Indignity

On the inset map, the city of Biloxi is spelled “Bilcox.”

Postcard from the Collection of the Blogger

Absurdity

Vladimir Golschmann “arranged” a selection of Chopin’s works and recorded them with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra for Columbia Masterworks:

Three Etudes (10/2, 10/6, and 25/9)

Five Preludes opus 28 (nos. 4, 6, 12, 13, and 21)

Two Mazurkas (56/2 and 67/3)

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The LP’s makeweight is Respighi’s suite Rossiniana.