Zanoni, written by Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton in 1845,
is a fictionalized account of the life of the Comte de Saint-Germain.
Dolce far Niente - "the pleasure of doing nothing"
The Greek modes describe a variety of musical flavors. Charukesi Mode,
a major scale with a flatted 6th and flatted 7th, has no Greek equivalent.
Charukesi is the name for this scale in the Indian Classical music system.
Cover painting: detail from Dancing on the River by Marlis Jermutus
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