In the case of the vanishing blogger

I thought I'd better do a post in case you all are wondering what on earth happened to me. Why have I disappeared? Actually I haven't - just my posts. :) With the end of the school year comes a very busy time for us. I think we had at least six events on our calendar last weekend alone!  There are graduations and concerts to attend, tests to take, more concerts and recitals to perform in, our garden to plant; indeed, this post is to let you know that I probably won't be posting again for a couple of more weeks. Just for fun, here are a couple of snapshots from our time at Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge.



Great Blue Heron



Cheers! Kathrina

Moments with the Dictionary of Music #14

Presto [It.]. Very fast, i.e. faster than allegro. Prestissimo, as fast as possible!

"Quote from Performane Markings: ...Experienced musicianship seems to have been as much a factor as tempo markings; despite the often elaborate tempo directions given in mid-18th-century scors, Leopold Mozart (1756) asserts that 'even if a composer endeavors to explain more clearly the speed required....one has to deduce it from the piece itself, and this it is by which the true worth of a musician can be rcognized without fail.'"