David Bruce Anecdotes
Anecdotes are usually short humorous stories. Sometimes they are thought-provoking or informative, not amusing.
Bad Wine and Good Manners
While conducting at the Salzburg Festival, Arturo Toscanini took pains to preserve his privacy. One day, he went to an obscure restaurant where he hoped not to be noticed, but he was recognized instantly. The proprietor of the restaurant gave the Maestro the best seat, then brought him the best wine available at the restaurant. A friend tasted the wine, discovered that it was awful, and advised Mr. Toscanini (in a foreign language the proprietor didn’t understand) not to drink it. However, Mr. Toscanini drank the wine anyway, and complimented the proprietor on it. Later, Mr. Toscanini explained, “He [the proprietor] was so kind. I could not refuse.”
Honoring World War I Soldiers
Opera singer Mary Garden performed an impressive good deed for a village named Peille on a mountain of Monte Carlo that wished to honor its soldiers who had died in World War I. After seeing a circular asking for funds to build a statue, she saw the village’s Mayor and said she wanted to help. During her concerts in America that season, she set the money she earned aside and after the concert season was over, she took the money and gave it to the Mayor. The statue the villagers built showed a soldier at the point of dying after being hit with a bullet in the chest. After the statue had been built, enough money was left over to build a public square for such activities as festivals and dances. Later, Ms. Garden read a letter in the New York Herald (Paris edition) from a man who wondered “why Mary Garden had put all that money and love into that little village.” Ms. Garden writes, “I didn’t bother to answer the letter, because any man asking that kind of question would never understand the feeling I had put into the statue.”
Kindness in Prison
Opera singer Caterina Gabrielli once declined to perform for the viceroy of Sicily, and as a result she was sentenced to 12 days in prison. She used her time in prison well, singing free concerts for the other inmates, and she gave them money and paid off many of their debts. When she got out of prison, the people whom she had freed from prison by paying their debts met her with applause.
Honoring a Widow
Enrico Caruso was discovered by baritone Edouard Missiano, who took him to his own voice teacher for lessons so his voice could be properly trained. Years later, Mr. Caruso was a great star, while Mr. Missiano’s fortunes had declined. Mr. Caruso paid his debt by getting Mr. Missiano work at the Met, where he appeared in minor roles in several operas. When Mr. Missiano died before appearing in La Gioconda, Mr. Caruso sent the body to his benefactor’s widow and three children at his own expense. He also sent a large check—his own fee for starring in La Gioconda.
A Generous Autograph Signer
Enrico Caruso could be very generous. One day he needed a pen to sign autographs, so an electrician lent him a $5 pen he was very proud of—$5 was a lot of money back then. Unfortunately, after signing some autographs Mr. Caruso absent-mindedly put the pen in his pocket and walked off with it. Because Mr. Caruso was a VIP, the electrician didn’t say anything, and he thought that he had seen the last of his pen. But the very next day, the electrician received a package from Mr. Caruso. Inside the package was his $5 pen, and wrapped around the pen was a $20 bill.
Going Through the Papers of a Deceased Husband
After Enrico Caruso died, his wife, Dorothy, went through his papers. One item she found was a list of all the people her husband had supported financially during his life. In addition to the names of scores of relatives, the list contained the names of 120 men and women, each of whom had performed a kindness for Mr. Caruso that he had never forgotten and each of whom he rewarded with money after he became rich and famous.
A Rescue from the Nazis
French soprano Germaine Lubin was thought to sympathize with the Nazis during World War II, but she did some very impressive good deeds. Marya Freund, the mother of bass Doda Conrad, was in an old folks home. Ms. Lubin sent her a message that a car would come for her at a certain time; she should get in the car, which would take her to safety. The rescue came off as planned, and when the Nazis arrived to arrest Ms. Freund, she was gone.
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Chapter 32: Caina and Antenora (Inferno)
Here we are at the bottom of the Inferno, Virgil thought. This is where the worst of the worst are punished. The ninth Circle is divided into four rings. Each ring punishes one kind of traitor: traitors against kin/family, traitors against government, traitors against guests, and traitors against benefactors, including God. The traitors are punished by being frozen in ice — being a traitor is a sin committed in cold blood. These are people who have lost all warmth for God and for their fellow human beings. The traitors actively betrayed others, so now they are condemned to perpetual immobility.
In the first ring, Caina, which is named after Cain, who slew Abel, are punished those who were treacherous against kin/family. They are frozen in ice up to their necks. Their heads are looking down, and so they are able to cry.
