"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 February 2019

Happy birthday, Mendelssohn.

Hensel, Felix Mendelssohn, 1847



Felix Mendelssohn was born on this day in 1809.

Do you agree with me, that the first condition of an artist should be to bear respect toward what is great, and to bow to it and acknowledge it and not attempt to extinguish great flames for the sake of making his own rushlight burn more brightly?

Felix Mendelssohn

The Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Dennis Russell Davies, performs Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, Op. 27 ...

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