today was the first day of summer that actually felt like summer, and since I didn't post a video for a very long time, I decided for silly nostalgia today. "Voilá l'été" was one of the big summer hits of 1993, the summer, I spend in France (in the South), and I can never prevent a smirk when they are making fun for those who spend their summer " ( Read more... )

Since the summer has arrived in May, I still feel in the mood for African music and for more somewhat embarassing revelations about my taste in music: I love Reggae. ^_^ I had a long down in my love for it, because it was and still is always a reminder of my failings in love life, but I'm glad that I can listen to the music again without feeling ( Read more... )

I guess Music Monday is a good way to re-enter the realm of my livejournal, after the long hiatus. A few days before, I stumbled over this video in some other journal, and I was immediately reminded how much I love that song. (For some reasons, it touches me even more when I'm in a hormonal down. Don't ask me why!) It's been years since I've last ( Read more... )

I wanted to post this since quite a while. It's William Byrd's Ave Verum. It's very introspective, but this kind of music is the reason why I can not find it in myself to think religion as something that limits people's minds. The beauty of the music inspired by the religious feelings of the composer can at times take my breath away.

My favorite ( Read more... )

For a long time, I had wanted to buy John Gay's Beggar's Opera, especially since I heard a feature comparing all three versions (the Gay version, the Britten version and the Brecht/ Weill Threepenny Opera), and on Amazon I found the complete version and the version from Benjamin Britten, both as second hand. Now I only need the Threepenny Opera, ( Read more... )

When I made the last post, I forgot to add the text of the song and I made a (not perfect, but approximative) translation of the words.

Congaueant catholici
Letentur cives celici
Die ista
(May celebrate the christian people and may rejoyce the beings (citizens) of the heavens today.)

Clerus pulcris carminibus
Studeat atque cantibus
Die ista

(May the ( Read more... )

Today I didn't do so much for the thesis, because I had to prepare next semester's class. Topic: Travelling in the 12th and 13th century. While collecting the sources and looking for pictures to accompany them,  I found a nice page from the Codex Calixtinus. The codex is preserved in Santiago de Compostella. Under others, it contains a book of ( Read more... )