Time to Perform

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A virginal, or virginals – a smaller and simpler version of the harpsichord. This keyboard instrument was built around 1540 in Venice, Italy for Eleanora della Rovere, the duchess of Urbino. The exterior of the instrument is decorated with panels of inlaid wood and mother-of-pearl. The instrument is still playable after 450 years.

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Winter Wonders

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Ice skaters on the Amstel, a river in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Drawing made in 1589 by the Flemish artist Hans Bol (1534-1593).
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Happy New Year!

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Cover image: A gold dinar – a gold coin with both Arabic and Roman lettering. Dated to the 11th through 13th centuries, attributed to Spain. Source via the Metropolitan Museum of Art under a Creative Commons Open License.

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Yule Revel CANCELED

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Cover image: Manuscript leaf with the initial A, from a gradual published in the second quarter of the 15th century, probably in Mainz, then part of the Holy Roman Empire, now part of Germany. The Biblical king David is depicted within the A, playing a psaltery. Musical text is from Psalm 24, sometimes associated with the first Sunday of Advent on the Christian calendar. Source via the Metropolitan Museum of Art under a Creative Commons Open License.

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In Her Excellency’s Memory

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The memorial display for Thegn Graçia Esperança de Sevilla at the celebration of her life at War of the Wings, October 13, 2025.
Thegn Graçia died on September 20, 2025. Photo by Baroness Cassair Warwick..

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