2022-08-05から1日間の記事一覧
サウンドオブミュージック(535) —————————【535】———————————————— “ Have you been ready for the baby ?”Frau Voglasked me. “ I don't know,”I said, rather nervously. “I'll tell you what I have: ten dozen diapers;three dozen shirts, si…
サウンドオブミュージック(534) —————————【534】———————————————— After Christmas I called on Frau Vogl to make arrange-ments. She was the youngish widow of a doctor, and had been recommended to me as the best midwife in town. To-geth…
サウンドオブミュージック(533) —————————【533】———————————————— The Christmas story about the Holy Mother with her HolyChild blooms all anew in your heart when you are livingthrough the great mystery of becoming a mother yourself, a…
サウンドオブミュージック(532) —————————【532】————————————————— The knitting needles in busy young hands did not bring forthlengthy men's socks any more, but the sweetest little sweatersand caps and playsuits and panties, all in bl…
サウンドオブミュージック(531) —————————【531】————————————————— Advent had come again, the most beautiful Advent of all;that life of real expectation. When the long evenings set inand we met around the fireplace, there was the sam…
サウンドオブミュージック(530) —————————【530】————————————————— “Oh, Mother, let it be a boy, ”sighed Werner. “We have five girls already ! ” And Martina said: “If it is only coming after Christmas,how do you know now ? ” So I tol…
サウンドオブミュージック(529) —————————【529】————————————————— I took them all along with me, and sitting in front of the logcabin in the park, I told them that some time after ChristmasGod would send them a little sister or broth…
サウンドオブミュージック(528) —————————【528】————————————————— One day after the guests had left, and the children wereplaying on the lawn, Hedwig said quite indignantly:“Now Mother, this is the third time that you haven't played…
サウンドオブミュージック(527) —————————【527】————————————————— But before he could even open his mouth, I put my handupon his and said, and evry word was underlined: “Yes, I know what you mean. If we want to enjoy music, we shall…
サウンドオブミュージック(526) —————————【526】————————————————— Finally they burst forth:“I visited Mozart's birthplace nineteen times. I went all over the fortress twenty-one times,the churches fifteen times, Hellbrunn and the wa…
サウンドオブミュージック(525) —————————【525】————————————————— As the weeks passed, I avoided my husband's eyes. Therewas a certain glitter, a certain twinkle which annoyed me. Finally everything comes to an end. When the last gue…
サウンドオブミュージック(524) —————————【524】————————————————— And so it went now for the next thirty days. In the even-ings, tired from sightseeing we would go to one of the wonderful operas or to one of those unforgettable conce…
サウンドオブミュージック(523) —————————【523】————————————————— Cousin Elvira, who had seen the town yesterday underRupert's able guidance, was entrusted to Agathe, who would show her the lovely little castle Hellbrunn andthe water…
サウンドオブミュージック(522) —————————【522】————————————————— Cousin Hermann wanted to see the town. “ Rupert, will you go with him and show him...? ” “ I know,” Rupert replied,“The Fortress, Mozart's birth-place, the house of…
サウンドオブミュージック(521) —————————【521】————————————————— They all arrived, aunts and uncles, cousins and friends, whohadn't seen dear Georg, of whom they had always been so very fond, for such a long time...and who were s…
サウンドオブミュージック(520) —————————【520】————————————————— When, a couple of days later, an old uncle telegraphedthat he also wanted to attend the Salzburg Festivals, and aweek after that a cousin from Germany with wife and se…
サウンドオブミュージック(519) —————————【519】————————————————— “Now——not for your life could I tell you who he is, but hewrites that he is the son of my college room-mate' s eldestsister, and I never heard of him. Isn't it funny !…
サウンドオブミュージック(518) —————————【518】————————————————— One morning at breakfast my husband said, looking throughhis letters:“A distant cousin of mine writes to ask whetherwe can put him and his family up for Festivals. He…
サウンドオブミュージック(517) —————————【517】————————————————— All the big people of the world of music assembled here: Toscanini and Richard Strauss, Lotte Lehmann and Bruno Walter, and the whole place buzzed with activity.If yo…
サウンドオブミュージック(516) —————————【516】————————————————— Around these two venerable places the city of Saltzburg began to grow. The old part of the town has not changed much ascentury after century left its mark, and one see…
サウンドオブミュージック(515) —————————【515】————————————————— Salzburg* was at that time a city of about thirty-five thousandpeople, built along the river between mountains on all sides. The origin of this ancient place — Iuvavum…
サウンドオブミュージック(514) —————————【514】————————————————— VI. A Festival Summer and a Baby Soon we started talking about the summer, what to do and where to go. “I should love to take the older children to some of theseexquis…
サウンドオブミュージック(513) —————————【513】————————————————— His sharp eye catches sight of a little red spot at the edgeof the wood over there. Oh, yes, that's the blessed palm he put there himself a week ago; his glance goes …
サウンドオブミュージック(512) —————————【512】—————————————————— Father and Mother have to come along on the Easter egg hunt. The mother, torn this way and that by impatient little hands, has to admire, and finally help out with he…
サウンドオブミュージック(511) —————————【511】—————————————— “In the afternoon,”says the mother, and smiles. And sureenough, in the afternoon when they go out with little basketsthrough the garden, behind the barn, under the trees,…
サウンドオブミュージック(510) —————————【510】—————————————— Before the solemn service of Easter Sunday begins, the priestpronounces a special benediction over the food. Thus providedwith blessings for soul and body, the family ret…
サウンドオブミュージック(509) —————————【509】—————————————— This morning, when the families walk to church, you seethem carrying bundles large and small. On the Sunday ofSundays even the food which will be on the table for a sump-…
サウンドオブミュージック(508) ——————————【508】———————————————— While we stood in the dark, we could see how lovinghands were busy transforming the House of God intoa beautiful garden with shrubs and young trees, and flowers ——flow…
サウンドオブミュージック(507) ——————————【507】———————————————— We, too, had stood in line in front of the confessional,waiting our turn. Many times during the year had we beenthere under the choir loft in the dark, waiting to hear…
サウンドオブミュージック(506) ——————————【506】———————————————— Long lines have filed before the confessionals*¹ in the church,and contrite*² hearts have sought forgiveness of their sins. Eventhe ones who are too busy during the ye…