It was 7:00 and I realized I had done nothing to celebrate the birthday of one our greatest composers. jb basically had a marathon Bach weekend going from one Bach birthday celebration concert to another and the only thing I had to show for it was the time I spent listening to the public classical station this afternoon. So I decided, because Bach has given me many hours of listening pleasure, that it was my duty to pay tribute to him. But, then I remembered... What about Rhinocerbach, Bach's lesser known, but equally talented (hey, you try playing the harpsichord and writing musical notation with only 3 fingers on each of your hands!) contemporary? Where were the Rhinocerbach tribute concerts? Nowhere, of course. So I decided to play tribute to him in my own small way by drawing his portrait. He was quite the handsome musical pachyderm, I think. Much more handsome than human Bach(shown below).
While I was drawing Rhinocerbach's portrait, I listened to human Bach's Brandenberg's concertos. This way I could pay tribute to the two of them at the same time. When I was done, I played human Bach's (I cannot find any of Rhinocerbach's sheet music) Gavotte from the Suite No. 3 in D on the guitar. Since I have practiced this piece quite a bit, I did it a fair amount of justice.
OK, I'll be serious for a moment. I know I said that I would not be adding head hair to any of my rhinos and *gasp* here is a rhino with a full head of hair. But I thought this portrait needed it as the head hair is such a big part of the look. It's a wig anyway and rhinos can wear wigs even if they can't grow a head of hair.
In other news, I did some aerobic exercise for the first time since I came down with this blasted cold. I feel alive again.
2 comments:
bravo bravo bravo for rhinocerbach and for your very lovely way of celebrating both human bach and his pachyderm twin : )
glad you got some celebrating in and got to listen to Brandenberg--i heart brandenberg! I'd love to hear some bach on guitar---can you record your playing on post on blog?
I have a bit of a post-jb and js birthday celebration letdown this monday morning. I'll have to find another birthday to celebrate now.
Happy Monday : (
Happy Belated Birthday to J.S. Bach. I used to play some of his music when I was much younger...I think I even received a bust of him for a piano recital which I have no idea where it is. I love Rhinocerosbach and I too would love to hear you play some Bach on your guitar...you could put on a concert for us and display some of your artwork. Also, I'd like to ask Rhinocerosbach where he got his wig....I'm having a bad hair day and that would improve my looks fer sure.
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