https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ensor
Our own spaced99 inadvertently reminded me that there has been very few art history posts on this blogspot version of The Golden Horn. It was a topic of some note on Kinja Golden Horn. Because I wanted a little bit of highbrow content to balance out the lowbrow. The Kinja Art History tagline was "We've got culture coming out of our ass." That's a line from the library scene in Seven. James Ensor liked skeletons and masks in his work.
From Peter Lovesey's book The Tooth Tattoo. Murder in a string quartet.
“Beethoven, wasn’t it?” Diamond ventured.
Anthony was supposed to get the idea that Diamond was a fellow lover of music. He didn’t show a glimmer of appreciation.
“I couldn’t place the piece,” Diamond added, which was true. He was about as capable of placing a piece of Beethoven as he was of riding a Derby winner. “Do you mind telling me what it was?”
Opus 59, Number 3,” Anthony said.
“Silly me. I’m a duffer with numbers.”
“In C major.”
“C major.” Diamond raised his thumb as if all had been made clear. “Any particular part?”
“The fugue.”
“And to me it sounded just as a fugue should.”
“It was too fast.”
“A shade quick, I’ll give you.”
https://ums.org/2016/05/17/beethoven-string-quartets-and-contemporary-musicians-how-do-they-combine/
