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grandmaster-anne · 4 months

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Air date: 8 May 2011 Sir Hubert Parry is simultaneously one of Britain's best-known and least-known composers. Jerusalem is almost a national song, regularly performed at rugby grounds, schools, Women's Institute meetings and the Last Night of the Proms, while Dear Lord and Father of Mankind is one of Britain's best-loved hymns. Everyone knows the tunes, yet hardly anyone knows much about the man who wrote them. In this film, made in 2011 by award-winning director John Bridcut, the then Prince of Wales, a longstanding enthusiast of Parry's work, sets out to discover more about the complex character behind it, with the help of members of Parry's family, scholars and performers. © BBC

#the prince and the composer #king charles iii

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youngroyals-hc · 11 months

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Wille and Simon are at the castle their final night before returning to Hillerska after the Jubilee day speech and Wille takes Simon's hand and starts to direct him to a wing they haven't been to yet. Simon follows along a little bemused because Wille seems so intent, but they reach a door that Wille pushes open to reveal a beautiful Fazioli grand piano in an airy sitting room. Wille tugs Simon over to the piano stool and they sit together. Wille's gaze darts around before settling on Simon's gaze and asking "will you play the song for me?" And Simon says "you mean the one from the ball?" And Wille nods his head and Simon huffs out a little laugh and says "it's not very happy Wille" and he replies "I don't care, you wrote it about me. No one's ever done that before" so Simon sings it for him while Wille closes his eyes and gently sways. When he finishes Wille opens his eyes and grins, clapping for Simon who laughs and hides his head in Wille's shoulder. He sits up and looks at Wille and says "now you play something for me." And Wille groans a little and says "but you're so much better than me, I was just made to learn for ages because apparently that's something a prince has to do." And Simon says "well at least you can read music! Surely you can still remember something" and Wille looks a little nervous but nods and settled his hands over the keys. He plays Simon Poulenc, and his fingers are sure in the movement. Simon almost stops breathing from concentrating on the sound Wille makes. When the piece finishes he just turns to Wille and stares before gently shoving him and saying "what the fuck Wille I thought you said you weren't very good!" And Wille goes pink and says "I'm not, I don't have the music... In me like you do. I mean 11 years of learning and that's all I've got to show for it? You've never had one lesson and you write these incredible songs!" And Simon just has to laugh because he knows Wille won't change his mind. Instead, he turns and says "maybe we could write a song together? With your theory and my so called innate talent, we could be the new Leonard and McCartney!" And Wille just barks out a laugh and says "oh yeah, you really think so? Well guess we better get started!"

As they laugh and make up silly lyrics and melodies together, Kristina walks by and stops when she hears them. She pokes her head around to glance at Wille and Simon at the piano, smiling and teasing each other. Her façade drops slightly, seeing for the first time her son interacting with someone who wasn't Erik so carefree and brightly. Something clicks inside her, and she realises that Simon isn't going anywhere. This isn't some little sexual exploration that Wille would eventually grow out of. Her son was in love, and nothing would change that.

#he plays suite française d'apres Claude Gervaise: Pavane #listen #its beautiful #young royals #yr s3 #wilmon #prince wilhelm #simon eriksson #wilhelm x simon #wille young royals #yr #i tried to think of a swedish composer that would be appropriate but the more modern ones are very angular and i dont think Wille would be #very into that kinda music #queen kristina

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ink-the-artist · 1 year

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some clone high ocs bc I am cringe but I am free. and bc im excited for the upcoming reboot :)

just the line art:

#art #fan art #clone high #ink #line art #digital art #these ppl are wildly different lol i just chose whoever i was intrested in for whatever reason #that ive also not seen clone high art of yet #hc andersens clone can hopefull have the gay romance the original anderson wanted :')#i was reading his wikipedia page a while back and its the sweetest thing ever 😭#like what he wrote here:#''The Hereditary Grand Duke walked arm in arm with me across the courtyard of the castle to my room kissed me lovingly asked me always to #love him though he was just an ordinary person asked me to stay with him this winter ... Fell asleep with the melancholy happy feeling that #I was the guest of this strange prince at his castle and loved by him ... It is like a fairy tale.''#and in the wikipedia section on his death:#''Shortly before his death Andersen had consulted a composer about the music for his funeral saying:#'Most of the people who will walk after me will be children so make the beat keep time with little steps.'''#jesus man 😭

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gasparodasalo · 2 months

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Prince Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar (1696-1715) - Concerto No. 6 for Violin, Strings and Basso continuo in g-minor, III. Allegro. Performed by Gernot Süßmuth, violin & direction, and Thüringer Bach Collegium on period instruments.

