The Chess players: Shakespeare and Ben Johnson playing chess- Image: Wikipedia The Chess Players attributed to Karel van Mander. This was identified in 1916 as an image of Ben Jonson and Shakespeare playing chess. Most scholars consider this to be pure speculation, but the claim was revived in 2004 by Jeffrey Netto, who argued [...]
Archive for the ‘classical music’ Category
Shakespeare, Chess and dance
Posted in Chess, chess art, classical music, General, tagged Chess, chess art, classical music, dance, Shakespeare, sports and pastimes of the English, Vivaldi, youtube on 13/03/2010 | 2 Comments »
Caïssa
Posted in Chess, chess games, classical music, General, klassieke musiek, mythology, Myths, tagged Bolero, Caissa, Chess, chess games, Chess goddess, Chess poem, classical music, klassieke musiek, Marco Girolamo Vida, music files, Mythology images, Myths, Ostinato, Poetry, Ravel, Sir William Jones, The game of chess on 25/01/2009 | 4 Comments »
Image: caissa.com Image: Chessville Caissa is the “patron goddess” of chess players. She was created in a poem called Caïssa written in 1763 by English poet and philologist Sir William Jones. Scacchia ludus was the basis for the poem written by William Jones in 1763. While Scacchis may have been the first Goddess of Chess, [...]
Melodies of love
Posted in Chess, chess games, classical music, klassieke musiek, tagged Chess, Chess Cube, chess games, classical music, composer of classical music, Dolannes Melody, Jean-Claude Borelly, klassieke musiek, Mp3 music files, Philidor, Shakespeare quotes, skaak, trompet musiek, trumpet music, World Chess Champion, youtube video on 29/12/2008 | 15 Comments »
Classical music and chess are two of my “melodies of love”..if you know what I mean..and today I want to share Dolannes Melody, by the master himself, the French artist, Jean-Claude Borelly! If you’re a chess player, try playing a game while listening to this music, you surely will have a good game. Wasn’t it [...]
Chess, poetry art and music
Posted in art, Chess, chess games, Chess Grandmasters, classical music, Dresden games 2008, gedigte, Grandmaster chess games, klassieke musiek, Magnus Carlsen, music, music MP3 files, Poetry, skaak, tagged audio files, Boris Gelfand, Carlsen, Cheparinov, Chess, chess art, chess games, classical music, David Howell round 9 Dresden, David Navara, Dean Baker, Dresden round 6, Dresden round 7, Etienne Bacrot, Gata Kamsky, gedigte, Gelfand, Grandmaster chess games Dresden 2008, interactive games of chess grandmasters, ivanchuk, Jim Brickman, klassieke musiek, Magnus Carlsen, Michael Adams, music audio files, music MP3 files, musiek, Nigel Short, Peter Svidler, poems, Poetry, Samuel Bak, Shirov, Topalov, Yelena Dembo on 28/11/2008 | 2 Comments »
Image: Chesscentral.com I believe this is a good combination: chess, poetry, art and music! I’ve started recently reading Dean’s poetry blog and glad that I’ve discovered his blog. This poem in this post, is today’s entry on his blog and I’ve really enjoyed it and thought to share it with you. If you’re a lover [...]
Make a joyful sound
Posted in classical music, Elizabeth Serenade, For a Dancer, gedigte, Jackson Browne, klassieke musiek, Laurika Rauch, music, music audio files, music files, music MP3 files, Night Mail, Poetry, Song of the trains, songs, The mouth organ boy, trains, tagged Auden, audio files classical music, classical music, Elizabeth Serenade, For a Dancer, gedigte, Jackson Browne, klassieke musiek, Laurika Rauch, music, music audio files, music files, music MP3 files, Night Mail, poems about Mail, Poetry, Royal Mail, Song of the trains, songs about trains, The mouth organ boy, trains, Vicky Leandros on 08/11/2008 | 14 Comments »
The Dancer: Image: noise.net/featured-work.asp?artist_id=8618&category_id=4 This entry is quite an odd entry. I have a few snippets of music files which I truly enjoy and they are some of the about 2GB music files on my MP3-player. The first file is the Elizabeth Serenade, then you can listen to “The mouth organ boy” – by Vicky [...]
