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Pamela Blevins
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Writer. Biographer of Ivor Gurney & Marion Scott (2008); champion of women composers; lover of Scotland, poetry, classical music, art, Nature. Author of Beyond the Hand of God, true story of an 1860 murder. Working on Murder in the Birches.
Safe, welcome and respected.
November 17, 2024 at 7:39 PM
Bruckner 8, 9
Sibelius 1, Lemminkainen Legends*
Mahler 1, 2
Brahms 3
Saint-Saens 3, organ sym.
Mendelssohn 2
*While the Lemminkainen Legends aren't officially symphonies, I think of the work as a symphony.
What are the greatest symphonies from the romantic period era? List your top selections. Mine, below.

1. Bruckner 5, 8, 9
2. Berlioz - Fantastique
3. Mahler 1, 2
4. Schumann 2, 3
5. Schubert 8, 9
6. Brahms 4
November 17, 2024 at 7:33 PM
My Antonia by Willa Cather.
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books
#BookSky
#BookChallenge

Day 2
November 17, 2024 at 6:51 PM
I am from Massachusetts, born there grew up there and called it home until some 30 years ago. Everett, Braintree, Scituate. A progressive state with much to be proud of!
I live in Massachusetts
But sure, let’s eliminate the Department of Education.
November 17, 2024 at 6:47 PM