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Sacsayhuaman, Peru
Makes a drystone wall seem, well, a little inadequate. Unless the Incas were helped by aliens of course. Whatever happened to Erich Von Däniken?
Sacsayhuaman - Cuzco/ Peru
“My God, it’s full of stars” by Thomas Zimmer
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1. You walk on eggshells when you’re with your partner as they’re suspicious, explosive and react so easily.
2. Their feelings and opinions are the only things that matter. Your feelings and opinions are irrelevant to them.
3. They take everything very personally.
4. They’re not interested in affirming you.
5. Any praise or compliment comes with strings attached.
6. You have to be who they want and need you to be.
7. You feel they twist your words so you’re left feeling confused.
8. You can’t question their judgment or the things they say and do.
In 1932, the musicologist Wilfrid Perrett reported to an audience at the Royal Musical Association in London the words of an unnamed professor of Greek with musical leanings: “Nobody has ever made head or tail of ancient Greek music, and nobody ever will. That way madness lies.”
Indeed, ancient Greek music has long posed a maddening enigma. Yet music was ubiquitous in classical Greece, with most of the poetry from around 750BC to 350BC – the songs of Homer, Sappho, and others – composed and performed as sung music, sometimes accompanied by dance. Literary texts provide abundant and highly specific details about the notes, scales, effects, and instruments used. The lyre was a common feature, along with the popular aulos, two double-reed pipes played simultaneously by a single performer so as to sound like two powerful oboes played in concert.
Despite this wealth of information, the sense and sound of ancient Greek music has proved incredibly elusive. Read more.