Leonie Krempien 🦁
@leoniekrempien.bsky.social
she/her | Musicologist | English Lit & Culture | 17th c. English Opera & history of musicology | Edmund Spenser groupie | also posts @shakesmus.bsky.social
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So close!
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November 16, 2025 at 3:28 AM
So close!
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#OTD 1792: the #Mainz Nationaltheater performed for the final time. Founded in 1788, it quickly became one of the leading German #opera and #theatre companies and performed at the imperial coronations of 1790 and 1792. Its fate changed when the French Army captured the city in Oct 1792...1/7
November 15, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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Frankenstein is a metaphor for the dangers of reanimating corpses with electricity
November 13, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Frankenstein is a metaphor for the dangers of reanimating corpses with electricity
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The Dachverband der Studierenden der Musikwissenschaften (DVSM) is hosting its 6th Master's Speed Dating Musicology event: dvsm-verband.de/speeddating-...
Für Studierende: Anmeldung Master-Speeddating Musikwissenschaften – Dachverband der Studierenden der Musikwissenschaften e. V.
dvsm-verband.de
November 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The Dachverband der Studierenden der Musikwissenschaften (DVSM) is hosting its 6th Master's Speed Dating Musicology event: dvsm-verband.de/speeddating-...
A. S. Byatt's "Possession. A Romance."
I will never ever stop recommending it to anyone who does cultural history in any way.
Shortest pitch I can give: it's a book about how, when we do history, people get in the way, both the living and the dead.
And it's messy and beautiful and complicated.
I will never ever stop recommending it to anyone who does cultural history in any way.
Shortest pitch I can give: it's a book about how, when we do history, people get in the way, both the living and the dead.
And it's messy and beautiful and complicated.
performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
November 12, 2025 at 6:41 PM
A. S. Byatt's "Possession. A Romance."
I will never ever stop recommending it to anyone who does cultural history in any way.
Shortest pitch I can give: it's a book about how, when we do history, people get in the way, both the living and the dead.
And it's messy and beautiful and complicated.
I will never ever stop recommending it to anyone who does cultural history in any way.
Shortest pitch I can give: it's a book about how, when we do history, people get in the way, both the living and the dead.
And it's messy and beautiful and complicated.
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Take LoTR. The reason evil exists in the books is because the creator is singing new creations into existence and Melkor wants to co-opt the song. It’s the reason Sauron’s armies are twisted forms of elves. The evil in LoTR CANNOT CREATE, they can go “this thing looks like this other thing”
The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons and Dragons to Be Racist
The fantastical roots of “scientific racism”
www.theatlantic.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Take LoTR. The reason evil exists in the books is because the creator is singing new creations into existence and Melkor wants to co-opt the song. It’s the reason Sauron’s armies are twisted forms of elves. The evil in LoTR CANNOT CREATE, they can go “this thing looks like this other thing”
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Dem 'Deutschen Kulturrat' hat mein Übersichtsbeitrag zu #RechtsRock bei miz.org so gut gefallen, dass sie ein 'best of' davon in der Zeitschrift 'Politik & Kultur' abgedruckt haben 👇
Ein zentrales und konstitutives Element - Politik und Kultur
Von Punkrock und Oi! über verschiedene Metalspielarten, Liedermacher-Songs, eher poppige […]
politikkultur.de
October 30, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Dem 'Deutschen Kulturrat' hat mein Übersichtsbeitrag zu #RechtsRock bei miz.org so gut gefallen, dass sie ein 'best of' davon in der Zeitschrift 'Politik & Kultur' abgedruckt haben 👇
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Insurance company will want to know if the car reverse sensor sounded at least twice before the incident
Two beep, or not two beep, that is the question
Two beep, or not two beep, that is the question
October 19, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Insurance company will want to know if the car reverse sensor sounded at least twice before the incident
Two beep, or not two beep, that is the question
Two beep, or not two beep, that is the question
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Shakespeare family home damaged by reversing driver
Shakespeare family home damaged by reversing driver
A 17th-century building that housed William Shakespeare's family has been left damaged after a driver reversed into it.
