep deprivation of the woke

Dr Nietzsche will see you now.

Posted by Richard on  UTC 2022-07-31 10:03

Words: 3,352; reading time: 15 minutes

The death of Boris Gudenov 1874.

Boris Notgodunov

Will this dreary opera never end? Yes, but not the way you think.

Posted by Richard on  UTC 2022-07-20 09:43

Words: 1,271; reading time: 5 minutes

Updated on  2022-07-20

Franz Schubert, Pencil sketch by Friedrich Lieder, 1827

Broadening the mind

Some reflections on Franz Schubert's travels in Austria and his path to the inner exile.

Posted by Richard on  UTC 2022-05-02 04:14

Words: 2,678; reading time: 12 minutes

Claude Monet, The Apple Tree, 1879.

Scrapbook for May

Gentian | The social media censors

Posted on  UTC 2022-05-01 02:01

Words: 533; reading time: 2 minutes

Freont cover detail: »Diese göttlichen Berge und Seen« Franz Schuberts Aufenthalte in Oberösterreich, Salzburg und Umgebung

Schubert on tour

A review of Oliver Woog's book Franz Schuberts Aufenthalte in Oberösterreich, Salzburg und Umgebung.

Posted by Richard on  UTC 2022-04-30 06:21

Words: 1,547; reading time: 7 minutes

'Igl laresch' da Peder Cadotsch (1992)

Igl laresch / The larch

Dipping a toe into the reflective, melodious waters of romontsch Surmiran.

Posted by Richard on  UTC 2022-01-14 05:01

Words: 1,326; reading time: 6 minutes

Winston Churchill, Witz und Weisheit

Ascending Mount Churchill

A review of Werner Vogt's new Churchill book, Winston Churchill, Witz und Weisheit.

Posted by Richard on  UTC 2022-01-01 07:21

Words: 1,362; reading time: 6 minutes

Eugène Galien-Laloue, Notre-Dame sous la neige / Notre-Dame in the snow, ND.

Scrapbook for January

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Posted on  UTC 2022-01-01 02:01

Words: 6; reading time: 1 minute

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