In the second ring, Antenora, which is named after a Trojan who betrayed his city, are punished those who were treacherous against their countries or political parties. They are frozen in ice up to their necks. Their heads are looking up, and so their tear ducts freeze, and they are unable to cry.
In the third ring, Tolomea, which is named after Ptolemy, a captain of Jericho who murdered his father-in-law and his father-in-law’s two sons after inviting them to a feast, are punished those who were treacherous against guests. In this ring, some traitors are completely buried under the ice.
The very bottom of the Inferno is reserved for the very worst sinners of all. In this fourth and final ring of the ninth and final Circle of the Inferno, Judecca, which is named after the apostle Judas, who betrayed Christ, are punished those who were treacherous against their benefactors, and especially God. Lucifer, the angel who led the rebellion against God, is punished here.
A river has been flowing throughout Hell. At various places it has different names. Here it is called Cocytus, which means “Lamentation,” and it is a frozen lake. The traitors are frozen in the lake.
Dante looked around, and he wondered whether he would ever be able to find words harsh and grating enough to describe what he saw. To do that, he would need the help of the Muses, who helped Amphion to build the wall around the city of Thebes. They helped him to play the lyre so well that while the music played stones moved on their own and built the wall by themselves.
While Dante was looking at the wall of the well that Antaeus had lowered Virgil and him into, he heard a voice warning him, “Be careful where you walk! Don’t kick any of us in the head!”
Dante turned around and saw a frozen lake. In Austria the Danube never freezes as solidly and in Russia the Don never freezes as solidly as did that lake. Like frogs sticking their noses out of water, sinners had their heads sticking out of the ice. The rest of their body was frozen in the ice. Their heads were hanging down so that their tears fell to the ice. This was a luxury because their tears did not freeze their tear ducts shut, and so they were able to continue crying.
Dante looked around, and he saw two sinners frozen together very tightly and very closely. He asked, “Tell me, who are you?”
The two looked at him, and their tears fell and froze, locking them together even more tightly. But their heads were still free, and like goats they butted their heads together, both causing and receiving pain.
Another sinner, nearby, had no ears. They had frozen in the cold, and then they had been broken off by the wind sweeping through this Circle. This sinner said, “Why are you looking at us? If you want to know who these two sinners are, they are Napoleone and Allessandro. They were brothers and rivals in two different political factions: Allessandro was a Guelf, while Napoleone was a Ghibelline. They murdered each other — not because of politics, but over their inheritance.
“These two belong here in Ring #1 of Circle 9, which is called Caina and which punishes those who were traitors to kin and family. No one deserves to be here more. Not even Mordred deserves to be here more.
“Mordred was the nephew of King Arthur of Camelot, but he was a traitor to the King, his uncle. In their final battle, nearly everyone was dead. King Arthur charged at Mordred and killed him, but Mordred mortally wounded King Arthur. When King Arthur stabbed Mordred with a spear, the hole created in Mordred was so big that the Sun shone through it, putting a hole in his shadow. Merlin the magician caused King Arthur to fall into a trance and then Merlin hid him in a cave.
“Mordred’s greed for power — along with Sir Lancelot’s adulterous relationship with King Arthur’s Queen — helped to destroy a civilization. King Arthur had instituted a great civilization, but after the civil war started that was caused by Sir Lancelot’s adulterous relationship with King Arthur’s Queen and by Sir Mordred’s greed for power, England’s civilization was destroyed and England slipped back into a Dark Age.
“My name is Camicion de’ Pazzi, and I murdered a relative named Ubertino. I tell you my name so that I may name Carlin, whose guilt will make my own guilt seem less. Carlin is Carlino de’ Pazzi, who, in July of 1302, will surrender a castle to the Black Guelfs of Florence after accepting a bribe, even though his job is to defend the castle for the White Guelfs of Florence. Carlin will be a traitor to country and so will be punished in Antenora, a lower place in Hell than the place that punishes me.”
Dante looked around, and he saw over 1,000 sinners frozen in the ice. After he returned to the Land of the Living, he was never able to look at a frozen pond without shuddering.
As Dante and Virgil continued their journey, Dante kicked — hard — one of the heads protruding out of the frozen lake. Perhaps the kick was accidental, but perhaps not.
“Why did you kick me?” the sinner screamed. “Have you come to take revenge on me for what I did at the Battle of Montaperti?”
