Entries for April 20 - 1911 and 2011 (Sarasate)

Rita's Entry: Thursday, April 20, 1911
 Practice a little.  Went to Harmony at 10.  Went over exam.  Open harmony is no joke, Ritie!  Pretty good lesson.  Am to get Rode Etudes and Sarasate Faust next time.  Rah Rah.  Don't know whether to be sorry about a second Faust or not.  They are so different it won't matter much I guess.

IN RITA'S DAY:  Sarasate, a Spanish violinist and composer, had just died in 1908.  He was pretty famous I guess.  Whistler did a portrait of him in black (above)that is in the Carnegie museum in Pittsburgh.  He is still well known by violinists, but I wonder: in 1911 did most educated people recognize his name?  And why don't we remember him today.  We remember Whistler.

TODAY: The situation in Libya is still very violent.  Two journalists were killed today.  We got rid of our old system of terrorist alerts.  One of my favorite characters, Sarah Palin, says she still doesn't know if she'll run for Pres.  I wish she would; I need some laughs... but then maybe Donald Trump will run.

Judy's Entry: Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Went to senior center meeting this morning.  Played some bingo.  I am getting tired of doing so many "old lady" things!  My son took my mother and me out to lunch and then we got the prime rib for Easter and picked up the TV that Mom won.  Spent the afternoon hooking it up.  Nice picture... 42 inches