#johann ernst of saxe weimar #baroque #classical music #violin #orchestra #period performance #period instruments #rarely performed composers #violin concerto #concerto #strings #string orchestra #violinist #prince johann ernst of saxe weimar #baroque music

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celiciaa · 7 months

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one of the reasons why i love chevalier

#ikemen prince #ikepri #chevalier michel #ikepri chevalier #few words with his eyes closed. very composed #UGH. man why are u so GOOD

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raayllum · 2 years

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callum really knew / dated a girl for like 2 and a half months when he was fourteen years old and over two years later he’s seventeen and still completely hung up on her her. iconic loyal king behaviour

#rayllum #tdp spoilers #s4 spoilers #like i Know he loves her but goddamn #they weren't kidding when tdp's composer called her the love of his life #mine #tdp #the dragon prince #pining!callum #s4 #arc 2 #post ttm #death by a thousand cuts era

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pazzesco · 10 months

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The Prince Jukebox

Prince | Soft & Wet

Prince | So Blue

Prince | Just As Long As We’re Together

Prince | I Wanna Be Your Lover

Prince | Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?

Prince | I Feel For You

Prince | It’s Gonna Be Lonely

Prince | Still Waiting

Prince | Sexy Dancer

Prince | When We’re Dancing Close and Slow

Prince | Dirty Mind

Prince | When You Were Mine

Prince | Do It All Night

Prince | Uptown

Prince | Head

Prince | Gotta Broken Heart Again

Prince | Party Up

Prince | Controversy

Prince | Do Me, Baby

Prince | Private Joy

Prince | Jack U Off

Prince | 1999

Prince | Little Red Corvette

Prince | Delirious

Prince | Let's Pretend We're Married

Prince | D.M.S.R.

Prince | Automatic

Prince | Lady Cab Driver

Prince | International Lover

Prince | Take Me With U

Prince | When Doves Cry

Prince | Pink Cashmere

Prince | Cream

Prince | The Most Beautiful Girl In The World

Prince | Pop Life

Prince | Raspberry Beret

Prince | Willing & Able

Prince | Sexy MF

Prince | She's Always In My Hair

Prince | Pope

Prince | And God Created Woman

Prince | Have a Heart

Prince | Wonderful Ass

Prince | The Sex Of It

Prince | Repopgodazipper

Prince | Space

Prince | Endorphinmachine

Prince | Pheromone

Prince | Bodyheat

Prince | We Gets Up

Prince | Let's Work

Prince | Le Grind

Prince | Electric Intercourse

Prince | Erotic City

Prince | Love Like Jazz

Prince | Avalanche

Prince | Look At Me Look At You

Prince | We Can Funk

Prince | Baltimore

Prince | Track #1 (Loring Park Sessions)

Prince | The Undertaker

Prince | Purple Rain

Psychoactivelectricity Jukeboxes

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silverspadesss · 1 year

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finally watching starstruck. i’m on episode 6 and oh my god zac oyama you have done it again. i’m absolutely and irreversibly obsessed with skip, the cerebro slug who spent countless cycles frozen in the void of space and by chance found a host to latch on to and a crew who accepted him. a prince who got sick of his life as royalty and all the expectations placed upon him to the point where death was a preferable option if he didn’t have to deal with it anymore. if it meant he could just be free. a prince that ran away because he wanted to see the stars. who by some crazy luck and against all odds found a family on a hot dog shaped ship struggling to survive. skip i would die for you and you deserve so much happiness

