Joseph
@joecam79.bsky.social
Music, old and new. Literature, book blogs and reviews. History and folklore. Sacred and profane. Some Gothic stuff.
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Just in time for Whitsun, a new recording of the Cantata for Pentecost by Calvin Hampton, a composer I only heard about yesterday....
#art by Giotto
youtu.be/PdDNTOablZ8?...
#art by Giotto
youtu.be/PdDNTOablZ8?...
June 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Just in time for Whitsun, a new recording of the Cantata for Pentecost by Calvin Hampton, a composer I only heard about yesterday....
#art by Giotto
youtu.be/PdDNTOablZ8?...
#art by Giotto
youtu.be/PdDNTOablZ8?...
Frederick Delius #botd in 1862: "Sunset: near the Plantation" from "Florida Suite"
#art "Florida sunset" by Hermann Ottomar Herzog
youtu.be/lAfi0t8Gjd0?...
#art "Florida sunset" by Hermann Ottomar Herzog
youtu.be/lAfi0t8Gjd0?...
January 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Frederick Delius #botd in 1862: "Sunset: near the Plantation" from "Florida Suite"
#art "Florida sunset" by Hermann Ottomar Herzog
youtu.be/lAfi0t8Gjd0?...
#art "Florida sunset" by Hermann Ottomar Herzog
youtu.be/lAfi0t8Gjd0?...
January 27, 2025 at 10:15 PM
#nightmusic
Ēriks Ešenvalds #botd in 1977: Stars sung by Voces8
#art by Alphonse Mucha "The Moon and the Stars"
youtu.be/d7QmShkIo_E?...
Ēriks Ešenvalds #botd in 1977: Stars sung by Voces8
#art by Alphonse Mucha "The Moon and the Stars"
youtu.be/d7QmShkIo_E?...
January 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
#nightmusic
Ēriks Ešenvalds #botd in 1977: Stars sung by Voces8
#art by Alphonse Mucha "The Moon and the Stars"
youtu.be/d7QmShkIo_E?...
Ēriks Ešenvalds #botd in 1977: Stars sung by Voces8
#art by Alphonse Mucha "The Moon and the Stars"
youtu.be/d7QmShkIo_E?...
For #BurnsNight Malcolm Arnold's overture "Tam o' Shanter" (after Robert Burns). #art by Alexander Goudie, from an impressive cycle of paintings inspired by the poem, now held by the South Ayrshire Council
youtu.be/pQvqt0JaKkI?...
youtu.be/pQvqt0JaKkI?...
January 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
For #BurnsNight Malcolm Arnold's overture "Tam o' Shanter" (after Robert Burns). #art by Alexander Goudie, from an impressive cycle of paintings inspired by the poem, now held by the South Ayrshire Council
youtu.be/pQvqt0JaKkI?...
youtu.be/pQvqt0JaKkI?...
"Twelve Nights" by Urs Faes (translated from the German by Jamie Lee Searle) makes metaphorical reference to Alpine myths about evil spirits which roam during the "Raunächte"
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endsoftheword.blogspot.com/2020/10/Twel...
December 26, 2024 at 8:11 PM
"Twelve Nights" by Urs Faes (translated from the German by Jamie Lee Searle) makes metaphorical reference to Alpine myths about evil spirits which roam during the "Raunächte"
endsoftheword.blogspot.com/2020/10/Twel...
endsoftheword.blogspot.com/2020/10/Twel...
Of The Flesh: 18 Stories of Modern Horror
#BookReview #horror
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#BookReview #horror
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December 14, 2024 at 3:46 PM
Of The Flesh: 18 Stories of Modern Horror
#BookReview #horror
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#BookReview #horror
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Bad romance? "Room on the Sea: Three Novellas by André Aciman"
#BookReview
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#BookReview
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December 14, 2024 at 3:03 PM
Bad romance? "Room on the Sea: Three Novellas by André Aciman"
#BookReview
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#BookReview
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Dickens Most Haunted? #Bookreview of "The Haunted House" by Charles Dickens (and friends) and some festive music to go with it
#GothicAdvent
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#GothicAdvent
endsoftheword.blogspot.com/2019/12/The-...
December 14, 2024 at 10:47 AM
Dickens Most Haunted? #Bookreview of "The Haunted House" by Charles Dickens (and friends) and some festive music to go with it
#GothicAdvent
endsoftheword.blogspot.com/2019/12/The-...
#GothicAdvent
endsoftheword.blogspot.com/2019/12/The-...
Arnold Schoenberg "Weihnachtsmusik"
#art by Cinzia Battistel "Winter Symphony"
#MusicAdvent #unlikelycarollers
youtu.be/czNwnCnNk1Q?...
#art by Cinzia Battistel "Winter Symphony"
#MusicAdvent #unlikelycarollers
youtu.be/czNwnCnNk1Q?...
December 13, 2024 at 9:30 AM
Arnold Schoenberg "Weihnachtsmusik"
#art by Cinzia Battistel "Winter Symphony"
#MusicAdvent #unlikelycarollers
youtu.be/czNwnCnNk1Q?...
#art by Cinzia Battistel "Winter Symphony"
#MusicAdvent #unlikelycarollers
youtu.be/czNwnCnNk1Q?...
Filippino Dingli (d. 1677): Titular painting at the Oratory of the Immaculate Conception, Jesuit Church, Valletta, Malta.
