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2023-07-18T22:27:20-04:00

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The History of the Guitar– Part Two

Last updated on: July 18, 2023 at 10:27 pm By Ben Witherington

The forerunner of the guitar was something called the cittern which was an instrument used in the 18th century in Europe. Here it is…. You will notice the hollow body, and the fretboard, and possibility of having six strings. Though this instrument and its successors were around during the rise of the classical symphony era, it never became an orchestra instrument before it found a place in jazz orchestras in the 20th century. In size it was more like a... Read more

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2023-07-18T21:22:25-04:00

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The History of the Guitar— Part One

Last updated on: July 18, 2023 at 9:22 pm By Ben Witherington

The Frist Art Museum in Nashville is a relatively recent museum by modern standards in April 2001 and has basically been hosting touring exhibits ever since then. In other words, it doesn’t have a standing collection of art large enough to be self-sustaining, so it sponsors traveling one. And this guitar exhibit is fantastic. It only last until August 13th, so by the time you see these posts it will be over. It was well worth the visit and I... Read more

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2023-07-17T16:15:18-04:00

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Cheekwood House– The Bruce Munro Exhibit

Last updated on: July 17, 2023 at 4:15 pm By Ben Witherington

The upstairs contains an art gallery, mainly featuring the recent works of Bruce Munro, plus a few blasts from the past by others…. First Munro… These are representative of the rest…. but perhaps you would rather enjoy seeing Life imitating art….. Here’s a whimsical painting from the past…. Or an old photo of Leslie Cheek Jr. and his handlers riding along in a vintage car…. And here is an homage to the nannies and others who looked after the... Read more

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2023-07-17T15:55:48-04:00

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Cheekwood House— Part Two

Last updated on: July 17, 2023 at 3:55 pm By Ben Witherington

For the record, Cheekwood is a much more eloquent and livable home than the other ones we visited. This family’s taste was much better than various of their forebears and contemporaries. Mind you this mansion is much more modern than the others visited and was the home of Mabel and Leslie Cheek, dating to the 1930s. You still see the influence of classical culture, but also more modern conveniences. These people had taste, and education as well. It is difficult... Read more

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2023-07-17T15:01:58-04:00

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Cheekwood House and Botanical Gardens– Part One

Last updated on: July 17, 2023 at 3:01 pm By Ben Witherington

When the Cheeks (whose house we will see) married the Woods, the name of the property including considerable Botanical Gardens was Cheekwood. And this is by far the most eloquent and interesting of the mansions we visited. We will start with the gardens, which includes a Japanese garden as we shall see. Let’s start with the Japanese garden and work our way to the other ones. The The little white globes are part of the illuminations of Bruce Munro, a... Read more

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2023-07-17T14:39:47-04:00

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The Hermitage– Part Three

Last updated on: July 17, 2023 at 2:39 pm By Ben Witherington

We also toured the gardens, and did the horse and buggy tour of some of the grounds, chiefly of the area where the slaves worked and lived. And our carriage driver was a fine guide named Dawn, and the two horses pulling the wagon were beautiful. One was named Aslan. Dawn explained how very difficult picking and cleaning cotton was before Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin. She showed a container of cotton which comprised a whole day’s work for... Read more

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2023-07-17T14:07:28-04:00

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The Hermitage– Part Two

Last updated on: July 17, 2023 at 2:07 pm By Ben Witherington

Andrew Jackson lived from time to time here, but mostly during his Presidency he was in Washington whereas his wife Rachel died shortly before Jackson’s Inauguration as President in 1829. There had been a major controversy over his marriage to Rachel— was she a bigamist? She had been previously married, and there was an issue about whether she had been properly divorced or not. Rachel thought her first husband from Nashville had secured the proper divorce papers, and so she... Read more

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2023-07-16T22:34:32-04:00

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The Purpose of Poetry

Last updated on: July 16, 2023 at 10:34 pm By Ben Witherington

A recent article in the NY Times. (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/16/opinion/poetry-christianity-faith.html) by Tish Warren, an Anglican priest, has an interesting dialogue with her former poetry teacher…. Here’s a helpful excerpt… Your next book is about the connection between faith and poetry, and you have quoted the poet and former head of the National Endowment for the Arts Dana Gioia, saying, “It is impossible to understand the full glory of Christianity without understanding its poetry.” What does that mean to you? There’s poetry all over... Read more

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2023-07-17T14:23:20-04:00

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The Hermitage– Part One

Last updated on: July 17, 2023 at 2:23 pm By Ben Witherington

Unlike, for instance The Belmont Mansion, the Hermitage, the home of President Andrew Jackson, sits on hundreds of acres to this very day. Jackson who was from N.C. was hero of the battle of New Orleans in 1812 who helped the U.S. win the second war against the British. But he was also the man who killed off many Indians, such as the Creek, and deported the Cherokee from N.C. on the trail of tears to Oklahoma. On top of... Read more

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2023-07-16T21:47:19-04:00

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Belmont Mansion

Last updated on: July 16, 2023 at 9:47 pm By Ben Witherington

At Belmont University in Nashville there is an historic mansion which is perhaps one of the most ornate 19th centuries houses I’ve ever seen in America. But it also has an interesting history. This was the largest house in Tennessee and was built between 1849 and 1860, just before the Civil War. When the Union Army showed up in Nashville it used this mansion as a headquarters and lookout point by climbing up to the cupola and spying out the... Read more

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