Saturday, February 17, 2024

Edwin and his Emilies ... or, Mr Wilson and his wives

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  Yes, it's that time again. My desktop is bulging with oldtime folk, gathered from around the internet ... so it's time for a clean...
Thursday, February 15, 2024

The Cuban Sylph or, a birthday brainteaser

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  I thought I'd have a quiet day today after the efforts required in hurdling the 78th fence on life's racecourse yesterday. But, of...
Sunday, February 11, 2024

Knüst in May: the Valli sisters

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  These photos came to hand today, so I thought I'd enshrine them in a little article of my manufacture from pre-Internet days .. VALLI,...

'The female tenor': you gotta have a gimmick!

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  MELA, Eugenia  (b Palermo c 1846; d Isola della Scala February 1879)   Gimmicks rarely work in the world of serious music. Signorina Mela ...
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AROUND THE WORLD... in blackface?

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  I came upon this photo today, in the depths of ebay. The vendor had just labelled it 'Italian dancers to be identified'. I turned ...
Saturday, February 10, 2024

ART in little Oxford (NZ): a couple of wows!

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  Sunday is usually a quiet day at Gerolstein.  A little writing, a little racing, perhaps a visit from my dearest friends, Robin and Gerald...
Thursday, February 8, 2024

The prolific Herr Grobe of Wilmington, Delaware ...

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Desktop clearing time. What to file and what to bin.   Some stuff has been sitting there way too long. Such as Herr Grobe ... I was lured in...