A. Ursyn Orchestra / The Winner Leonard
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Leonard the violinist wished to become a winner of a composition contest. He kept reading a lot and did a lot of research. While composing his violin concerto No 3 he discovered his belief in Muses by studying stories about these mythical beings and their influence on human performance. He was longing a personal Muse. In his dreamy and abstracted cogitations he named his Muse Agnes. Leonard has always been interested in astronomy, the study of celestial bodies, and astronautics. He studied books, searched the Internet, and often visited a NASA site to copy and print the satellite pictures of the Earth (he understood it was copyright free). Studies about spacecraft developed Leonard’s imagination in a specific way. During the competition, when he played his Violin Concerto No 3 in front of a jury, Leonard experienced a direct awareness of the presence of a Space Angel Agnes. He is convinced that he won the contest only because of his Muse, and he feels grateful.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The nine muses in Greek mythology were goddesses of the arts and sciences. They all were daughters of Zeus, the king of the gods, and Mnemosyne, the goddess of memory.


Thalia - Muse of comedy and idyllic poetry. She is usually shown holding a comic mask, a shepherd's crook, and a wreath of ivy.
Melpomene [mel-po-men-ee] - Muse of tragedy. She is usually shown holding a tragic mask, the club of Hercules, and a wreath or vine leaves.
Cleo - Muse of history.
Euterpe - Muse of lyric poetry.
Terpsichore - Muse of music and dancing.
Erato - Muse of erotic poetry.
Calliope - Muse of epic poetry and rhetoric.
Urania - Muse of astronomy.
Polyhymnia or Polymnia - Muse of sacred hymns and harmony.