Dante said to Virgil, “Please wait a little while. I want to talk to this sinner so that I may understand something.”
Then Dante said to the sinner, “Who are you to be shouting at other people?”
The sinner replied, “And who are you to be walking through Antenora, Ring #2 of Circle 9, which punishes those who were traitors to their countries or political parties? Who are you to kick sinners in the face? No living man could kick as hard as you!”
“I am still a living man,” Dante said. “Speak to me if you want to be remembered in the Land of the Living.”
“I definitely do NOT want to be remembered in the Land of the Living,” the sinner replied. “Better by far for my name to be quickly forgotten.”
Dante grabbed the sinner’s hair and threatened, “Tell me your name, or I will not leave even one hair on your head.”
“Tear all my hair out,” the sinner replied. “I will never tell you my name.”
Dante did exactly as he had threatened, tearing out handfuls of the sinner’s hair while the sinner yelped.
A nearby sinner said, “What’s wrong, Bocca? Usually, I hear your chattering teeth; it’s even worse to hear your yelping.”
“I know your name now, traitor,” Dante said. “I will make sure that your name continues to be known in the Land of the Living and that everybody knows your sin.”
Indeed I will, Dante thought. This sinner is Bocca, and he was a traitor to his city. In 1260, at the Battle of Montaperti, in which Farinata, the heretic punished in Circle 6, was one of the generals of the troops fighting against Florence, Farinata’s troops were outnumbered. However, Farinata had a secret trick. He had Bocca on his side. Bocca supposedly was on the side of the Guelfs in the battle, but during the fighting he cut off the hand of the man bearing the Florentine standard. The standard fell, and this led to confusion among the Guelfs, who thought that their generals had been captured. This confusion led to the Ghibellines defeating the Guelfs.
“Get out of here!” Bocca yelled. “But since you are going to tell the world about me, be sure that you tell the world about the sinner who revealed my name to you. He is the traitor Buoso da Duera, and he accepted a bribe from Charles of Anjou, who marched against Naples in 1265. Although he was supposed to lead troops against Charles of Anjou, he allowed him and his troops to pass by without having to fight.
“Other famous traitors are punished here, too. Ganelon, who betrayed Roland and forced him to sound his horn — too late — is here.”
Dante and Virgil continued on their journey, and they came to two figures frozen in the ice. One sinner’s head was above the other sinner’s head, and this sinner was eating the other sinner’s head, sinking his teeth into the neck and scalp and chewing.
Dante said to the sinner who was cannibalizing the other sinner, “Tell me your story. Why are you doing this? What is the reason? If you tell me, I can make the reason known in the Land of the Living.”
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Christopher Marlowe’s Edward II: A Retelling
Christopher Marlowe’s The Massacre at Paris: A Retelling
Christopher Marlowe’s The Rich Jew of Malta: A Retelling
Christopher Marlowe’s Tamburlaine, Parts 1 and 2: Retellings
Dante’s Divine Comedy: A Retelling in Prose
Dante’s Inferno: A Retelling in Prose
Dante’s Purgatory: A Retelling in Prose
Dante’s Paradise: A Retelling in Prose
The Famous Victories of Henry V: A Retelling
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George Chapman, Ben Jonson, and John Marston’s Eastward Ho! A Retelling
George Peele’s The Arraignment of Paris: A Retelling
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J.W. Gent.’s The Valiant Scot: A Retelling
Jason and the Argonauts: A Retelling in Prose of Apollonius of Rhodes’ Argonautica
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John Lyly’s Midas: A Retelling
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Mankind: A Medieval Morality Play (A Retelling)
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Robert Greene’s Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay: A Retelling
The Taming of a Shrew: A Retelling
Tarlton’s Jests: A Retelling
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Thomas Middleton and Thomas Dekker’s The Roaring Girl: A Retelling
Thomas Middleton and William Rowley’s The Changeling: A Retelling
The Trojan War and Its Aftermath: Four Ancient Epic Poems
Virgil’s Aeneid: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s 5 Late Romances: Retellings in Prose
William Shakespeare’s 10 Histories: Retellings in Prose
William Shakespeare’s 11 Tragedies: Retellings in Prose
William Shakespeare’s 12 Comedies: Retellings in Prose
William Shakespeare’s 38 Plays: Retellings in Prose
William Shakespeare’s 1 Henry IV, aka Henry IV, Part 1: A Retelling in Prose
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William Shakespeare’s 1 Henry VI, aka Henry VI, Part 1: A Retelling in Prose
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William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Retelling in Prose
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William Shakespeare’s Othello: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s Pericles, Prince of Tyre: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s Richard II: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s Richard III: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s The Tempest: A Retelling in Prose
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William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night: A Retelling in Prose
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- RISE ABOVE.