Pure Nature
Posted in audio files, classical music, Jim Brickman, klassieke musiek, klavier musiek, music, music audio files, musiek, tagged Amazing Grace, Anam Cara, audio files, classical music, inspirational music, Jim Brickman, John O'Donohue, klassieke musiek, klavier musiek, mp3 music, music, music audio files, musiek, piano music on 26/10/2008 | 8 Comments »
wikimusicguide.com/images I got this cd of Jim Brickman from an American chess player-friend about a year ago. I’ve rediscovered the music and want to share a few tracks (some tasters) with you. The music is beautiful, relaxing, soothing…. Enjoy! Amazing Grace You never know All I ever wanted Please click here to visit his site…the [...]
Sea of Dreams
Posted in Afrikaans, audio files, Autism, classical music, classical music files, DF Malherbe, dreams, gedigte, Hennie Bekker, John William Waterhouse, Kelly King, klassieke musiek, mp3 music, Mp3 music files, music, music and your brain, music audio files, music files, musiek, musiek en jou brein, musiek vir slaap, poems, Poetry, Sea of Dreams, Slaap, sleep, sleep stages, Sleepy time, tagged Afrikaans poems, Afrikaanse gedigte, art, ASD, Aspergers syndrome, audio files, Autism, Autistic Spectrum Disorders, classical music, DF Malherbe, Dream poem, dreams, gedigte, Hennie Bekker, John Keats, John William Waterhouse, Kelly King, klassieke musiek, Langston Hughes, Mp3 music files, music, music and your brain, music audio files, music files, music for children with Aspergers, music to put you to sleep, musiek, musiek en die brein, musiek vir slaap, My Piano, Nina Mikhailenko, poems about sleep, Poetry, Russian artists, Sea of Dreams, Slaap, slaap gedigte, sleep, sleep cycles, sleep deprivation, sleep patterns, sleep stages, Sleepy time, The brain and sleep, To Sleep on 08/10/2008 | 17 Comments »
Sleep and His Half Brother Death John William Waterhouse www.illusionsgallery.com/sleep.html Image: dreams.co.uk How do you feel about sleep? Sometimes I can go a whole night without sleep, but I will surely feel knackered two days later! I love being in bed at night when the rain is tapping on the roof. Weekends I like to lie in…and then get [...]
Villa Rides
Posted in American History, audio files, classical music, classical music files, Gypsy Soul, Hongaarse Rapsodie no2, klassieke musiek, Mantovani and his orchestra, Mexican history, Mexican Revolution, mp3 music, music, music audio files, music files, musiek, Pancho Villa, Rodolfo Fierro, tagged 60's movies, American History, Amerikaanse Geskiedenis, audio files, Charles Bronson, classical movies, classical music, classical music files, Gypsy Soul, Hongaarse Rapsodie no2, Hora Staccato, Hungarian Rhapsody no2, klassieke musiek, Mantovani and his orchestra, Mexican history, Mexican Revolution, movies, Mp3 music files, music, music audio files, music files, music from the movies, musiek, musiek van films, Pancho Villa, Rodolfo Fierro, Texas Revolution, Texas War of Independence, Villa Rides, Villa Rides movie, Villa Rides Mp3, Waldo de los Rios, Yl Brynner, youtube movies on 25/09/2008 | 24 Comments »
It was Monday when the music of Villa Rides suddenly – without a warning! – entered my thoughts and managed to settle there and it hasn’t left me since! When I got home, I couldn’t wait to search the internet to see if there’s somewhere a downloadable file, but to no avail! All I could do, was [...]
Dance of the Knights
Posted in audio files, ballet, Chess, classical music, composers, downloadable music files, drama, Knight's tour, knights, music, music audio files, music videos, Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet, Sanskrit, Shakespeare drama, skaak, The Apprentice, Theme music of the Apprentice, tagged audio files, ballet, Chess, classical music, Dance of the Knights, downloadable music files, drama, Knight's tour, knights, music, music audio files, music files, music videos, Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet, Sanskrit, Shakespeare drama, skaak, The Apprentice, Theme music of the Apprentice, tv programmes on 20/09/2008 | 8 Comments »
I’ve seen Romeo and Juliet ages ago, I can only recall certain parts of it, think I need to go and see it again. The Dance of the Knights is quite fresh in my mind…I’ve found the music for you to download too if you want to! Take a listen and enjoy the youtube movie. [...]
Classic you rock!!
