Moritz von Schwind, German
“Scissors Cut Paper! Yes! I Win!,” 1846
Oil on canvas
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Moritz von Schwind, German
“Scissors Cut Paper! Yes! I Win!,” 1846
Oil on canvas
Info, or perhaps links that point to more info, about this artist can be found here, here (archived, if necessary), here, here (can be read in full for free on Fridays), here, here, here, here, here, here (archived, if necessary), here (Google translation, if necessary, currently replicates the last 8 sentences 2 more times), and here (Google translated, if necessary), perhaps in addition to what’s in his Wikipedia page (Google translated German Wikipedia page has more).
/// Music critics are making a choice
among singers. Which one will rejoice?
Famous minstrels compete.
One judge jumps from his seat.
(A precursor to TV’s “The Voice.”)
/// On the Wartburg, (a castle), is where
several Singers’ Contest to compare
who could most sweetly sing
songs in praise of the King.
Sängerkrieg melodies filled the air.
/// None agree now on whether or not
this famed contest took place. It is thought
those who’d reached the tip-top
were like rappers, (hip-hop);
they’d create lyrics there, on the spot.
/// In an opera Wagner composed,
called “Tannhäuser,” the mæstro proposed:
Venus, using lust, seizes
the great singer ‘til Jesus,
and true love, and two deaths interposed.
/// Separate myths from the past here combine.
Venusberg and Wartburg intertwine.
Wagner’s music is grand,
but his dense plots demand
brains and patience much greater than mine.