Here is an 1885 diagram of the aeolian harp in the Baden Baden castle, one of the most famous Aeolian harps, and the one that is referred to in Hensel’s song.
200 years ago today, Fanny Hensel composed a lied, Die Äolsharfe auf dem Schloße zu Baden, or “The aeolian harp at Baden castle” (H179). It was one of her favorites of her own compositions.
Wow that’s a new one, it’s Cécile as Fanny but it’s a DIFFERENT IMAGE OF CÉCILE
In case you had forgotten the spoken interlude to Oops!…I Did It Again
Happy 232nd birthday to Fanny’s husband—the ultimate wife guy, not a musical bone in his body—Wilhelm Hensel.
She plucks a blade of grass, drops it, looks at me, and I, a servant, feed it to her.
Today, please convince some boomer in your life to stop giving money to the NYT
WOW when did Wikipedia switch from “Fanny Mendelssohn” to “Fanny Hensel”????
She has overcome her fear of gentle breezes! so now she loves to be outside on the balcony
In case you are not up for clicking through to the site and away from the cozy comfort of your bluesky doomscrolling, I bring the central quote of the essay to you: (also, saving this post for when I will inevitably have to share it when people continue using the incorrect version)
This meat-smell-good post is averaging one retweet every 90 seconds from the sex worker community
I’ve been slacking on dishwasher Sundays. Here’s a nice steamy one
The Easter sonata is done and I’m celebrating the only way I know how
SANTA CRUZ/APTOS! I hope to see you at this concert tomorrow at Cabrillo College, Samper Recital Hall. I’ll be there with a Hensel merch and info table and to help out the lovely Brianna and Olivia for their big multimedia concert