pretty angelic super talented musician facesTumblr (3.0; @circleoffifths)http://circleoffifths.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ad465640798c9436ee7eab40c22b7480/tumblr_mjenylM7P31rql1zwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://circleoffifths.tumblr.com/post/47984283559http://circleoffifths.tumblr.com/post/47984283559Sun, 14 Apr 2013 16:56:59 -0400sergei rachmaninoff<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdsmqtKoI61rkotcoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://howtoseewithoutacamera.tumblr.com/post/36741995631/by-moissej-nappelbaum-mstislaw-rostropowitsch" target="_blank">howtoseewithoutacamera</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>by <strong>Moissej Nappelbaum</strong></p> <p>Mstislaw Rostropowitsch, ca. 1950, USSR</p> </blockquote>http://circleoffifths.tumblr.com/post/46354514547http://circleoffifths.tumblr.com/post/46354514547Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:23:20 -0400mstislav rostropovich<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/235156c2ad12b28dd49f046402183e51/tumblr_mk85qodLVT1rovx0yo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://pgadrummer.tumblr.com/post/46257832303/happy-birthday-to-bela-bartok-he-would-be-132" target="_blank">pgadrummer</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Happy  Birthday to Bela Bartok! He would be 132. </p> </blockquote>http://circleoffifths.tumblr.com/post/46304706309http://circleoffifths.tumblr.com/post/46304706309Mon, 25 Mar 2013 22:12:50 -0400bela bartok<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c27d6f8829fe174bd2359cf37941a813/tumblr_mk07begWHf1rtc4jbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://circleoffifths.tumblr.com/post/45946000280http://circleoffifths.tumblr.com/post/45946000280Thu, 21 Mar 2013 19:07:34 -0400glenn gould<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ff101bd3ea79fb3112ca5a4f299c6bd0/tumblr_mk0hkbYwZj1s8iw1ho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://circleoffifths.tumblr.com/post/45945985322http://circleoffifths.tumblr.com/post/45945985322Thu, 21 Mar 2013 19:07:23 -0400glenn gould<iframe class="tumblr_audio_player tumblr_audio_player_45027175818" src="http://circleoffifths.tumblr.com/post/45027175818/audio_player_iframe/circleoffifths/tumblr_mblzd1XmHP1qetsit?audio_file=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tumblr.com%2Faudio_file%2Fcircleoffifths%2F45027175818%2Ftumblr_mblzd1XmHP1qetsit" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" scrolling="no" width="500" height="85"></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://guiltyguiltypleasures.tumblr.com/post/33215642150/this-is-the-epitaph-of-seikilos-it-is-the" target="_blank">guiltyguiltypleasures</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>This is the Epitaph of Seikilos. It is the earliest complete music composition with notation ever discovered. It dates from somewhere between 100 BC and 100 AD. There are earlier examples of music to be sure - the Delphic Hymns, of course, as well as some early Japanese and Chinese ceremonial music, but it’s all either fragmented or unable to be dated due to oral tradition.</p> <p>The original ‘score’, such as it is, doesn’t look like much to our modern eyes:</p> <p><img alt="image" height="233" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Seikilos.svg/800px-Seikilos.svg.png" width="800"/></p> <p>If you translate that into Western notation, however:</p> <p><img alt="image" height="56" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/Seikilos_score.png" width="628"/></p> <p>This is music that is two thousand years old. It could have been played when Christ walked the earth. And thanks to music being a universal language, we can hear those exact same notes, like a piece of history coming to life in front of us. Isn’t that just incredible?</p> </blockquote>http://circleoffifths.tumblr.com/post/45027175818http://circleoffifths.tumblr.com/post/45027175818Sun, 10 Mar 2013 11:19:49 -0400ancient<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/66df5adca0aa706c572a5c57777d6e29/tumblr_mjcxeqrlbo1ri2bp8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://circleoffifths.tumblr.com/post/44907271356http://circleoffifths.tumblr.com/post/44907271356Fri, 08 Mar 2013 21:44:51 -0500sergei rachmaninoff<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/99aa5aad8ec6c8b0ba52f1775b3d9ff4/tumblr_misjr24nqn1rc5ldao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://circleoffifths.tumblr.com/post/44082486795http://circleoffifths.tumblr.com/post/44082486795Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:53:06 -0500sergei rachmaninoff<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/64d5a8963ba23b3a28b212c100c273f6/tumblr_mhu1m2RXTv1qeaq24o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://circleoffifths.tumblr.com/post/43950668206http://circleoffifths.tumblr.com/post/43950668206Sun, 24 Feb 2013 21:40:28 -0500sviatoslav richterarthur rubenstein<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d4e2793dc11795aa1dbd2a7a439a48bc/tumblr_mibr8r5SBT1qdrgo9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://arpeggia.tumblr.com/post/43239296740" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">arpeggia</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Sviatoslav Richter bowing after sucessful concert in Carnegie Hall, 1960</p> <p>Photo by Walter Sanders - <a href="http://life.time.com/" target="_blank">LIFE</a> archive</p> <p>More posts: <a