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October 18, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Shakespeare family home damaged by reversing driver
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Popkultur-Kunstgeschichte:
Weil das Video zu #TaylorSwift's neuem Song offenbar von F. Heysers #Ophelia inspiriert wurde, kann das #MuseumWiesbaden sich derzeit nicht gerade über Besucherinnenmangel beklagen:
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o... von @deborahcole.bsky.social via @theguardian.com
Weil das Video zu #TaylorSwift's neuem Song offenbar von F. Heysers #Ophelia inspiriert wurde, kann das #MuseumWiesbaden sich derzeit nicht gerade über Besucherinnenmangel beklagen:
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o... von @deborahcole.bsky.social via @theguardian.com
‘It’s been a shock’: Taylor Swift fans flock to see German museum’s Ophelia
Depiction of Shakespeare character by Friedrich Heyser believed to have inspired pop superstar’s new music video
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October 17, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Popkultur-Kunstgeschichte:
Weil das Video zu #TaylorSwift's neuem Song offenbar von F. Heysers #Ophelia inspiriert wurde, kann das #MuseumWiesbaden sich derzeit nicht gerade über Besucherinnenmangel beklagen:
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o... von @deborahcole.bsky.social via @theguardian.com
Weil das Video zu #TaylorSwift's neuem Song offenbar von F. Heysers #Ophelia inspiriert wurde, kann das #MuseumWiesbaden sich derzeit nicht gerade über Besucherinnenmangel beklagen:
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o... von @deborahcole.bsky.social via @theguardian.com
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Bruckner critical edition project
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
October 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Bruckner critical edition project
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Kofta kebab recipe in England c. 1660. Amazing find!
Would anyone like to take a guess at the word before “kebob”? Which predates OED - ms is 1660
October 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Kofta kebab recipe in England c. 1660. Amazing find!
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READ WILD FAITH BY @swordsjew.bsky.social
Megyn Kelly has called on Etsy to burn the witches.
"You're playing with fire messing with this stuff. There are actually are demons in this world. Calling up the spirit world, in particular the devil's spirit world, can actually have real world consequences. It's not something to mess with!"
"You're playing with fire messing with this stuff. There are actually are demons in this world. Calling up the spirit world, in particular the devil's spirit world, can actually have real world consequences. It's not something to mess with!"
September 23, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Belegt ist das hier
"Paul von Joukowsky, [...] , habe Hasch später als [Wagners] Inspirationsquelle für Klingsors Zaubergarten genannt. Diesen Akt habe sich Wagner im Haschischrausch ausgedacht."
"Paul von Joukowsky, [...] , habe Hasch später als [Wagners] Inspirationsquelle für Klingsors Zaubergarten genannt. Diesen Akt habe sich Wagner im Haschischrausch ausgedacht."
July 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Belegt ist das hier
"Paul von Joukowsky, [...] , habe Hasch später als [Wagners] Inspirationsquelle für Klingsors Zaubergarten genannt. Diesen Akt habe sich Wagner im Haschischrausch ausgedacht."
"Paul von Joukowsky, [...] , habe Hasch später als [Wagners] Inspirationsquelle für Klingsors Zaubergarten genannt. Diesen Akt habe sich Wagner im Haschischrausch ausgedacht."
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+++CFP DEADLINE+++
Do you have a research student whose work is in Shakespeare and Music?
Let us know by *15 Sept* via the contact form on our website!
We'd love to have them on our panel proposal for the 2026
BFE/RMA Research Students’ Conference:
www.rma.ac.uk/events/rma-r...
Do you have a research student whose work is in Shakespeare and Music?
Let us know by *15 Sept* via the contact form on our website!
We'd love to have them on our panel proposal for the 2026
BFE/RMA Research Students’ Conference:
www.rma.ac.uk/events/rma-r...
September 14, 2025 at 10:56 AM
+++CFP DEADLINE+++
Do you have a research student whose work is in Shakespeare and Music?
Let us know by *15 Sept* via the contact form on our website!
We'd love to have them on our panel proposal for the 2026
BFE/RMA Research Students’ Conference:
www.rma.ac.uk/events/rma-r...
Do you have a research student whose work is in Shakespeare and Music?
Let us know by *15 Sept* via the contact form on our website!
