"I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom. I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients." Gustave Courbet

03 July 2010

American music.

We consider that any man who can fiddle all through one of those Virginia Reels without losing his grip, may be depended upon in any kind of emergency.
- Mark Twain

Like the founders of our country, this music is deeply rooted in Europe.

But the culture, the barrel in which these tunes were aged, was found here.

In America.




I love the fiddle.

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