#music by Maurice Duruflé
youtu.be/ADH7aHUWV6U?...
#music by Maurice Duruflé
youtu.be/ADH7aHUWV6U?...
December 8, 2024 at 8:54 PM
Filippino Dingli (d. 1677): Titular painting at the Oratory of the Immaculate Conception, Jesuit Church, Valletta, Malta.
#music by Maurice Duruflé
youtu.be/ADH7aHUWV6U?...
#music by Maurice Duruflé
youtu.be/ADH7aHUWV6U?...
Pietro Mascagni #botd in 1863: "Pifferata di Natale" for piano
#MusicAdvent #unlikelycarollers
youtu.be/89JnvAlYxmI?...
#MusicAdvent #unlikelycarollers
youtu.be/89JnvAlYxmI?...
December 7, 2024 at 9:22 AM
Pietro Mascagni #botd in 1863: "Pifferata di Natale" for piano
#MusicAdvent #unlikelycarollers
youtu.be/89JnvAlYxmI?...
#MusicAdvent #unlikelycarollers
youtu.be/89JnvAlYxmI?...
#nightmusic
Henryk Górecki #botd in 1933: String Quartet No. 2 "Quasi una Fantasia" ends with an eerie quote from Silent Night (Detail from "A Nativity at Night" by Geertgen tot Sint Jans c. 1490)
#MusicAdvent #unlikelycarollers
youtu.be/p9opmRKWLVI?...
Henryk Górecki #botd in 1933: String Quartet No. 2 "Quasi una Fantasia" ends with an eerie quote from Silent Night (Detail from "A Nativity at Night" by Geertgen tot Sint Jans c. 1490)
#MusicAdvent #unlikelycarollers
youtu.be/p9opmRKWLVI?...
December 6, 2024 at 8:57 PM
#nightmusic
Henryk Górecki #botd in 1933: String Quartet No. 2 "Quasi una Fantasia" ends with an eerie quote from Silent Night (Detail from "A Nativity at Night" by Geertgen tot Sint Jans c. 1490)
#MusicAdvent #unlikelycarollers
youtu.be/p9opmRKWLVI?...
Henryk Górecki #botd in 1933: String Quartet No. 2 "Quasi una Fantasia" ends with an eerie quote from Silent Night (Detail from "A Nativity at Night" by Geertgen tot Sint Jans c. 1490)
#MusicAdvent #unlikelycarollers
youtu.be/p9opmRKWLVI?...
"Ghost of Christmas" for orchestra by Dai Fujikura (Illustration by P. J. Lynch for "A Christmas Carol")
#MusicAdvent #unlikelycarollers
youtube.com/watch?v=Z4s3...
#MusicAdvent #unlikelycarollers
youtube.com/watch?v=Z4s3...
December 2, 2024 at 9:53 PM
"Ghost of Christmas" for orchestra by Dai Fujikura (Illustration by P. J. Lynch for "A Christmas Carol")
#MusicAdvent #unlikelycarollers
youtube.com/watch?v=Z4s3...
#MusicAdvent #unlikelycarollers
youtube.com/watch?v=Z4s3...
"As Rich as the King: A Tale of Casablanca" by Abigail Assor, translated by Natasha Lehrer.
#bookreview #PushkinPress
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#bookreview #PushkinPress
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November 23, 2024 at 5:05 PM
"As Rich as the King: A Tale of Casablanca" by Abigail Assor, translated by Natasha Lehrer.
#bookreview #PushkinPress
endsoftheword.blogspot.com/2024/11/as-r...
#bookreview #PushkinPress
endsoftheword.blogspot.com/2024/11/as-r...
Festive horrors await... "The Dead of Winter: The Demons, Witches and Ghosts of Christmas" by Sarah Clegg on @GrantaBooks
endsoftheword.blogspot.com/2024/11/the-...
endsoftheword.blogspot.com/2024/11/the-...
November 23, 2024 at 4:17 PM
Festive horrors await... "The Dead of Winter: The Demons, Witches and Ghosts of Christmas" by Sarah Clegg on @GrantaBooks
endsoftheword.blogspot.com/2024/11/the-...
endsoftheword.blogspot.com/2024/11/the-...
The King in Yellow... Review of R.W. Chambers' seminal work of decadent #weirdfiction
... plus music by Debussy, Caplet, Satie and Melody Eötvös
#gothic
endsoftheword.blogspot.com/2019/01/horr...
... plus music by Debussy, Caplet, Satie and Melody Eötvös
#gothic
endsoftheword.blogspot.com/2019/01/horr...
November 23, 2024 at 2:56 PM
The King in Yellow... Review of R.W. Chambers' seminal work of decadent #weirdfiction
... plus music by Debussy, Caplet, Satie and Melody Eötvös
#gothic
endsoftheword.blogspot.com/2019/01/horr...
... plus music by Debussy, Caplet, Satie and Melody Eötvös
#gothic
endsoftheword.blogspot.com/2019/01/horr...
November 22, 2024 at 6:27 PM
"Ghostland: In Search of a Haunted Country" by Edward Parnell... a #bookreview
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endsoftheword.blogspot.com/2019/11/ghos...
November 21, 2024 at 7:17 PM
"Ghostland: In Search of a Haunted Country" by Edward Parnell... a #bookreview
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endsoftheword.blogspot.com/2019/11/ghos...
November 20, 2024 at 8:23 PM