Menoot; A Boomerang Post

There had been plans for visitors, but as we all know, the best laid of voles and women, or something like that! Mac1 (whose birthday was yesterday) called last Friday to say it would have to be postponed as she had landed hard on the pavement earlier in that first week, resulting in damage to her left arm and shoulder. Then Aitch, who'd been aiming to join us, took the nasty winter cold that is doing the rounds, as well as beginning to be leery of the deteriorating weather (it has been wild since the new year), so after a natter on Sunday, we decided best to err on the side of caution.

So let me today share with you what was posted five years ago on this date...

Menoizikul; Midweek Musicalisms

When seeking out the composers to share for the rest of this month, I found that January is one of the most populated months for birthdays. The list that I use doesn't include all possible names, but certainly all that are available to find for listening online. (For example, last week's offering via Joni was not listed on my source.) I found that, in the list of thirty-five names, fifteen of them fell in the first week, fifteen in the last week, and only five fell scattered across the middle. Out of the fifteen in the first week, six were born on the 6th, so quite a high percentage. In the last week, the cluster is around the 27th. Just some random stats there for you! 

Anyway, I made the decision that we would stick with the first week's lot, since last week started that particular ball rolling. 

Martin Agricola was a German composer, born on the 6th of January, 1486, in Świebodzin, Poland. At the time of his birth, that was termed as Silesia, and considered part of the Germanic bishopric of Magdeburg. He was self-taught and made significant contributions to understanding instrumentation and music theory. The style is Renaissance. I particularly liked this plain chant piece, which somehow suits the winter days.

Menonday Art Vibe; The Portraits Series

The paintings shared last week were incredibly detailed. Today's is also very finely painted - and is worth 'biggifying' to have a closer inspection of the detail. The decolletage is gossamer, the pearls almost translucent, the lace on the cuffs so delicate, the embroidery exquisite... All that and a bit of history too!