Nature, Human, and Music is the title of an international mail art exhibition organized by Ali Asker Bal for the Korkut Ata University in Osmaniye in the South of Turkey. The call asked artists to pay homage to the composer Béla Bartók who visited the town in 1936 to collect Turkish folk music. The exhibitionContinue reading “Homage to Béla Bartók”
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Writing about Music
There’s a lot of music magazines around with a wide range of styles, objectives and audiences. But there is only one Syncopation Journal: an online platform dedicated to texts about music. We’re not talking about the industry’s press releases or the pseudo-intellectual drivel in music journals. We’re talking about – no need to be afraidContinue reading “Writing about Music”
Beautiful Mandolins
Mandolins are not only fun to play; many are real beauties as you can see here. They form an extensive family of instruments with members in places like Italy, Brazil, India, Greece, the Balkans, the British Isles, the USA and others. They exist in a vast number of shapes, sizes and tunings from the piccolo mandolin’s c’Continue reading “Beautiful Mandolins”
Die Zeit
Peter Hömseder ist Lehrer an der Blankenstein-Grundschule in Steinheim an der Murr in Baden-Württemberg. Außerdem komponiert, arrangiert und singt er und zeigt Kindern, wieviel Spaß und Freude Musik machen kann. Nun hat er mit jungen Musikanten eine wunderschöne Fassung seines Liedes Die Zeit aufgenommen, zu dem Gerald Jatzek den Text beigesteuert hat. Es ist fraglosContinue reading “Die Zeit”
A Watercolor Card
Canadian artist Awyn is a very active member of the mail art community. All the more it is very nice that she found the time to draw two watercolor paintings and send them as a postcard to Austria. The front page that features a folk guitar player on a typical stool is accompanied by aContinue reading “A Watercolor Card”
Music in Agia Galini
Οnce again in Agia Galini, Crete, the place where you may achieve a state of tranquility (γαλήνη). That doesn’t necessarily mean you stay silent all the time. Gerald played the guitar and the piccolo mandolin at Zorbas Cafe And Wine Bar. Why this really tiny mandolin? Because airlines nowadays tend to charge a fortune forContinue reading “Music in Agia Galini”
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