“I have claimed that Escape is one of the main functions of fairy-stories, and since I do not disapprove of them, it is plain that I do not accept the tone of scorn or pity with which ‘Escape’ is now so often used. Why should a man be scorned if,
finding himself in prison, he tries to get out and go home? Or if he cannot do so, he thinks and talks about other topics than jailers and prison-walls?”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, On Fairy Stories
PSALM 86:8-10
8 There is none like you among the gods, O Lord,
nor are there any works like yours.
9 All the nations you have made shall come
and worship before you, O Lord,
and shall glorify your name.
10 For you are great and do wondrous things;
you alone are God.
THE LORD’S PRAYER
Our Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven: Give us this day our daily bread; And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those that trespass against us; And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, For ever and ever. Amen.
ART APPRECIATION
Caillebotte painted many scenes of the city, especially the broad boulevards of Paris. At the time of this painting (1877), this was a picture of a very modern Paris. We see people of different classes going about their business and the huge apartment buildings in the background. We see shadows and light reflecting off the cobblestones. Although this masterpiece looks like a snapshot, it is well-balanced. Caillebotte’s paintings often looked more realistic than those of his contemporaries.
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Gustave Caillebotte (1848-1894) trained to be an engineer but became interested in painting and attended the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He met Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, and Auguste Renior in 1874 and became the chief organizer, promoter, and financial backer of the Impressionist exhibitions for several years. Although Caillebotte was a remarkable artist, he is lesser known because many of his works remained in his family and his works were not reproduced until the later 1900s. Caillebotte was one of the first Impressionist artists to be influenced by photography in his paintings.
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MUSIC APPRECIATION
| Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, op. 18: I. “Moderato” |
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18, composition for piano and orchestra by Sergei Rachmaninoff. It premiered on November 9, 1901, and contains themes that, throughout the 20th century, would be reborn as the melodies of several popular songs, including Frank Sinatra’s 1945 “Full Moon and Empty Arms” and Eric Carmen’s 1975 “All by Myself”; Carmen, trained as a classical pianist, shared songwriting credit with the long-dead Rachmaninoff. It was made most famous when a portion of the second movement was set as the haunting motif of David Lean’s 1945 film Brief Encounter.
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Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) was a composer who was the last great figure of the tradition of Russian Romanticism and a leading piano virtuoso of his time. He is especially known for his piano concerti and the piece for piano and orchestra titled Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (1934). 4
- Lange, Krista, and Leigh Lowe. First Grade Enrichment: Classical Core Curriculum. Teacher Guide. Memoria Press, 2017. ↩︎
- Ibid. ↩︎
- “Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, inc., http://www.britannica.com/topic/Piano-Concerto-No-2-Rachmaninoff. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
↩︎ - “Sergey Rachmaninoff.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, inc., 28 Mar. 2025, http://www.britannica.com/biography/Sergey-Rachmaninoff.
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