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Till Family Rock Band
Museum of Hoaxes > Victorian Rock Music:
Most people think rock music got its start as an identifiable genre in the 1950s with artists such as Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, and Elvis Presley. Not so. As Paul Collins points out in the current issue of The Believer, there was a thriving tradition of rock music during the nineteenth century. In fact, rock music was invented in 1785 by a retired sailor named Peter Crosthwaite in the Lake District village of Keswick. Of course, the nineteenth-century version of rock music was a bit more low-key than its twentieth-century successor, since it involved music played with rocks, as opposed to guitars and drums.
When I first saw Collins's article, I thought he had to be joking. But no, a little research confirmed that Victorian rock music was quite real. I found an article in the Galphin Society Journal (Aug, 1989) about the "Till Family Rock Band," a group that toured quite widely during the 1880s, written by a modern-day member of the family, A.M. Till. He writes:
Their rock harmonicon was constructed from stones from near their home. The first lithophone of this kind, made from stones found in the Lake District was built in 1785, and from that time until the late nineteenth century several so-called 'rock bands' became well known. The late Professor James Blades has written about them in his textbook on percussion, and also, under 'Lithophone', in The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments (London, 1984). He also recorded briefly the 5-octave Richardson rock harmonica (constructed in 1840). These instruments have a wonderful, lively tone.
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Barbe Bleu(e)
The name Bluebeard arose from a simple confusion. The word 'barbe' has two meanings in French. One, in the feminine, means 'beard'. The other, in the masculine, means 'Barbary horse'. Gilles rode a Barbary horse, covered, most probably, with a blue cloth. 'Barbe Bleu' became 'Barbe Bleue' and the legend was born.
- Author's Note to 2003 Edition
The Real Bluebeard – The Life of Gilles de Rais
Jean Benedetti
Sutton Publishing
ISBN 0 7509 3448 4
- Author's Note to 2003 Edition
The Real Bluebeard – The Life of Gilles de Rais
Jean Benedetti
Sutton Publishing
ISBN 0 7509 3448 4
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Lunar Halo at Fort Conger, February 1, 1882
09 augustus 2013
Orbs – Autofix
Tweemaal dezelfde foto. Foto 1 is onbewerkt, op foto 2 is de Autofix-functie van online-editor pixlr losgelaten.
Locatie: Gimbornhof, Zevenaar
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Orb gefotografeerd met twee verschillende camera's
Deze foto's zijn direct na elkaar genomen met twee verschillende camera's.
Foto 1:
Canon DIGITAL IXUS 40
f/3.2
1/60 sec
Foto 2:
Canon DIGITAL IXUS 90 IS
f/2.8
1/60 sec
Locatie: Gimbornhof, Zevenaar
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Bolvormige gelegenheid
"Ik ben altijd blij, wanneer ik iets lees of zie, waarin de aarde wordt voorgesteld als iets meer dan als 'n bolvormige gelegenheid voor Jan om te vrijen naar Marietje, voor Marietje, om te vrijen met Hendrik, en voor alle drie om niets te kunnen en te kennen en te willen, dan machteloos pikeren over al die verschrikkelijk gewichtige konflikten en zielepijnen."
Bron: J.A. dèr Mouw Brieven aan Frederik van Eeden (editie Harry G.M. Prick). Nederlands Letterkundig Museum en Documentatiecentrum, Den Haag. "Blijkens 't postboek ontvangen op maandag 28 oktober 1918."
