Director of International Programs at Iowa State University. Music teacher, writer, researcher, and fan.
Joined November 2009
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A Thread of Fascinating Maps That Show The Side Of The World We Rarely See (Best Of All Time)
1. List Of Countries Mentioned Or Referred In The Bible
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Almost halfwaye through the new Chicago Manual of Style and absolutelye no advyce yet on what to wear.
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In honor of Richard Wagner’s birthday— Clara Schumann’s EPIC burns of his operas:🔥
“This is not music at all to me—though I don’t deny his powers for drama.” (Tannhäuser)
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Meet Molly Compton (@mollster_mash), the "scene mom" behind Ur Mom Records, a small DIY label making handmade runs of records, tapes, and T-shirts for small artists. Her goal? To help these artists sustain themselves on the road. | ✍️ @debbiemarieb_
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Another run at this one: This mid-1940s portrait seems to be of a NYC dancer or operatic singer—perhaps jazz singer. Someone in the arts. Any good idea who it might be?
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besties, germany, ca. 1540
ALT A medieval drawing of a skeleton wearing a shroud and carrying a lute in one hand. With the other hand the skeleton is holding the hand of a man with a long beard, red clothes, and a flag
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Roses are redde
Elegant are manatees
To create a bettir and more just future
We neede more funding for educacioun and advanced researche yn the artes and humanityes
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Being vaccinated does NOT mean you can write a macabre, opium-fueled symphony to express your obsessive, unrequited fixation on a young actress, concluding with a dream scene of your execution by beheading.
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THREAD: Lots of us learned classical music from watching old cartoons, so I’m going to identify the pieces that frequently popped up.
One of the most recognizable is Franz Liszt’s “Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2,” performed by those great piano virtuosos Bugs Bunny and Tom & Jerry.
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Here's something cute #OTD in 1860: Berlioz returned to Pauline Viardot some Wagner pieces: in his note, he writes that he has been worried that their diminished sevenths might escape and eat his furniture and warns her about them. #GoodAdvice #HungryDim7ths
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A friend on FB asked what if Symphonie Fantastique, but emojis. So I did.
I. 😍👩🦰🎶
II. 💃🕺
III. 🐑🐑🌬🌳☺️❓💔❓😬🐑 🌩
IV. 💊💊💊🥱😴😴😴👩🦰🔫🚔👩⚖️🏴👞👞👞🪓😵🥁🎺🎺🎺
V. 🧙♀️👹🧝♀️👻🧛♀️☠️🧟♂️🔮👯♀️👯♀️👯♀️🔔⚰️🔔
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Nevir shal Ich give thee up
Nevir shal Ich lat thee doun
Nevir shal Ich runne arounde and desert thee
Nevir shal Ich make thee crye
Nevir shal Ich 'farewell' sigh
Never shal be fals yn a maner that doth cause thee sorrowe
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Now accepting applications for ISU Orvieto Summer Study Abroad 2021! See our website for further information: about.illinoisstate.edu/orvi… and contact Dr. Cline ([email protected]) or Dr. Jasper ([email protected]) with questions.
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Here's a group of 12 artists. All of them primarily perform with melodic, precisely pitched vocals. Yet when you Google them, half of them are described as rappers while the other half are considered singers. 🤔Any wild guesses as to why that might be?
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I used to tell a joke about Orpheus and Eurydice, but looking back, it was not a great idea