We'd love to have them on our panel proposal for the 2026
BFE/RMA Research Students’ Conference:
www.rma.ac.uk/events/rma-r...
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🪐✨CFP/REGISTRATION DEADLINE✨🪐
The deadline to register for our (and other's) seminar at the "Planetary Shakespeares" World Shakespeare Congress 2026 in Verona is September 15!
Read our CfP and details about the registration process on our website 👇
shakespeareandmusic.wordpress.com/2025/09/10/c...
The deadline to register for our (and other's) seminar at the "Planetary Shakespeares" World Shakespeare Congress 2026 in Verona is September 15!
Read our CfP and details about the registration process on our website 👇
shakespeareandmusic.wordpress.com/2025/09/10/c...
CFP: ShakesMus at World Shakespeare Congress 2026
The Shakespeare and Music Study Group will organise a seminar at the World Shakespeare Congress in Verona, 20-26 July 2026. Pre-registration closes Sept. 15 2025.
shakespeareandmusic.wordpress.com
September 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
🪐✨CFP/REGISTRATION DEADLINE✨🪐
The deadline to register for our (and other's) seminar at the "Planetary Shakespeares" World Shakespeare Congress 2026 in Verona is September 15!
Read our CfP and details about the registration process on our website 👇
shakespeareandmusic.wordpress.com/2025/09/10/c...
The deadline to register for our (and other's) seminar at the "Planetary Shakespeares" World Shakespeare Congress 2026 in Verona is September 15!
Read our CfP and details about the registration process on our website 👇
shakespeareandmusic.wordpress.com/2025/09/10/c...
Idk do they?
September 10, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Idk do they?
Good evening.
September 6, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Good evening.
Nobody:
Every algorithm ever: oh, you listened to a single obscure Handel aria for work purposes? Have you heard of... Lascia ch'io pianga? No, check it out, I'm sure you'll love it. I have at least 5 different recordings here, trust me, it's great!
Every algorithm ever: oh, you listened to a single obscure Handel aria for work purposes? Have you heard of... Lascia ch'io pianga? No, check it out, I'm sure you'll love it. I have at least 5 different recordings here, trust me, it's great!
August 21, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Nobody:
Every algorithm ever: oh, you listened to a single obscure Handel aria for work purposes? Have you heard of... Lascia ch'io pianga? No, check it out, I'm sure you'll love it. I have at least 5 different recordings here, trust me, it's great!
Every algorithm ever: oh, you listened to a single obscure Handel aria for work purposes? Have you heard of... Lascia ch'io pianga? No, check it out, I'm sure you'll love it. I have at least 5 different recordings here, trust me, it's great!
Um. What do I do now?
Guess I'll have to fill the void with the Mistborn series for the time being...
(Brandon, please hurry :') )
Guess I'll have to fill the void with the Mistborn series for the time being...
(Brandon, please hurry :') )
August 15, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Um. What do I do now?
Guess I'll have to fill the void with the Mistborn series for the time being...
(Brandon, please hurry :') )
Guess I'll have to fill the void with the Mistborn series for the time being...
(Brandon, please hurry :') )
This is not good.
www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
ARD prüft 203-Millionen-Euro-Aufwand für Orchester, Bands und Chöre
Die Orchester, Bands und Chöre der ARD schlagen mit 203 Millionen Euro pro Jahr zu Buche. Die Sender prüfen den finanziellen Aufwand nun, die Bundesländer hatten sie dazu aufgefordert.
www.faz.net
August 10, 2025 at 7:20 AM
This is not good.
www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
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Seriously, fuck off.
I say that with all due gravity.
I say that with all due gravity.
August 5, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Seriously, fuck off.
I say that with all due gravity.
I say that with all due gravity.
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This guy killed Bach and Handel, and: “Prior to performing each surgical procedure, he would deliver a long, self-promoting speech in an unusual oratorial style.”
This man wanted to do one thing and that was “kill classical composers through fake surgery” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ta...
John Taylor (oculist) - Wikipedia
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October 24, 2023 at 12:23 AM
This guy killed Bach and Handel, and: “Prior to performing each surgical procedure, he would deliver a long, self-promoting speech in an unusual oratorial style.”