tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3077210.post5205465982740602700..comments2024-03-28T08:37:58.136+01:00Comments on Limited, Inc.: active and passive revolution 2Roger Gathmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11257400843748041639noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3077210.post-44905313660725928252010-10-14T16:24:58.361+02:002010-10-14T16:24:58.361+02:00I love what Joan S. does with this aria -- not tha...I love what Joan S. does with this aria -- not that I am any judge of technique.Roger Gathmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11257400843748041639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3077210.post-9574915624463135682010-10-14T02:31:27.655+02:002010-10-14T02:31:27.655+02:00http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSdXdwj_euI
THIS i...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSdXdwj_euI<br /><br />THIS is incredible, even by comparison to anyone who ever lived and sang. 1965! Wow, this Dame DID have the goddam technique! Whew.patrick j. mullinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15909152556240137915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3077210.post-10095015785026553272010-10-10T23:17:25.717+02:002010-10-10T23:17:25.717+02:00QWERTY 6768 = THERE IS NO REASON TO THINK THAT ORL...QWERTY 6768 = THERE IS NO REASON TO THINK THAT ORLOV'S CORRESPONDENT IS VINCENZO CUOCO. BUT CERTAINLY THE BALANCE BETWEEN FANTASIA AND JUDGMENT IS A THEME THAT OBSESSED HIM — THAT FOLLOWED HIM LIKE THE SOUNDS OF THE WATERFALL IN THE GLENN FOLLOWED WORDSWORTH — IN HIS OBSERVATIONS ON THE REVOLUTION IN ACTION, WHICH, HE UNDERSTOOD, WAS ALSO THE REACTION, TOO, IN ACTION. IN CHAPTER 7 OF HIS ESSAY ON THE REVOLUTION IN NAPLES, HE STOPS THE PLOT AFTER HAVING PORTRAYED THE ROYAL COURT, IN THE SWAY OF THE BOURBON QUEEN MARIA-CAROLINE AND HER SINISTER ADVISORS, EXERTING ITSELF TO EXTINGUISH 'REVOLUTIONARY' FORCES IN NAPLES IN A PREVISION OF THE WHITE TERROR TO COME. THE FACT, CUOCO SAYS, IS THAT THE REVOLUTIONARY FORCES EXISTED AS MERE SALON OPINION, OR THE CASUAL REMARKS OF THE YOUNG BUCKS DOWN AT THE RACE TRACK. WHAT WAS ONCE MERELY THE SKEPTICAL BANTER OF 18TH CENTURY ROCOCO SUDDENLY FOUND ITSELF TRANSFORMED INTO DEEP POLITICS = THE FROST PERFORMS ITS SECRET MINISTRY, / UNHELPED BY ANY WIND. THE OWLET'S CRY / CAME LOUD-AND HARK, AGAIN! LOUD AS BEFORE… / I WAS REARED / IN THE GREAT CITY, PENT 'MID CLOISTERS DIM, / AND SAW NOUGHT LOVELY BUT THE SKY AND STARS. / BUT <i>THOU</i>, MY BABE! SHALT WANDER LIKE A BREEZE / BY LAKES AND SANDY SHORES, BENEATH THE CRAGS / OF ANCIENT MOUNTAIN, AND BENEATH THE CLOUDS… / 'TIS CALM INDEED! SO CALM, THAT IT DISTURBS / AND VEXES MEDITATION WITH ITS STRANGE / AND EXTREME SILENTNESS. SEA, HILL, AND WOOD, / THIS POPULOUS VILLAGE! SEA, AND HILL, AND WOOD, / WITH ALL THE NUMBERLESS GOINGS-ON OF LIFE, / INAUDIBLE AS DREAMS!… / THEREFORE ALL SEASONS SHALL BE SWEET TO THEE, / WHETHER THE SUMMER CLOTHE THE GENERAL EARTH / WITH GREENNESS, OR THE REDBREAST SIT AND SING / BETWIXT THE TUFTS OF SNOW ON THE BARE BRANCH… / OR IF THE SECRET MINISTRY OF FROST / SHALL HANG THEM UP IN SILENT ICICLES, / QUIETLY SHINING TO THE QUIET MOON § FROST AT MIDNIGHT, SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE.northangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02124226438327229521noreply@blogger.com