#a starstruck odyssey #he’s my favourite along with margaret but once again all the pcs are so special to me #d20 #dimension 20 #norman skip takamori #norman skipper takamori #prince valdrinor #zac oyama #my god. the fear in skip’s voice when he realises he’s been found :(#from a barely composed ‘i don’t know what you’re talking about.’#to ‘if you ever speak of this again i will wipe your entire line from existence.’#zac’s laughing with everyone else but you can hear the desperation underneath and it’s beautiful #sorry i’m just so ill about zac’s approach to rp

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maybe-arts · 2 years

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when you're a baby eldritch abomination made of pure positive vibes and your boyfriend is a living yarnball

so yeah that's my hc for Fluff outside of Patchland! boy becomes a ball of yarn - meaning technically he and kirby are completely different species

also i am. aware it's basically 22nd now but SHUSH I AM CATCHING UP

#kirby #kirby series #kirby fanart #prince fluff #kirfluff #yes i do in fact ship them #kirbytober #kirbytober2022 #i am not going to elaborate if yarnballs possess tails normally but in 3d? totally #fluff tail wagging... adorable #and yes it will betray his attempts at being cool and composed and serious and responsible #one thought of his pink puff bf and the propeller is going off #i will forever be sad that he got snubbed of being in star allies #but also considering what the fuck is happening in there???#maybe that was for the better of his sanity honestly!#the floof boy doesn't need to know what kinda elder gods kirby fights on regular

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triforce-of-mischief · 9 days

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[@batrogers requested 13; "This is what happens when you don't sleep."]

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The last few mornings, Prince had woken to the sound of Kokiri playing his ocarina. The song would continue throughout the day, his partner clearly restless over something and wanting to use the music to escape. Prince didn't see anything wrong with it, and most of the others enjoyed it so he let it slide.

Today, however, Prince was greeted with the usual silence he had grown used to. He started to leave his tent and nearly tripped over Kokiri, who was curled up on the ground just outside. Prince frowned and knelt to check on him, more than a little alarmed.

Kokiri only responded when Prince touched his shoulder. He shot up and Prince ducked away from a defensive punch, but there was no need- Kokiri's fist missed Prince entirely and he fell back down just as suddenly. Kokiri grit his teeth, his head clutched in his hands, and Prince waited a few minutes for his partner to look up again.

When he did, Prince showed him the ocarina that had fallen beside Kokiri when he startled. "You've been playing this all night instead of sleeping," he signed, more a deduction than a question.

Kokiri glared at him, his hand shaking as he signed back, "I don't play it all night."

"How long has it been, almost half a week?" Prince said, ignoring him. He gestured to Kokiri's obvious state of miserable and added, "This is what happens when you don't sleep."

Kokiri wordlessly reached for his ocarina, and Prince handed it back.

"Now come inside and lay down before you make yourself more sick than you already are."

#that broken promise #tbp #tbp prince #tbp kokiri #fable writes #prince is deaf (which i totally didnt forget before making some edits that ultimately got reverted)#but he can hear certain notes of the ocarina #maybe kiri is composing a song he knows prince can hear :)#too bad hes also a dummy who wont take care of himself :)

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voxyldy · 2 months

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03.08.2024

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New Compose Coffee posters and behind the scenes of the Compose Coffee commercial

Source: Compose Coffee / Esquire Magazine

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microcosme11 · 5 months

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Hero's death of Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia at Saalfeld on 10 October 1806. Richard Knötel (1857-1914).

A tragic loss to the world, he was a great musician and composer.

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#Music #classical music #Prince Louis Ferdinand #Prussian composers #music during Napoleonic era #I've posted about him before

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aaravos-the-bug · 1 year

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i feel like at this point aaravos daily life in exactly like rapunzels.

running around inside his fancy jail like

AND SO I READ A BOOK OR MAYBE TWO OR THREEEE

he’s gonna get out and while he might not be as evil overlord-ish as before but he does a damn good french braid.

#the dragon prince #tdp #aaravos #the dragon prince aaravos #aaravos the bug #tdp aavaros #aaravos in the mirror #aaravos can braid hella good #he needs hobbies #has composed a musical in there

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gasparodasalo · 4 months

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Prince Johann Ernst of Saxe-Weimar (1696-1715) - Concerto for 2 Violins, Strings and Basso continuo in C-Major, I. [without tempo indication]. Reconstructed from Bach's BWV 984/595 by Gernot Süßmuth. Performed by Gernot Süßmuth, violin & direction, David Castro-Balbi, violin, and Thüringer Bach Collegium on period instruments.

