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Yes. The spectrograms really show the similarity between the songs and the music. How remarkable.

Yes! Thank you. I’ve finished. Interesting ending.

Thank you! 🐦
I didn’t know about this and it looks amazing.

Olivier Messiaen - Birdsong This webpage enables detailed comparison of five of Messiaen's birdsongs with the actual birdsongs he used as models. The spectrograms, the 78 rpm records from which he derived the North American bird...

These are interesting to listen to. Although I’m not sure I’d get the ID from just hearing the music.

www.oliviermessiaen.org/birdsong

www.oliviermessiaen.org/birdsong

Try this…

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(Quartet for the End of Time). Rooted in his deeply Christian faith, it is inspired by the New Testament Book of Revelation. Let’s take a closer look at how Messiaen rose above his horrendous surroundings to make beautiful music.”

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Great day!

A friend was telling me about yesterday. She saw it last week.
We may try to drive up and visit the museum sometime soon.

YouTube video by Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra Abîme des oiseaux - Messiaen | Julien Hervé, clarinet

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“She (Clio) remembered then a piece of music that she had not listened to for a long time…” p.205

“In a prisoner-of-war camp during the early days of World War II, French composer Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992) created his chamber music masterpiece Quatuor pour la fin du temps

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Both of us 😊

Not the actual reading- I’m usually ahead because I tend to read each chapter all at once.
Just connecting with it somehow.

I’m having a tough time with this book.

I just learned about her and bought her book Kyrie. 😢

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It’s on Kanopy.

Very cool!

Ευχαριστώ!

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Kolonaki Square “Outline” p. 132

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But I didn’t! It was 11:08. The puzzle was easy until it was hard. 😂. And then the screen froze up.
Oh well 🙃

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So I guess it’s not too bad of a hike from the top.
When we visited the monasteries at Meteora several years ago, they also had the basket of skirts. (I had worn a long skirt😊)
Men were not allowed to wear shorts.

Do you think he might have embellished this story?

Lousios Gorge and monastery
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“Outline” p. 122

So you mentioned souvlaki…Here’s my son having some as we watched the evening fall by the Parthenon.
And the oldest granddaughter’s food of choice was always mussels!

I’d go back anytime.
So I have to share some more 😊…
The Aegean Sea and beach at Porto Rafti.
And it’s always a good time for gelato when you visit Athens-especially with this view!

Congratulations!

You must! My son and his family(wife. 5 and 9 yo daughters) spent fall semester 2 yrs ago when he taught at his university study abroad. They were in Porto Rafti- on Aegean not far from Athens. We got to go stay with them about ten days. They (and we) loved it.

Can’t wait 😁