Billie Holiday and Tallulah Bankhead backstage at the Strand Theatre on Broadway in New York City, 1948.
The St. Louis Argus (August 27, 1948)
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For #NationalCatDay:
The Cat Symphony by Moritz von Schwind, 1868
H 31.6cm x W 25cm, pencil/brown pen/brown brush on paper.
“A humorous depiction of a melody for violins in which, instead of notes, numerous cats move across the paper." 🐈
Given as a gift to his friend, violinist Joseph Joachim, to celebrate being named director of the Berlin Academy of Music. 🎁
Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
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The Cat Symphony, one of his best-known hand drawings, is a humorous depiction of a melody for violins in which, instead of notes, numerous cats move across the paper.
The composition can be interpreted as a caricaturing dig at Richard Wagner's music, which the artist did not appreciate very much. Schwind gave the sheet to one of his friends, the violinist Joseph Joachim. The reason for the gift was Joachim's appointment as director of the Berlin Academy of Music. Schwind sent a letter and a photo of the drawing to Eduard Mörike on January 19, 1869. It says:
“I became a musician, and indeed a future musician in the second higher degree. Away with the old, stiff, dry staff! Outdated, outdated, old stuff - it needs a new, intellectual, lively means of expression for my new, unexpected thoughts - whether it's sounds, images or the devil knows what, that doesn't matter - I've achieved the unbelievable. Enclosed, Mr. The sonata dedicated to Joachim is eloquent proof. He confesses that he is unable to play it - this sorcerer on the fiddle! Incidentally, it may be noted that Joachim and I belong to the famous Order of the Black Cat and that it was this inconspicuous occasion - that caused this giant leap in music."
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personally i think phantom heard someone refer to santa as 'father christmas' and now they only refer to him as 'daddy claus' simply because it makes everyone else's horns hurt
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