Francesca Caccini Life would leave me before the desire to studyand the passion I have always brought to virtu… because this is worth more than any treasure or fame.— Francesca Caccini wikipedia:Francesca Caccini (b. 9/18/1587 – d. ~1646) was an Italian composer, singer, lutenist, poet, and music teacher of the early Baroque era. She was also known by the…
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WMM 2026 Day 11 — Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901-53)
Ruth Crawford Seeger (link takes you to a decent article with other pictures of her.)Images courtesy of Peggy Seeger. Ruth Crawford Seeger (nee Ruth Porter Crawford) (b. 7/3/1901 – 11/18/1953) was an American composer and musicologist. Her music heralded the emerging modernist aesthetic, and she became a central member of a group of American composers known as the “ultramodernists.” She…
WMM 2026 Day 10 — Melissa McLelland
Melissa McLelland [W]hen I started singing anything that had a hint of the blues in it or gospel, it just opened my voice up. It stretched everything out. I love those beautiful, slow, spacious songs where I can just enjoy singing. — Melissa McLelland, in an interview at Write On Music. Melissa McLelland press photo…
dVerse Q243 — Be a Bird
Be a Bird Be a bird,hued or drab,warbling or silent,wafting or waddling,building or nesting,migrating or staying put,preening or molting,hunting or pecking,diving or swimming,lightbound or darkbound,predator or prey,hopping or dancingearth, sky, sea;choosing whereverfree be. De (aka whimsygizmo) is today’s host of dVerse’ Quadrille Monday. De wants us to write a 44-word poem using the word bird.
WMM 2026 Day 9 — Feist
FeistL’auteure-compositrice-interprète Feist ©Getty – David Wolff – Patrick/Redferns per wikipedia:Leslie Feist, (b.2/13/76) is known mononymously as Feist; she’s a Canadian indie pop singer-songwriter and guitarist, performing both as a solo artist and as a member of the indie rock group Broken Social Scene. Early YearsLeslie was born in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada. Her parents are both…
WMM 2026 Day 8 — Basia Bulat
Basia Bulat I wanted to make a bit of a landscape for this timeI was in. I wanted to celebrate what I have.–Basia Bulat, regarding her album, “Basia’s Palace,” in an interview at CKUA per wikipedia:Barbara Josephine Bulat, known professionally as Basia Bulat, is a Canadian folk singer-songwriter. She is known for performing with an autoharp….
#SLS — Great Opener — “The Only Thing” by Dave Matthews Band
Dave Matthews Band Walk Around The Moon (2023) album cover Hello Everybody! This week’s prompt is extremely challenging in that there an almost infinite number of songs with great openers. Openings so memorable that often it only takes a few notes to recognize them. I agonized for a few moments before deciding on a cut…
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