Theater director Tyrone Guthrie advised his actors and crew to do this. The advice means to rise above whatever forces are working against you. All of us have personal problems. No one’s life is perfect. Sometimes, life seems to conspire against us. Rise above all that, and produce the best work you can.
- ASTONISH ME.
Dance impresario Sergei Diaghilev advised his choreographers to do this. The advice means what it says. Do such good work that the person who commissioned the work—and of course the audience—is astonished. (Tyrone Guthrie also used this phrase.)
- DO IT NOW.
As a young man, choreographer George Balanchine nearly died and so he believed in living his life day by day and not holding anything back. He would tell his dancers, “Why are you stingy with yourselves? Why are you holding back? What are you saving for—for another time? There are no other times. There is only now. Right now.” Throughout his career, including before he became world renowned, he worked with what he had, not complaining about wanting a bigger budget or better dancers. One of the pieces of advice Mr. Balanchine gave over and over was this: “Do it now.”
- GO OUT AND GET ONE.
Ruth St. Denis once taught Martha Graham an important lesson when Ms. Graham was just starting to dance. Ms. St. Denis told Ms. Graham, “Show me your dance.” Ms. Graham replied, “I don’t have one,” and Ms. St. Denis advised, “Well, dear, go out and get one.” (Everyone needs an art to practice. Your art need not be dance. Perhaps your art can be writing autobiographical essays. Of course, you may practice more than one art.)
- WORK A LITTLE HARDER.
“I think high self-esteem is overrated. A little low self-esteem is actually quite good—maybe you’re not the best, so you should work a little harder.”—Jay Leno
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Caitlin Kraus: “Follow Me” — From the album WHAT RISES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdywiZXm2nc
It is a very special honor to have completed this music video for “Follow Me,” which was directed by the wonderful Adam Remnant who also recorded the song itself back in 2016. We collaborated on the concepts in the video and spent a chilly, beautiful spring day filming it with his talented students (listed below) at the Nelsonville, OH brick kilns, Hocking River, and surrounding neighborhood. For me, the lyrics and music of this song portray real imagery and memories that have grown dream-like with the passing of time, yet still remain formative and foundational. At its core, it is about transformation and being/becoming, but I hope the ambiguity and symbolism of the song and video also lead to your own interpretation and that you can find something resonant within it. Lyrics and digital/CD format available at caitlinkrausmusic.bandcamp.com. Music website at caitlinkrausmusic.com.
A huge and sincere thank you to Adam Remnant for his direction of the video and to the Hocking College students listed in the following credits: AC – Alex Rhinehart & Najayah Shepard; Grips – Alex Rhinehart, Alexis Pariseau, Najayah Shepard, Nate Ruhl, & Richard Valentine; On-set Photographer – Ivan Reardon
“Follow Me” is featured on the full-length 2020 release WHAT RISES and includes myself on vocals/guitar, Adam Remnant on bass/drums/keyboard, and Hannah Simonetti on violin. The song was recorded and mixed by Adam in Athens, OH while the full album was produced, mixed, and mastered by Bernie Nau at Peachfork Studios in Pomeroy, OH (https://peachforkstudios.com/).
Caitlin Kraus: “This Body”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EW9Kp-P3oio
Notes for “This Body”:
A song for the rights of all: the right to be safe in our bodies, the right to make decisions for our bodies, and the right to be who we are in our bodies. (Lyrics below.) I wrote this song […] out of the need to process my anger at women’s rights being taken away and for what this means for other rights down the line. A never-ending issue it seems, but one we can’t stop fighting for. A big thank you to Tom Riggs for taking footage of my first performance of this song with Mark Hellenberg on drums at The Union in Athens, OH.
