Barns & Owls | CozyMedley

Let’s hop back in time to when dance parties were held in barns.
(The “Canadian Barn Dance” shown here was filmed
in a beautiful Scottish castle, though …)

“Hoedown” is an American country dance.
The most famous one, “Hoe-Down” by
Aaron Copland (1900-1990), is a part of his ballet “Rodeo”, and was composed for an orchestra in 1942. Enjoy a brilliant arrangement for two violins by David Worswick:

An old barn, CozyMedley — Barns are being reborn today as living spaces, restaurants, music and dance venues, and wedding locations.

Thanks to years of hard work, this former barn was transformed into a most charming and comfortable home:

Cozy up with a book: “Wesley the Owl” by Stacey O’Brien
In this amazing memoir, we learn about the incredible life of biologist
Stacey O’Brien and Wesley – a rescued barn owl.
It takes a strong personality to adopt an injured owlet,
that needs to be fed a mice-only diet for the rest of his life!

In his piano cycle “Waldszenen” (Forest Scenes), composer Robert Schumann (1810-1856), dedicated one episode to a bird: “Vogel als Prophet”
(The Prophet Bird). Enjoy this delicate piece and its mysterious atmosphere:

For more chirping voices, fly into our post:
In Our Nest
For more fascinating music by Robert Schumann, take a walk Into the Woods