Attribution: A house divided by John Darkow, Columbia Missourian
… and for this he gets paid $223,500 plus bennies?
BTW, the speaker is the third highest paid U.S. federal elected official.
Show Me the Money
Sunday Serendipity
Má Vlast, No. 2. Vltava (River Moldau)
composed by, Bedřich Smetana
In this piece, Smetana uses tone painting to evoke the sounds of one of Bohemia’s great rivers. In his own words:
The composition describes the course of the Vltava, starting from the two small springs, the Studená and Teplá Vltava, to the unification of both streams into a single current, the course of the Vltava through woods and meadows, through landscapes where a farmer’s wedding is celebrated, the round dance of the mermaids in the night’s moonshine: on the nearby rocks loom proud castles, palaces and ruins aloft. The Vltava swirls into the St John’s Rapids; then it widens and flows toward Prague, past the Vyšehrad, and then majestically vanishes into the distance, ending at the Elbe.
Enjoy Jack.
