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Tuesday, December 13. 2011

Remembering The Unfortunates

I was listening to All Things Considered on the car radio and heard this very beautiful, haunting Franz Schubert song, "Hurdy-Gurdy Man" in English, a Hurdy-Gurdy Man playing a stringed instrument to attract attention to his wares or to get charity. On the show, it was recommended by a son remembering his father trudging 10-miles through cold and snow to a menial job to put food on the table. The Youtube has the English translation.


There are many who are unfortunate through little fault of their own. In this season of extra giving, it is well to remember them and donate to worthy charities that help them.


 





The All Things Considered story is worth the read.

Posted by Bruce Kesler in Our Essays, The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 23:01 | Comments (6) | Trackbacks (0)

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"There are many who are unfortunate through little fault of their own." I assume you mean poor; and not lazy or stupid or some other "unfortunate" that you could be.
#1 Frank W on 2011-12-14 00:39 (Reply)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk3mAX5xdxo&feature=related
#2 buddy larsen on 2011-12-14 02:22 (Reply)
Salvation Army is a good one.
#3 BD on 2011-12-14 06:28 (Reply)
Actually, this is the last song of Schubert's "Wintereisse" song cycle, and the character, if you will, has pretty much lost his mind. It's not simply about a hard-luck man who has lost his job.
#4 D on 2011-12-14 07:18 (Reply)
Funny that All Things Considered considers only things of interest to the left.
#5 PacRim Jim (Link) on 2011-12-14 14:27 (Reply)
The closest I have seen to the situation Schubert describes was in Romania. Not mentioned on NPR, that.
#6 Assistant VIllage Idiot (Link) on 2011-12-14 22:34 (Reply)

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