#johann ernst of saxe weimar #baroque #classical music #violin #orchestra #period performance #period instruments #double concerto #concerto #violin concerto #strings #string orchestra #baroque music #rarely performed composers #bach #prince johann ernst of saxe weimar #johann sebastian bach

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rhaegxr · 7 months

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𝙷𝙴𝙰𝙳𝙲𝙰𝙽𝙾𝙽: 𝐎𝐧 𝐑𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐃𝐑𝐀𝐆𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐍𝐄 was known to be a great knight, by all accounts. Even though he had no true love for lance or sword, he was skilled in their use, and this is another testament to how he “excelled at everything he put his mind into”.

We know Rhaegar started training in his teenage years, when he discovered a scroll ( likely with more information on the prophecy, and who the prince that was promised was ). His words were, “I will require sword and armor. It seems I must be a warrior.” Despite starting training later than some other noble boys might do, with absolutely no prior experience or love for it, he became one of the most respected warriors of his time. But it’s important to point out that unlike some of those other boys, he did have access to some of the best training, including members of the Kingsguard. I’ve no doubt he trained mostly with Ser Arthur Dayne ( who was the same age or a year younger than him ), who would become his closest friend in time.

“Prince Rhaegar’s prowess was unquestioned, but he seldom entered the lists. He never loved the song of swords the way that Robert did, or Jaime Lannister. It was something he had to do, a task the world had set him. He did it well, for he did everything well. That was his nature. But he took no joy in it. Men said that he loved his harp much better than his lance.” “He won some tourneys, surely,” said Dany, disappointed. “When he was young, His Grace rode brilliantly in a tourney at Storm’s End, defeating Lord Steffon Baratheon, Lord Jason Mallister, the Red Viper of Dorne, and a mystery knight who proved to be the infamous Simon Toyne, chief of the kingswood outlaws. He broke twelve lances against Ser Arthur Dayne that day.”

We don’t know when Arthur joined the Kingsguard exactly, but the earliest recount of him being a member is the Lannisport tourney in 276 AC, where Rhaegar would’ve been newly knighted at 17 and Arthur either older, the same age or 16 at youngest ( I do think he was older, but not too much ). Ser Arthur was well renowned as one of the best, not only as a tourney knight but with battle experience as well, something he likely imparted on the prince during lessons. Arthur defeated him in that tourney, but then during the tourney at Storm’s End at least a year or two later, Rhaegar bested him, and then we have Harrenhal, where the prince emerged the champion. For this, I headcanon that he had the intent to win, because he had a purpose in doing so: to crown Lyanna. So he put his mind into it, and he achieved his purpose.

It’s also important to note that being a tourney knight is not the same as a battle experienced knight, and we have no canon knowledge that he did participate in actual battles. Viserys in the show said Rhaegar was ‘good at killing’ according to Dany, but these are words that I don’t think can be taken for granted. If I were to apply them, it would be in the sense that he probably executed those sentenced to die himself, especially when he ruled in Dragonstone. I actually do go with this, in the few instances that I’ve written similar plots.

“Ser Jorah named Rhaegar the last dragon once. He had to have been a peerless warrior to be called that, surely?” “Go on,” she urged. “You may speak freely to me.” “As you command.” The old man leaned upon his hardwood staff, his brow furrowed. “A warrior without peer … those are fine words, Your Grace, but words win no battles.” “Swords win battles,” Ser Jorah said bluntly. “And Prince Rhaegar knew how to use one.”

That Rhaegar was so skilled in jousts with lance also entails that he was an excellent horse rider. This is something he probably learned to do before taking up arms to become a knight, because it seems he did like to wander; for example, his lone travels to Summerhall. I don’t think he was Lyanna level at all, of course, but he was good. Being a jousting and/or tourney knight means he wasn’t that good as a swordsman? Not at all true either. Again, he trained with some of the best, he wanted to become a warrior, and as it was so said, he excelled at everything he put his mind into. And I doubt it was any different for that. I think the one testament we have for this is the one canon battle we have: the Battle of the Trident.

