My attempt at unfocussed...

...for MonoMonday today...
I had to get Roy to keep passing the open window to get anywhere near my idea of an image ;) 

I will aim at posting mono hearts etc on Wednesday this week – I’ll add the full list of hearts etc to the Blip Challenge and FB pages at the same time ;)
 
I believe November is a shared effort again, and Carolina is hosting in December.

CORONA CLASSICS - John Davis performs "The Rainstorm" by Blind Tom Wiggins

Another for Black History Month from Dolly.   Thomas ‘Blind Tom’ Wiggins (1849 - 1908)  was born the son of slaves and was an American musical prodigy on the piano.  By age five Tom reportedly had composed his first tune, The Rain Storm after a torrential downpour on a tin roof. By the age of 10 he was the highest paid pianist of the 19th century. Wiggins  travelled throughout North America performing music by Bach, Beethoven and his own works. He also wrote more than 100 piano compositions in a 19th-century parlour style.

Crucially, ‘Blind Tom’ was one of the most celebrated black concert performers of the 19th century, but in comparison to contemporary virtuosos like Liszt and Rubinstein, he is virtually unknown today. No original recordings of Blind Tom appear to exist. His sheet music is available, but only a small number of musicians have ever recorded his original songs.  Although he lived and died before autism was described, he is now regarded as an autistic savant.



My choice is another from the COVID CELLO PROJECT 10 "Adagio for Strings" by Samuel Barber