This is Stefano Bertoncello's Blog (ステファノ・ベルトンチェッロ - トゥーグッドイアーズ − ブロガー、オーディオ＆ミュージック・コンサルタント) devoted to pacific topics like Music - live and reproduced - i.e. discs, audio, guitars - both vintage and new, concerts, workshops, and related stuffs. Furthermore: travelling - as a mind-game and real globetrotting, and books, movies, photography... sharing all the above et al. and related links... and to anything makes Life better and Earth a better place to stay, enjoying Life, in Peace.
This is the fancy fiddle that graced the hands of one Vassar Clements! 🎻 It is believed to have been crafted in the 1500s by a renowned (yet unknown) German luthier.
The fiddle features an ornately carved scroll and a painting depicting Sappho holding a lute. It is believed to have been owned previously by a distinguished Russian violinist, and by renowned bluegrass fiddler John Hartford, who gifted this fiddle to Vassar in the 1970s.
Just Wow!
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The Soveida Harp, designed by Amir Konjani, is a revolutionary harp that incorporates resonators, taking it to an entirely new level in the world of musical instruments.
With a futuristic design and impressive resonance, this harp not only redefines classical aesthetics but also enhances the auditory experience. Its innovative use of technology, combined with tradition, has captivated audiences in performances such as those with the London Symphony Orchestra, demonstrating how engineering can transform music.
Credits: Stereo salvaje 🙏
Which came first?
The disc, of course!
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A new luxurious dress for the revolutionary Brion Fluksus
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… on Gulliver’s guitar 😳
Lou had three rules. The first, don’t be afraid of anyone; the second, if you see stuff other people have done that you like, watch and learn; the third, you must always be very, very tender.
He was one of the few men I ever met who could cry. Men don’t cry, it’s not allowed. But he was terribly emotional. Think about what he wrote: you don’t write it if you don’t feel it… Lou and I played together. We became best friends, then partners. We traveled, listened to and critiqued each other’s work, studied things together (butterfly chasing, meditation, kayaking). We made ridiculous jokes; quit smoking 20 times; fought; learned to hold our breath underwater; went to Africa; sang opera arias in elevators; made friends with unlikely people; followed each other on tour when possible. We had a sweet little dog who played the piano; shared a house that was different from our respective apartments; protected and loved each other. We often went to art shows, concerts, shows, theater, and I observed how he loved and appreciated other artists and musicians. He was always so generous. He knew how difficult the environment was. We loved our life in the West Village and our friends; and, through it all, we always did everything in the best way possible. Like many couples, each of us built our own way of being: strategies, and sometimes compromises, that allowed us to be part of a couple. Sometimes we lost a little more than we were capable of giving, or we gave in a little too much, or we felt abandoned. Sometimes we got really angry. But even when I was out of my mind, I was never bored. We learned to forgive each other. And somehow, for 21 years, we intertwined our minds and hearts, together.
Laurie Anderson
Family photo: Lou Reed, Laurie Anderson and Lolabelle
85 years old… aehm: young and mostly lived into and for music.
I wish you all the best and good heath and happiness.
Thanks for your music, Maestro 💫💫💫
… and his wife Betsy Arakawa and dog 🌸
“The Conversation” was one of his masterpieces.
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Adolfo Wildt: Il maestro Arturo Toscanini. Marble sculpture from 1924, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna in Rome.
A very similar copy is in the Teatro della Scala, in Milan.
Wildt's fame, achieved with his works from 1890-92, paid the price of his adherence to fascism (as also happened to other Italian artists of the time, today revalued) and that his sculptures were very appreciated from the beginning in Germany, but since the 1980s many art critics are rediscovering his works in bronze and marble, also defining him as the last of the Symbolists.
Starting from the romantic background of the late nineteenth century, Wildt devoted himself to the art of a sculpture strongly influenced by the Secession and Art Nouveau, characterized by complex symbolism and an almost gothic definition of its forms.
The extreme smoothness of the marble surfaces gives his busts an absolute purity and a plastic integrity that he has always tried to reconcile with the dramatic feeling of an almost paroxysmal intensity: for this reason, Wildt is on the threshold of Expressionism which is shown above all in the painful and shocked expression of his Self-portrait of 1909.
Prolific and much loved by D'Annunzio, he also taught at the Brera Academy from '26, and among his students was Lucio Fontana.
Adolfo Wildt (Milan, March 1, 1868 - Milan, March 12, 1931) was an Italian sculptor, designer and medallist, member of the Academy of Italy since March 1929.
Very well known to the public is the sculpture of 1893-94 "Vedova" or Atte, exhibited at the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna in Rome, for which it is thought his young wife posed and which has already been shared a short time ago in this album.
A truly seldom seen record and artist… a typical English songwriter with a nice voice, a friend of Allan Taylor and on - someway - same vein, but… look at the impressive line-up on his eponymous disc!
Worth a listen, also on Spotify 😉
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