href="http://arpeggia.tumblr.com/tagged/life-magazine" target="_blank">LIFE</a> | <a href="http://arpeggia.tumblr.com/tagged/sviatoslav-richter" target="_blank">Sviatoslav Richter</a></p></blockquote>http://circleoffifths.tumblr.com/post/43950636914http://circleoffifths.tumblr.com/post/43950636914Sun, 24 Feb 2013 21:40:07 -0500sviatoslav richter<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/5d93d8fa97a5647f31d989650c8baeb2/tumblr_mi2qumdFNF1s03cw6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://circleoffifths.tumblr.com/post/42889518413http://circleoffifths.tumblr.com/post/42889518413Mon, 11 Feb 2013 21:02:29 -0500sergei rachmaninoff<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3750b4b9b4f2a7768e1d50036f3bb132/tumblr_mhipkk9VpP1ryi6wpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://composersillustrated.tumblr.com/post/42196562749/robert-schumann" target="_blank">composersillustrated</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Robert Schumann</p> </blockquote>http://circleoffifths.tumblr.com/post/42197547536http://circleoffifths.tumblr.com/post/42197547536Sun, 03 Feb 2013 12:16:03 -0500robert schumann<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4c13fa0922ee5a1f02e6ccff071173a6/tumblr_mhl346FKEr1s33odxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://circleoffifths.tumblr.com/post/42148796327http://circleoffifths.tumblr.com/post/42148796327Sat, 02 Feb 2013 20:50:41 -0500sergei rachmaninoff<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/30367e349c8e905e8346bcce2c27b91d/tumblr_mgy7gkZugh1r31mkdo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://circleoffifths.tumblr.com/post/41977052668http://circleoffifths.tumblr.com/post/41977052668Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:26:05 -0500martha argerich<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ef59c5220773101c6710378045b0025b/tumblr_mgs29bAYr91rhwe3do1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://circleoffifths.tumblr.com/post/40787039225http://circleoffifths.tumblr.com/post/40787039225Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:41:17 -0500sergei rachmaninoff<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/191442f217eafc43c00fc210ee3c6d7f/tumblr_mge0eyriwe1razr25o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://circleoffifths.tumblr.com/post/40396953288http://circleoffifths.tumblr.com/post/40396953288Sat, 12 Jan 2013 23:04:00 -0500glenn gould<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/21aa5c6e4a66cc09ed6d43b9e6e6cd4a/tumblr_mf1kmfa5iw1qe31lco1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/6beeadfa39cbda3c498ac9ff1c144eb4/tumblr_mf1kmfa5iw1qe31lco3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/0af80f01797cc5b02dfb9b16531eb2e1/tumblr_mf1kmfa5iw1qe31lco6_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/0b7670c0645a42b04903c7b9100668d6/tumblr_mf1kmfa5iw1qe31lco7_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/46fbeaea225bfd5307f0f2e0d153ebfc/tumblr_mf1kmfa5iw1qe31lco2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://likeafieldmouse.tumblr.com/post/37933848903/ludwig-van-beethoven-the-immortal-beloved" target="_blank">likeafieldmouse</a>:</p> <blockquote> <div> <div> <p>Ludwig van Beethoven - <em><a href="http://lvbandmore.blogspot.com/2010/11/1123-immortal-beloved-letter-autograph.html" target="_blank">The “Immortal Beloved” Letters</a></em> (1812)</p> <p>These are Beethoven’s 5-part unsent love letters written in pencil to a woman, his “Immortal Beloved”, whose identity remains unknown, found in his estate by his friend Anton Schindler after his death.</p> <p><em>Angel, I have just heard that the mail coach goes every day – and thus I must finish so that you may receive the letter immediately. – be patient – only through quiet contemplation of our existence can we achieve our purpose to live together – Be calm; for only by calmly considering our lives can we achieve our purpose of living together.- be calm - love me - today - yesterday - What yearning with tears for you - you - you my life – my everything - farewell - oh continue to love me - never misjudge the most faithful heart of your Beloved</em></p> <p><em><span>L.</span></em></p> <p><em>Ever thine.</em></p> <p><em>Ever mine.</em></p> <p><em>Ever ours.  </em></p> </div> </div> </blockquote>http://circleoffifths.tumblr.com/post/37962719833http://circleoffifths.tumblr.com/post/37962719833Sat, 15 Dec 2012 00:16:38 -0500ludwig van beethoven<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdcgu3jTFx1qa82ojo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://circleoffifths.tumblr.com/post/35808972868http://circleoffifths.tumblr.com/post/35808972868Thu, 15 Nov 2012 20:00:00 -0500glenn gould<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcherlKrwc1qfgy1ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://circleoffifths.tumblr.com/post/34743921013http://circleoffifths.tumblr.com/post/34743921013Thu, 01 Nov 2012 00:21:24 -0400sergei rachmaninoff<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mceu507JTB1ryi6wpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://composersillustrated.tumblr.com/post/34639713996/johannes-brahms-by-willy-von-beckerath" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">composersillustrated</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Johannes Brahms by Willy Von Beckerath</p></blockquote>http://circleoffifths.tumblr.com/post/34639912931http://circleoffifths.tumblr.com/post/34639912931Tue, 30 Oct 2012 12:07:30 -0400johannes brahms