Thanks for so many nice responses. Ill put a few more paragraphs up on the installment plan. Heres paragraph 2 (for paragraph 1, see below): WOLFS MOUTH, paragraph 2: I was christened Francesco Giuseppe Verdi, after our distant relative, the great composer, whose portrait hung next to the crucifix in our dining room. On my seventh birthday, we took the train north to visit Villa Verdi, which is outside of Busseto, near Parma. The mistress of the house was particular about the maestro’s belongings; yet, because I had recently begun to study music she allowed me to place my hands on the keys of one of the two pianos in his study. I played a chord, an A-minor, which resonated about us, causing her to daub her moist eyes and whisper, “So, Verdi lives.” I believed that she was divulging a great family secret, and for the rest of day I wandered about the manor and its surrounding grounds, expecting to encounter the man in the portrait in our dining room, his massive and intimidating white beard offset by humorous eyes lit with true genius.
Posted on: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 23:20:06 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015