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Monday, December 3, 2012

MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2012

QUOTE:
“I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and pursuits 
  of false assumptions, not by my exposure to founts of wisdom and knowledge.”
AUTHOR: Igor Stravinsky
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“Wisdom and knowledge are developed through lessons learned from 
  making mistakes.”







COMPOSER
DVORAK


SONG TO THE MOON 
FROM RUSALKA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIXwBgmFM7k

In Slavic mythology, a rusalka (plural: rusalki or rusalky) is a female ghost
water nymphsuccubus, or mermaid-like demon that often dwelt in a waterway.

Rusalka in Russian folklore appears as a beautiful maiden or assumes the form of a siren: 
a half women and half-bird or half-fish.