Lyrics for “This Body”:
This body is temporary, but while it’s here / It’s not yours to hold captive in fear / This body is mine, it was never yours / So fuck your laws and gods and guns / I get to say what I put inside / I GET TO CHOOSE, IT IS MY RIGHT / This body is sacred, but only safe / When I’m in charge, you have no claim / This body is proud and wears the crown / Makes the decisions and won’t back down / I get to say what I put inside / I GET TO CHOOSE, IT IS MY RIGHT / And don’t tell me who I can love or about my identity / Don’t use your privilege to subject your patriarchy / I get to say what I put inside / I GET TO CHOOSE, IT IS MY RIGHT
Caitlin Kraus: “What Rises” — From the album WHAT RISES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoD-LgA6qUg
Caitlin Kraus: “Pink Cloud”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aC8sNynVLUo
Caitlyn Kraus: Boogie on the Bricks (10 August 2019) — Athens, Ohio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtxfc4dMprM
Caitlin Kraus: Interview and “Waiting for the World”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPoahBWpuys
Caitlin Kraus: “Follow Me”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9yePPAwOa8
Caitlin Kraus Torres: “Dead Man” — From the album WHAT RISES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brtzE73ZGsg
Caitlin Kraus: Full Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gpk-Wyr1aTw
Caitlin Kraus: “On the Way Down” — From the album WHAT RISES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNioAruv6SA
Caitlin Kraus: “Synchronicity” — From the album WHAT RISES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmdNN1MD-Og
Caitlin Kraus: “All Along”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfrySyGEnR0
Caitlin Kraus Band
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4_ulcpWBI0
Caitlyn Kraus: “Dead Man” on SA Live (KSAT-TV) — From the album WHAT RISES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mCcPpJymcg
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTQruwqEa_LjrqQBZy2lUww
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8cBT8QZwxhfta7xZBtPJOUspm3GMO7NA
Caitlin Kraus: Ohio University Adjunct Professor of Music Therapy
https://www.ohio.edu/fine-arts/music/ck294906
Caitlin Kraus: Live From Home (Includes at end Bruce Dalzell’s “You Always Make Me Smile”)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7kcljjvX-s
Caitlin Kraus with Mark Hellenberg: “Dead Man” — From the album WHAT RISES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y16d-52JL-I
Caitlin Kraus with Mark Hellenberg: “Locket” — From the album WHAT RISES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj84dLCtzwc
Caitlin Kraus with Mark Hellenberg: “On My Knees”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg97-pfc5qs
Caitlin Kraus with Mark Hellenberg: “Follow Me” — From the album WHAT RISES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFIXQEYInRg
Caitlin Kraus: “Waiting for the World” / “Dead Man”
Caitlin Kraus Torres: “Fill Your Heart” (David Bowie Cover)
Caitlin Kraus: “Waiting for the World” — From the album WHAT RISES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eBknAqMHlQ
Caitlin Kraus: “Full Bloom” — From the album WHAT RISES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n37Io7QofGQ
Caitlin Kraus: “Make Love Stay” — From the album WHAT RISES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOFyvkjHvrk
Caitlin Kraus: “By Dark” — From the album WHAT RISES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40JuJpCqmiY
Caitlin Kraus: “Down to You” — From the album WHAT RISES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0ykF7XPGYk
Interview & Article for WOUB Public Media (8/6/2020): Interview about upcoming performance for the Virtual Nelsonville Music Festival, history as a songwriter and musician, and experiences as a performer during the pandemic.
https://woub.org/2020/08/06/virtual-nelsonville-music-festival-interviews-caitlin-kraus/
Article for WOUB Public Media (10/12/2017): Article about Caitlin’s path as both a songwriter and musician as well as a music therapist.
https://woub.org/2017/10/12/caitlin-kraus-a-twofold-journey/
OVRLD Austin Music First (6/13/2016): “On her new single ‘Waiting for the World,’ Caitlin Kraus’ sweetly shimmering voice rises out of an oceanic musical backing, giving the track a melancholic feel, like a reinterpretation of The Awakening’s bitter conclusion. Kraus’ voice is powerful but not in a bombastic sense, it’s instead devastating in its emotional richness. The well-arranged strings that emerge after the beginning of the song aid in this, making ‘Waiting for the World’ an excellent bit of chamber pop that stands out for the frequently unimaginatively produced singer songwriter tracks Austin is oversaturated with.”
https://ovrld.com/latest-toughs/kodachrome-borzoi-kydd/
Caitlin Kraus: “Golden and Blue”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfbKehHLggk
Caitlin Kraus: “Enough”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkgVzxvaJZs
Caitlin Kraus at the Union
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNzx2J44W4k
TOM RIGGS: Music to Consider (YouTube)
https://www.youtube.com/@riggsviews
Tom Riggs is famous for recording local and regional (and national and international) music and posting the videos on YouTube.
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