Happy 100th Spring

It has been 100 years since the premier… and yet it can very well be written tomorrow! The one and only Stravinsky and his Le Sacre du Printemps celebrate their centennial today. Igor Stravinsky’s own hand-written manuscripts are published for the first time this year, to coincide with the piece’s centenary. As innovative as it was,…

Continue reading

Shoes. No socks.

After seeing some of these few pics… really makes you wanna peek in his shoe cupboard. Can’t help but wonder though… if he would have choose to wear socks rather than shoes, what would all of those look like?! ●Einstein and the Violin● Einstein’s mother, Pauline, was an accomplished pianist. She wanted her son to…

Continue reading

Silent Room. Room for Silence.

“The Murray Hill anechoic chamber, built in 1940, is the world’s oldest wedge-based anechoic chamber. The interior room measures approximately 30 feet high by 28 feet wide by 32 feet deep. The exterior cement and brick walls are about 3 feet thick to reduce outside noise.” “The chamber absorbs over 99.995% of the incident acoustic energy…

Continue reading