Posted in audio files, Beethoven, classical music, Haydn, klassieke musiek, mood music, Mozart, Mp3 music files, music, Music and personality, music audio files, music files, musiek, news article, tagged audio files, Beethoven, classical music, Haydn, klassieke musiek, mood music, Mozart, music, Music and personality, music audio files, music files, musiek, news article, Waldo de los Rios on 07/09/2008 | 8 Comments »
I found this newspaper article on yahoo…very interersting what they say about people’s personality. I myself is a great lover of classical music in particular and I’ve blogged some classical music before…here’s two entries to follow and I have 3 tracks for you to enjoy.Please click HERE to read my entry about Waldo de los [...]
Waldo de los Rios
Posted in Beethoven, classical music, composers, Haydn, komponiste, Mozart, music, music files, musiek, Speelgoed Simfonie, Toy Symphony, tagged Beethoven Symphony No.6 in F, classical music, classical music audio files, Haydn, Haydn Symphony No 101 in D, Mozart, Mp3 music files, music, music composers, music files, musiek, musiek komponiste, Speelgoed Simfonie, Toy Symphony, Toy Symphony minuetto, Waldo de los Rios on 31/07/2008 | 9 Comments »
Some of you will remember the post entry about the Symphony of Toys by Mozart — and not Haydn, as many people think. I’ve also blogged the Toy Symphony music, but in the same breath I said I’ve ordered THIS CD that morning. Well, this morning it has arrived!! Waldo de los Ríos (7 September [...]
Eendag as ek groot is…One day when I’m grown up
Posted in classical music, General, music videos, tagged Air Hostess image, Alexandra Kosteniuk, classical music, Classical music videos, General, highest mountain in Africa, interests, Kenya, Kilimandjaro, Kosteniuk, Mozart Piano Concerto No 20 in D minor, music videos, Radetzky history, Radetzky Mars, Strauss, tag, Tanzania, Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, what I want to be one day!, When I grow up... on 12/07/2008 | 10 Comments »
I was tagged by ZEE to write about a couple of things I want to be/do when I’m a “grown-up”…so, here’s my homework, done like a sweet little child! I love music and in particular piano music and it was a dream of mine to play this piece of music of Mozart! Just like on [...]
My Vuurtjie
Posted in Afrikaans, Afrikaans poems, classical music, digters, Eensaamheid, gedigte, gedigte vir kinders, Jan F E Celliers, kindergedigte, mood music, Mp3 music files, music audio files, music files, My vuurtjie en ek is op wag, Poetry, South Africa, South African Poets, Suid-Afrikaanse digters, Sweet people, tagged Afrikaans, Afrikaans children's poems, Afrikaans poems, Afrikaans poems for Children, Afrikaans poems translated to English, Afrikaans translated poems, Afrikaanse digters, Afrikaanse gedigte, Afrikaanse kindergedigte, audio files, classical music, Die mense wat ek liefhet, Dis Al, Dis die blond dis die blou, Eensaamheid, Eensaamheid vertaal, gedigte, gedigte vir kinders, Jan F E Celliers, Karoo-Kikkers, kindergedigte, Laurika Rauch, mood music, Mp3 music files, music, music audio files, music files, My fire and I are on guard, My vuurtjie en ek is op wag, Poetry, South African Poets, Suid-Afrikaanse digters, Sweet people on 07/07/2008 | 16 Comments »
English readers: you can find my translation of this first poem on “My Poems-gedigte” page on top of my blog. I hope you will enjoy it. EENSAAMHEID – JAN F.E. CELLIERS My vuurtjie en ek is op wag – my vuurtjie en ek alleen; die awend-ster wink al van ver, en die velde slaap omheen. [...]
Suid-Afrika my skaduwee
Posted in Afrikaans, audio music files, classical music, classical music files, gedigte, harp music, Hilary Stagg, Juanita du Plessis, mood music, Mp3 music files, music, music files, musiek video, South Africa, Suid-Afrika, tagged Afrikaans, Afrikaans music video, Afrikaans poems, Afrikaanse gedigte, classical music, classical music files, gedigte, harp music, Hilary Stagg, Juanita du Plessis, mood music, Mp3 music files, music, music files, musiek video, South Africa, Suid-Afrika on 17/06/2008 | 5 Comments »
I’ve got this CD of Hilary Stagg…beautiful music…enjoy this track and do get yourself this CD!! This is an Afrikaans poem, just my thoughts about life as a child… Indien jy ooit by die Opelug Museum in Pretoria ‘n draai maak, maak gerus ‘n draai by die Watermeule. Hierdie watermeule het op ons plaas gestaan [...]
