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James Fuld Collection | The Morgan Library

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Ea Nasir gets all the credit, but can we talk about this Sumerian seal with a dude choking out an ostrich, while their friends wear fish costumes?

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Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" brought to life with vocal performances by the Skylark Vocal Ensemble and narrated by Christine Baranski.

The Morgan Library & Museum, NYC | December 18, 2024

📷 @skylarkensemble via IG

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Drawing, 1783, French.

By Henri Pierre Danloux.

Portraying a woman in a redingote and broad brimmed hat.

The Morgan Library.

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reading about Belle da Costa Greene who was a librarian and art historian who worked for the Morgan Library in New York and was famous for her efforts at adding to and maintaining the collection. and she was a Black woman who passed for white so that she could be successful, and the book I’m reading is historical fiction but still, knowing she would be recognized for her true self at one point and could shine as a beacon of a successful Black woman in a time when that was nearly impossible… like it’s so beautiful

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The Morgan Library, New York

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Strolling Madison and Seventh Avenues

It was a gorgeous Friday in New York City. Deb and I strolled famous avenues and saw the sites along the way. Come along

Travel There – Libraries, a Cathedral, an Architectural Tour and The Top of the Rock There was only one thing wrong with our plan for the day and that was Deborah’s feet. Her shoes tore them up on that first afternoon, when we strolled Broadway and since then, all we’d done was walk – all over Liberty Island, Ellis Island, Lower Manhattan, Central Park and The Met, as well as a trip back up and…

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Ceiling details in the Morgan Library

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#WatercolorWednesday :

Beatrix Potter (English, 1866-1943)

“Terrapin, probably drawn at London Zoo” c.1905

Watercolor, pen & ink, graphite

Seen at “Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature” exhibition at The Morgan Library & Museum

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But recent suggestions about Chopin’s private life collided awkwardly with Poland’s staunchly conservative traditions – and caused some to question whether the story of Chopin that Poles are told from a young age is true.

According to a Swiss radio documentary released in 2020, the composer had relationships with men.

Those relationships were left out of history by successive historians and biographers; a potentially thorny charge in one of Europe’s worst countries for LGBTQ rights.

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Lost Chopin Music Uncovered in ‘Thrilling’ Discovery

A curator at a museum in New York City has discovered a previously unknown waltz written by Frédéric Chopin, the first time that a new piece of work by the Polish composer has been found in nearly 100 years.

The waltz, written on a small manuscript measuring about 4 inches by 5 inches, was first discovered by curator Robinson McClellan in 2019, who then sought outside expert help, according to a statement from the Morgan Library & Museum on Monday.

“He found it peculiar that he could not think of any waltzes by Chopin that matched the measures on the page,” reads the statement.

“Chopin famously wrote in ‘small forms,’ but this work, lasting about one minute, is shorter than any other waltz by him,” adds the statement.

“It is nevertheless a complete piece, showing the kind of ‘tightness’ that we expect from a finished work by the composer.”

McClellan asked Chopin expert Jeffrey Kallberg, associate dean for arts and letters at the University of Pennsylvania, to help authenticate the waltz. “Extensive research points to the strong likelihood that the piece is by Chopin,” according to the statement.

This research included analysis by paper conservators who found that the paper and ink match those that Chopin normally used.

The Morgan Library & Museum believes that the fact that the manuscript is so small could mean that it was meant to be a gift that the recipient would have kept in an autograph album.

Chopin was known to sign manuscripts that were gifts, but this one is unsigned, which the museum says suggests that he ultimately decided against giving it away.

“This newly discovered waltz expands our understanding of Chopin as a composer and opens new questions for scholars to consider regarding when he wrote it and for whom it was intended,” said McClellan in the statement.

“To hear this work for the first time will be an exciting moment for everyone in the world of classical piano.”

“Our extensive music collection is defined by handwritten examples of the creative process and it is thrilling to have uncovered a new and unknown work by such a renowned composer,” said Colin B. Bailey, museum director, in the statement.

The discovery of an unknown piece of work by Chopin has not happened since the late 1930s, according to the museum.

The Polish composer was born in 1810 and was best known for solo piano pieces.

Chopin died in Paris, France, at the age of just 39. He’s one of Poland’s most famous sons, and his name adorns the airport serving the capital Warsaw, as well as parks, streets, benches and buildings.

His works and image are ubiquitous across the central European country, and his residences bear unmissable plaques. Busts and statues of his likeness are dotted across several major cities.

Even his heart, preserved in alcohol after his death in 1849 is sealed into a wall of Warsaw’s Holy Cross Church.

But recent suggestions about Chopin’s private life collided awkwardly with Poland’s staunchly conservative traditions – and caused some to question whether the story of Chopin that Poles are told from a young age is true.

According to a Swiss radio documentary released in 2020, the composer had relationships with men, and those relationships were left out of history by successive historians and biographers; a potentially thorny charge in one of Europe’s worst countries for LGBTQ rights.

By Jack Guy.

Chopin - Waltz in A Minor (Discovered in 2024) - Played by Lang Lang

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Job Rebuked by His Friends, William Blake, 1805

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Wolfgang Paalen, Fumage (Smoke Painting) (c. 1938), oil, candle burns and soot on canvas, 10-3/4″ x 16-3/8″; courtesy The Morgan Library & Museum

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Morgan Library & Museum in NY (x)

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The Gallagher Academy in the fall ༄˖°.🍂.ೃ࿔*:･

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Pinning this as inspiration for my future study / The Morgan Library, New York