*Image: Tartini’s Dream by Louis-Léopold Boilly, 1824 [Philadelphia Museum of Art]. Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1770) was a violinist and composer. Legend has it that Tartini was inspired to write his “Devil’s Trill” sonata by a dream in which the Devil appeared at the foot of his bed playing the violin.
David Warren is a former editor of the Idler magazine and columnist in Canadian newspapers. He has extensive experience in the Near and Far East. …
Note: TCT Editor-in-Chief Robert Royal is travelling to Rome to report on the two consistories of the Cardinals (scheduled for the next few days) as well as the pope’s unusual trip to L’Aquila on Sunday, in between the two events. Look for his initial report on Saturday, followed by a second daily email – our occasional series The Vatican Thing – about goings on in the Eternal City.