Hilary Stagg
Posted in audio music files, classical music, classical music files, harp music, Hilary Stagg, Mp3 music files, music, music videos, tagged classical audio music, classical music, classical music files, harp music, Hilary Stagg, Mp3 music files, music, music files, music videos on 08/12/2007 | 26 Comments »
Hilary Stagg’s music is really beautiful….harp music! Clickhere to see more of his albums. There are 30 sec bits of tracks to listen to! Enjoy! but, I would suggest you get yours as it is really worth it! I have The edge of Forever….beautiful! Although you might not understand the words here on the [...]
Peer Gynt
Posted in Animation, classical music, Eduard Grieg, education, Grieg, Hall of Mountain King, Hendrik Ibsen, Mountain King, music, music videos, Norwegian composers, Peer Gynt, Peer Gynt animation, Peer Gynt for children, Radio3, tagged Anitra's Dance, classical music, Eduard Grieg, education, Hendrik Ibsen, In the Hall of the Mountain King, Mountain King, music, music videos, Norwegian composers, Peer Gynt, Peer Gynt animation, Peer Gynt for children, Radio 3, trolls, youtube videos on 21/09/2007 | 5 Comments »
Chris from My kop op ‘n blok inspired me to write about Peer Gynt. I read his post about Peer Gynt and that took me back to my secondary school when I was 14. Our music teacher discussed the story about the music/play of Peer Gynt, composed by Edvard Grieg. I loved it, and “Anitra’s [...]
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In Renaissance Europe chess was part of the education of the nobility and was proclaimed the “Royal Game.” In 1732 Benjamin Franklin wrote an essay, The Morals Of Chess, in which he said “The game of chess is not merely an idle amusement; several very valuable qualties of the mind useful in the course of human life are to be acquired and strengthened by it....”
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He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors. Thomas Jefferson
Any dead thing can go with the stream; it takes something ALIVE to swim against it.
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
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The man who does not know who his great-grandfather was, naturally enough would not care what he was...the man who fears to disgrace his ancestor is certainly less likely to disgrace himself. Charles Major, When Knighthood was in FlowerDie grootheid van die mens kan gesien word in hoe hy teenoor sy minderheid optree.
Every truth has four corners: as a teacher I give you one corner, and it is for you to find the other three.-Confucius
Music expresses feeling and thought, without language; it was below and before speech, and it is above and beyond all words. ~Robert G.Ingersoll
'And lastly, we learn by chess the habit of not being discouraged by present bad appearances in the state of our affairs; the habit of hoping for a favorable chance, and that of preserving in the search of resources.' -Benjamin Franklin, 'The Morals of Chess'
The hardest game to win is a won game --Emmanuel LaskerAvoid the crowd. Think independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece- Rumi
It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation. -Herman Melville
While one should always study the method of a great artist, one should never imitate his manner. The manner of an artist is essentially individual, the method of an artist is absolutely universal. The first is personality, which no one should copy.
Did you know: Chess has the most extensive literature of any game, sport or pastime.
Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe –Indian proverb
Chess is the touchstone of the human intellect.
-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The chessboard is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the Universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of Nature and the player on the other side is hidden from us--Thomas Huxley.
God created the world just like a knife and left it up to us to take it by the handle or the blade--C J Langenhoven
Jou persepsie hang waarskynlik alles af van hóé wyd jou opvatting van die poësie is-Joan Hambidge.
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.- Proverb. I doubt, therefore I think; I think therefore I am.-Rene Descartes-
Doubt is not the opposite of faith; it is one element of faith.- Paul Tillich
He who knows nothing, doubts nothing. Spanish proverb. Wisdom begins in wonder.- Socrates
Val eerder in my sop as in my rede--Langenhoven
Seek in the past everything that is good and clean and build thereon your future.
Vriende moet soos boeke wees, min, maar goed uitgesoek --Langenhoven
Friends should be like books, few, but hand-selected --Langenhoven
Goeie boeke en musiek verryk jou siel --Langenhoven
Good books and music enrich your soul --Langenhoven
Let those love now who never loved before. Let those who always loved now love the more. --Thomas Parnell
Love is like quicksand--the deeper you fall in, the harder it is to get out.
