Don Juanism

It is no fun to love a man who is infected with Don Juanism. **


Little Piano history facts: (from Great Pianists, Harold Schonberg)

In 1709, Bartolommeo Cristofori invented the piano in Padua, Italy, originally called: gravicèmbalo col piano e forte.

J.S. Bach first played one in Dresden, 1736.

The first muscician to compose pieces for piano started in 1732, his name: Lodovico Giustini; Mozart and Clementi were the first well-known composers who wrote music for the piano.

Thomas Jefferson was likely the first to own a piano in America, he had one in 1771.



If you want to know how astromoners define planets: read this.



Weekend scene note:

It is Saturday around noon. I drink a cup of coffee in the downtown Berkeley Peet's. To my right, two 30-ish women carry a conversation. Behind me sit an older couple (65+) chatting about various incidentals. Mostly the woman comments on things she saw on the television, interspersed with actions she notices across the street, through the window. Once in a while, she will ask the man what instrument is playing in the background classical music. Most likely to test his hearing. For one piece, he answers, "piano", then adds a second later, "Steinway".


**I've decided to title my entries with words from the random-word generator, then try to write a sentence including the word. Whatever pops into my head. A bit of word-omancy!