Rosette Music, and Guitar

A cat playing drums in the style of Salvador Dali.

Cottonwood Borer (Plectrodera scalator)

Six-spotted Tiger Beetle (Cicindela sexgutatta)

Grasshopper front shot.

Fire ant worker, Solenopsis invicta.

This is the Gigantiops destructor. A species of ant found in Peru.

A beautiful praying mantis!!

Brown Orb Weaver

The James Webb Telescope Mirrors! A great testament to the will of all human kind!

Latrodectus tredecimguttatus - Mediterranean black widow. A beautiful spider found in the Mediterranean region.

Francesco Corbetta (ca. 1615 – 1681) was an Italian composer and classical guitar virtuoso. He wrote many great pieces and all classical guitar lovers are familiar with this great composer.

Australia's most beautiful state, Tasmania! I honor the traditional owners of the land and acknowledge that they were in Tassie long before the Europeans.

Frans Hals: The Lute Player, 1623

Paco de Lucia is not happy about your lack of rasgueado! Now buy Kitharologus and get practicing!!

Paco de Lucia and singer Camarón de la Isla, painted by Aguijarro . Two greats!

Julian Bream was a classical guitarist from the UK. Along with Andres Segovia, and John Williams, Julian Bream helped put the classical guitar on the map. He was also an avid lute player who record with that instrument too. He passed away in 2020 at the age of 87.

Dionisio Aguado 8 April 1784 – 29 December 1849 was a Spanish classical guitarist and composer. His music has been played by the likes of the great Andres Segovia, Juilan Bream, and John Williams.

Dionisio Aguado 8 April 1784 – 29 December 1849 was a Spanish classical guitarist and composer. His music has been played by the likes of the great Andres Segovia, Juilan Bream, and John Williams. In the background is his piece Variaciones brillantes

Known as a virtuoso of the classical guitar, and an amazing composer, Agustín Barrios Mangoré was also a poet. Here is one of his beautiful poems about his guitar. All guitarists can appreciate how he felt about his guitar.

The Great Paraguyan, Agustín Barrios Mangoré.

Agustín Barrios Mangoré - The Great Paraguayan. What an amazing guitarist and composer. Barrios is probably the greatest guitarist and composer of the classical guitar.

A program from a Segovia recital in Toronto on January 25th 1964. In the back ground is the first piece from the program, the Passacaille by Roncalli.

Niccolò Paganini - 27 October 1782 – 27 May 1840 the great Italian violinist and composer who was thought to have made a deal with the devil for his talent!

The man who was responsible for the renaissance of the classical guitar - Andres Segovia.

Martha-Tom Waits. This is such a beautiful song. I love this verse.

Salomé (1897) by Alphonse Mucha.

Vintage Piper.

Record Player! Feel the Music!!!! I love records! I wanted to showcase this beautiful piece of history!

I remember having to use a pencil to rewind a tape after your stereo decided to eat it! Relive the 80's!!

Grasshopper (1918) by Julie de Graag (1877-1924)

Studies of wasps by Julie de Graag (1877-1924).

Spider in a web (1918) by Julie de Graag (1877-1924).

Samarkande No 16 by Émile-Alain Séguy, 1914

Greeny the Grasshopper wishes you a hoppy day!

Grasshopper!

A beautiful inquisitive grasshopper!