Some people come into our lives, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never the same.
There is no failure except in no longer trying--Elbert Hubbard.
The secret of success is the ability to survive failure --Noel Coward.
You cannot step twice in the same river, for other waters are continually flowing in--Knowing not how to listen is knowing not how to speak--Heraclitus, Fragments. Vuil wasgoed is om te was!-- Langenhoven
'I think one move ahead - but it is always the best move'-Reti
Some part of a mistake is always correct. - Savielly Tartakover
Chess teaches you to control the initial excitement you feel when you see something that looks good and it trains you to think objectively when you're in trouble.--Stanley Kubrick A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself. The larger the denominator, the smaller the fraction.
Leo Tolstoy
Love is like a knife, it can stab the heart or it can carve wonderful images into the soul that will last a lifetime.
A rising tide raises all boats! - JFKennedy
The artist creates in order to free himself, only to find himself again in the end-Irma Stern
And think not you can guide the course of love. For love, if it finds you worthy, shall guide your course.Kahlil Gibran
Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make men happy.Tarrasch
Chess is a beautiful mistress.Larsen
Chess is as much a mystery as women.Purdy
Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.Benjamin Franklin
Love is like a Game of Chess: One False Move and You're Mated ~ Anonymous~
Chess is the art which expresses the science of logic.Mikhail Botvinnik
The pawns are the soul of chess.Philidor~~Play to win, if not, be an artist and draw~~
Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach. Aristotle
By learning we teach and by teaching we learn
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"And do you like playing chess against women?
I wouldn’t say I do particularly, but I also wouldn’t say I don’t like it. In general, I try not to make an exception out of games against women. In chess, female logic differs little from male logic, which you can see just by analysing games. After all, the strongest female players work with men in one way or another. I don’t know what the female style of play is. Or more precisely, I don’t see any difference when compared to male play. In everyday life I also don’t divide people into men and women. For me, personal qualities, mentality and upbringing are the important things when spending time with people."
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Everyone is a genius.But if you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing it is stupid.
The real challenges on the way to become a master test your strength of character more than they test your chess skill!-Kevin Spraggett
A people are what its women are. The woman is the conscience of her nation as well as the measure of its values. The moral life of a nation is controlled by the women and by the women can we measure the moral condition of the people. - Postma
Descartes: cogito ergo sum (ek dink, daarom is ek)
==The stupid neither forgive nor forget, the naive forgive and forget,the wise forgive but do not forget--Thomas Szasz
Wanneer jy groot dinge dink, groot dinge glo en groot dinge bid, gebeur groot dinge - N V Peale
Mense sonder boeke, is soos arende sonder vlerke-G.D.Labuschagne
A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great. -Joshua Reynolds
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Jou beeld is 'n verflenterde foto in 'n skewe, versplinterde raam en 'n sestal geskommelde letters spel jou tweelettergrepige naam Jou woorde is dor manuskripte vir die motte bewaar op die rak en ons dae 'n kralesnoer syfers op 'n outydse muuralmanak. - Koos du Plessis
Love means nothing in tennis, but it's everything in life.
Einstein:Chess grips its exponent, shackling the mind and brain so that the inner freedom and independence of even the strongest character cannot remain unaffected.Die woord 'skaak' kom van die Persiese woord 'sjah', wat koning beteken. Ook die woord 'mat' is Persies en beteken 'dood'.
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2010!
If chess is a science, it's a most inexact one. If chess is an art, it's too exacting to be seen as one. If chess is a sport, it's too esoteric. If chess is a game, it's too demanding to be just a game. If chess is a mistress, she's a demanding one. If chess is a passion, it's a rewarding one.
If chess is life, it's a sad one-Unknown
Anand vs Topalov 21 April 2010
Book of the moment: In Search of South Africa by H V Morton
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Don't Quit
by: Unknown AuthorWhen things go wrong as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all uphill,
When funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh.
When care is pressing you down a bit.
Rest, if you must, but don't you quit.
Life is queer with its twists and turns
As every one of us sometimes learns.
And many a failure turns about
When he might have won had he stuck it out:
Don't give up though the pace seems slow -
You may succeed with another blow.
Success is failure turned inside out -
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt.
And you never can tell how close you are.
It may be near when it seems so far:
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit
It's when things seem worst that you must not quit.
