Roman Turovsky wrote:
> There are few torbans there apparently, one in Matejko Museum (I'd
> appreciate a photo).
I couldn't find any depictions of torbans in the museum. The only
instruments I saw there were actual ones, not painted: a clarinet, a
flute and a mandolin. Presumably he owned them
Well, a third of the Prussian State Library's music
collection is there. About 20 manuscripts of lute
music. In my considered opinion, the most fascinating
one is Mus Ms 40032, copied in Naples (for the most
part--pieces were added later in Germany.) Third of the
music prints, too.
Of course the
Not plucky related but a music anectode nonetheless: a friend of mine, John
Thiessen, whose a very fine natural trumpeter related the story, and played
the tune for a select audience, of a tune which ends quite abruptly, as the
original trumpeter was struck in the neck with an arrow.
http://www.k
There are few torbans there apparently, one in Matejko Museum (I'd
appreciate a photo).
The must-see is the Wawel palace, with carved heads in the ceilings.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wawel
Other notables:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislaw_Wyspianski
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matejko
RT
