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Russian noble, art curator, and art collector (1750-1831)
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- diplomat, politician, curator, art collector, patron of the arts
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2018-12-20 19:48:00
Morfydd Owen the Biopic
[…] to hospital ? Perhaps it was something more scandalous than appendicitis. Jones was undoubtedly manipulative, but whether he was evil, we are in no position to know. The film accepts Freudian assumptions - Jones's point of view - while depicting him in a sinister light. But what was Morfydd's side of the story ? She was not naive, nor a natural victim. She moved in avant garde circles, meeting D HLawrence, Ezra Pound and Prince Yusupov, one of the conspirators whoassassinated Rasputin, and was well aware of what being a "New Woman" meant. It's possible that she married Jones not just for security but becasuse she was curious about the newness of his profession. Her sultry "gypsy" looks were exotic. At 25, she wasn't marrying young like so many women did at the time. Indeed, she hads a colourful sexual past. The biopic doesn't really develop Owen's personality and background. […]
2018-07-21 00:39:00
Prom 8 Discoveries - Morfydd Owen and lively Schumann
[…] of Music remains unrivalled. Though she was not part of the male English Establishment, Owen needs no special pleading. Her music stands on its own merits, highly individual and original. Her work was published in the Welsh Hymnal when she was 16, before she graduated from Cardiff and moved to London, where she moved in Bohemian, arty circles with the likes of D H Lawrence, Ezra Pound and Prince Yusupov, one of the conspirators who assassinated Rasputin. A "new woan" she was also independent and had a second career as a singer, hence her fluency in writing for voice. Unlike far too many supposedly "lost" composers, Owen's legacy was substantial. Her reputation doesn't rest on sentimentality or gender alone, but on the hard evidence of her music itself.The Nocturne is sophisticated and highly original, which compares well with much else written at the […]
2018-01-23 04:17:30
Ballina Shire AdvocateUZBEK classical musicians Renat and Hila Yusupov will offer a performance in Ballina next month. Renat Yusupov studied cello at the class of Professor Nikolay Bukin at the Uzbek State Conservatory. Between 1992 and 1999 he had worked as an Assistant ...
2018-01-23 04:08:33
Northern StarUZBEK classical musicians Renat and Hila Yusupov will offer a performance in Ballina next month. Renat Yusupov studied cello at the class of Professor Nikolay Bukin at the Uzbek State Conservatory. Between 1992 and 1999 he had worked as an Assistant ...and more »
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