Mark Janello
@markjanello.bsky.social
Composer, harpsichordist, music theorist. He, him, his.
now I need to dig up my extensive research on Bach's swordfight with the bassoonist and the actual words they said to each other, they were choice
January 9, 2026 at 9:18 PM
now I need to dig up my extensive research on Bach's swordfight with the bassoonist and the actual words they said to each other, they were choice
vanity to the rescue
January 9, 2026 at 9:15 PM
vanity to the rescue
they got in a fight during (!) a performance of a Mattheson opera (Handel wouldn't leave the harpsichord, Mattheson supposedly said "IT'S MY OPERA!!!"), then they later pulled their swords and had it out, and Mattheson's (alleged killing) blow was deflected by large ornate button on Handel's coat
January 9, 2026 at 9:14 PM
they got in a fight during (!) a performance of a Mattheson opera (Handel wouldn't leave the harpsichord, Mattheson supposedly said "IT'S MY OPERA!!!"), then they later pulled their swords and had it out, and Mattheson's (alleged killing) blow was deflected by large ornate button on Handel's coat
lol and this was after Mattheson almost killed Handel, but Handel got saved by a giant ornate button on his coat, poor Guido had no such luck
January 9, 2026 at 8:57 PM
lol and this was after Mattheson almost killed Handel, but Handel got saved by a giant ornate button on his coat, poor Guido had no such luck
lol thought they'd named the baby "JESUS CHRIST WTF WINKLER" which would actually be better
January 2, 2026 at 8:30 PM
lol thought they'd named the baby "JESUS CHRIST WTF WINKLER" which would actually be better
Happy new year, my friends! I am pledging this year to lean even harder into my chosen persona — Charming Rogue Who Doesn't Give a Fuck.
January 1, 2026 at 2:46 AM
Happy new year, my friends! I am pledging this year to lean even harder into my chosen persona — Charming Rogue Who Doesn't Give a Fuck.
Leisured Wights looking down on barrow wights, the snobs
December 19, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Leisured Wights looking down on barrow wights, the snobs
[checks the date on Schütz's Christmas Story] OK!
December 17, 2025 at 10:41 PM
[checks the date on Schütz's Christmas Story] OK!
here's the source, right from cia dot gov www.cia.gov/static/5c875...
www.cia.gov
October 28, 2025 at 6:30 PM
here's the source, right from cia dot gov www.cia.gov/static/5c875...
"Refer back to matters already decided upon." omg my eyes started twitching
October 28, 2025 at 6:27 PM
"Refer back to matters already decided upon." omg my eyes started twitching
There was an official 'Protect Your Hearing' OSHA notice in a practice room here at my music school -- on top of a clavichord
October 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
There was an official 'Protect Your Hearing' OSHA notice in a practice room here at my music school -- on top of a clavichord
there's a fine American tradition of this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ll3...
American troops blow up the symbol of Hitler's Reich (1945)
YouTube video by The History Place
www.youtube.com
October 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
there's a fine American tradition of this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ll3...
I mean if you're going to round up the usual suspects, the British Museum.
October 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I mean if you're going to round up the usual suspects, the British Museum.
"The guy" hahahahahahhaha amazing
October 19, 2025 at 4:09 PM
"The guy" hahahahahahhaha amazing
more nonsense to be found here:
ball-so-hard-conservatory.tumblr.com
ball-so-hard-conservatory.tumblr.com
ball-so-hard-conservatory.tumblr.com
September 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
more nonsense to be found here:
ball-so-hard-conservatory.tumblr.com
ball-so-hard-conservatory.tumblr.com
I always loved the line "La, a note to follow Sol" in the Sound of Music "Doe, a deer" song, but they really missed the follow-through on that, so here is the improved version:
September 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I always loved the line "La, a note to follow Sol" in the Sound of Music "Doe, a deer" song, but they really missed the follow-through on that, so here is the improved version:
yeah, those initial drooping pics made it look like something pretty severe was going on
September 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
yeah, those initial drooping pics made it look like something pretty severe was going on
switched to the next size up makeup trowel
September 12, 2025 at 3:48 PM
switched to the next size up makeup trowel
and they're making us come up with new terms to describe the last out -- walk-off, the 'stand-around-off' and now the 'caught-stealing-off' -- nice work, O's
September 11, 2025 at 7:57 PM
and they're making us come up with new terms to describe the last out -- walk-off, the 'stand-around-off' and now the 'caught-stealing-off' -- nice work, O's
Short cleansing video I took on a walk last spring.
I've never said this before but I promise it's worth it in this case: sound on.
I've never said this before but I promise it's worth it in this case: sound on.
September 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Short cleansing video I took on a walk last spring.
I've never said this before but I promise it's worth it in this case: sound on.
I've never said this before but I promise it's worth it in this case: sound on.
"But doctor, I AM local oaf"
September 9, 2025 at 5:22 PM
"But doctor, I AM local oaf"
"But doctor, I AM local oaf!"
September 9, 2025 at 5:21 PM
"But doctor, I AM local oaf!"
That's the one that is canons all the way through, yes? A great piece.
September 8, 2025 at 8:04 PM
That's the one that is canons all the way through, yes? A great piece.
LOL he got his wish! History was made at Camden Yards tonight!
September 7, 2025 at 2:40 AM
LOL he got his wish! History was made at Camden Yards tonight!