His opponent was Robert Baratheon, who had monstrous strength and skill, he was the representation of Thor in GoT/ASOIAF swinging his war hammer around. Robert, unlike Rhaegar, delighted in battle and he loved to fight, and it was likely he began his training earlier ( yes, Rhaegar was older than Robert, but am sure he had at least 2 years or so earlier in training than Rhaegar ). Also unlike Rhaegar, Robert had every intention of killing in that battle, whereas it was very possible that such was not the case for the prince. Despite this, Rhaegar still managed to wound Robert badly enough for him to not be able to continue the war until he recovered.

There’s also the variables of armor, and their choices in weapons. With one powerful blow, Robert killed Rhaegar, it was all it took to break that armor and cave his chest in. Rhaegar, on the other hand, fought with sword against armor and a man with brutal strength and angry, killing intent, it would take much more than a single strike ( because he probably did not want to kill Robert ), to incapacitate him. Most likely, the best blows he landed on Robert were on horseback, considering that Rhaegar ( for what we have seen in tourney performance ) was a better horse rider, and he might’ve had some edge then. But once the battle was on foot, that’s when things probably turned ugly for the prince.

I do like to headcanon that Rhaegar maybe let his guard down because of that lack of killing intent. Maybe he believed Robert was weak enough to try and stop the fight, completely underestimating his cousin’s hate towards him, and Robert exploited that, landing the fatal blow while the prince was trying to be ‘noble, honorable, valiant’. Not to mention the heir also very possibly believed that ‘fate’ was by his side. But the fact remains that Robert was the better fighter, not only in intention but brute strength. Would Rhaegar have been able to win if he had that intent, as he was said to excel at whatever he put his mind into? I can’t really say because it would’ve depended on other factors too that can’t really be predicted, such as something as simple as random luck.

This is on headcanon grounds, but Robert loved that fight not only for the glory and victory ( it didn't feel like a victory to him ), but because Rhaegar gave him a worthy challenge, he put up a fight. The prince that had less training years, no battle experience, no love for fighting, no killing intent; wounded Robert enough for him to pull away from the war in order to recover.

I think this ( Robert needing to recover from the battle ) as the only canon information we have, is more than enough to tell us of Rhaegar’s swordsmanship and ability in battle, outside of tournaments and jousting. And it’s knowledge I use and apply to his character as well, so I thought it would be good to share in how I come to this conclusion, that it’s not just because people said Rhaegar was skilled. He was an excellent jouster as much as he was a great swordsman. In survival AUs, specifically in those where he’s saved and taken to Essos and he eventually becomes a sellsword, his skills would undoubtedly be even better.

But anyway, I hope this post helped give some more insight into my portrayal of Rhaegar ( because that is really the reason why I do these, to help current and potential RP partners learn more of my take on him ), and thank you for taking the time to read!

#it's long so under read more it goes #had this written out a while ago but ofc kept forgetting to post it here #he an emo prince but he a warrior emo prince #friendly reminder that i have always seen rhaegar and aegon (the conqueror) as sort of parallels in how they were both enigmatic #aegon was a great warrior but didn't fight/rhaegar a skilled knight but didn't like jousting #aegon was charismatic but secluded with 1 close friend/rhaegar was loved by all but had the one close friend #rhaegar is composed of like.. opposites that another reason why he can be tricky #[ s i l v e r p r i n c e ]#headcanons #hc #headcanon #rhae headcanons

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angelsaxis · 10 months

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im by no means a writing expert of any kind but it is a bit worrying and very annoying when a character does something and a reader's response is "he's not supposed to do that (this is a mistake the author has made that needs to be corrected)" rather than understanding that that's a character's flaw and part of their personality and literal arc

#angel posts #''he's a prince he should be composed--''#but when ive established in multiple ways that he isn't like that #that he isnt the ideal prince that he definitely is not doing his duty the way hes supposed to #is that not the point where you say maybe thats a You problem for not seeing it #like #again im not an expert writer by any means #but. everyone else understands this?#if character A makes a tiny mistake and thinks things will crash and burn and the world will explode....like ik hes not supposed to think #like that thats. how do i even explain this

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