Music Suggestion 1

Philipp Glass: Truman Sleeps. Played by Philipp Glass. (Youtube – sound only)

Music Suggestion 2

Alain Derbez: Como a Su Trompa Un Elefante. (Like an elephant trumpet) (Youtube – sound only)

Hold on to your nerves through the wild part of this piece of music! In the end Alain Derbez is singing very nicely.

View towards Matterhorn

This beautiful view towards Matterhorn you have from Kulmhotel Gornergrat above Zermatt, Switzerland.

Music: Johann Sebastian Bach: Goldberg Variationen, Aria. Interpreted by Glenn Gould. (Youtube – sound only)

Kafka’s favourite Music

Carl Loewe: Graf Eberstein. (Text: Ludwig Uhland.) Interpreted by Hermann Prey. (Youtube – Sound only)

This ballade was Kafkas favourite piece of music (according to his friend Max Brod and this overview article).

The text of the ballade is quite fresh in the end – fresher than it sounds in the  english translation (which translates “Schön Jungfräulein” with “My dearest wife” instead of “beautiful little virgin”)

Kafka-Gedenkraum Kierling

Don’t expect much when you go there. It’s improvised, poorly presented and you don’t see any personal belongings of Kafka – only a few copied documents, pictures and books. The room, where Kafka died, is not accessable; when I went there the last time, it was let to an elderly lady, who just lived there.

The key to the commemorative room is in the house; another elderly lady, who lives in the ground floor, hands it out. Look up the opening hours and details.

In 2011 it was not clear if the Kafka Gesellschaft can further on afford the rent for the Kafka Gedenkraum or not and if it gets closed. (Article about the situation in Der Standard)

Selected Kafka Links

Music: Miles Davis: Blue in Green. (Youtube – Sound only)

Music: Veena Kinhal: Haratanaya Sree. From the Album ‘Tribute to Veena Raja Rao’.

Music: Mauro Giuliani, Sonate Brillante in D (Opus 15), Adagio con espressione. – Interpreted  by Allar Õunapuu.