Raymond Cromzigt

Raymond Cromzigt

Raymond Cromzigt  //  Hello world,

I am a jazz musician from the Netherlands.

Have fun!

Raymond Cromzigt
raymondcromzigt@gmail.com

May 4 / 1:53am

Catholicism

Catholicism is a broad term for the body of the Catholic faith, its theologies and doctrines, its liturgical, ethical, spiritual, and behavioral characteristics, as well as a religious people as a whole.

For many the term usually refers to Christians and churches belonging to the Roman Catholic Church in full communion with the Holy See. For others it refers to the churches of the first millennium, including, besides the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Oriental Orthodox Church, and the Assyrian Church of the East. And for others again it refers to “adhering to the catholic faith as it has been inherited from the earliest Christians … seeking to restore the faith and order of the primitive church”, as claimed by the Anglican Communion and other Reformation and post-Reformation churches.

The Catholic claim of continuity is based on, among other factors, Apostolic succession, especially in conjunction with adherence to the Nicene Creed.

In the sense of indicating historical continuity of faith and practice, the term “catholicism” is at times employed to mark a contrast to Protestantism, which tends to look solely to the Bible as interpreted on the principles of the 16th-century Protestant Reformation as its ultimate standard.It was thus used by the Oxford Movement.

This contrast, however, is not so clearcut for Anglican theologians such as Alister McGrath: “Anglicanism is not a ‘middle way’ between Protestantism and Catholicism. For that reason … it is neither Protestant nor Catholic, but combines the strengths of both. Yet historians such as Diarmaid McCulloch [an Anglican] have claimed that the ‘middle way’ developed in England in the late 16th century was between Lutheranism and Calvinism—two quite distinct versions of Protestantism. The ‘middle way’ which resulted was neither Calvinist nor Lutheran—but it was certainly Protestant.”

According to Richard McBrien, Catholicism is distinguished from other forms of Christianity in its particular understanding and commitment to tradition, the sacraments, the mediation between God, communion, and the See of Rome.According to Orthodox leaders like Bishop Kallistos Ware, the Orthodox Church has these things as well, though the primacy of the See of Rome is only honorific, showing non-jurisdictional respect for the Bishop of Rome as the “first among equals” and “Patriarch of the West.” Catholicism, according to McBrien’s paradigm, includes a monastic life, religious orders, a religious appreciation of the arts, a communal understanding of sin and redemption, and missionary activity.

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Apr 22 / 6:18am

Jazz

Jazz is a musical tradition and style of music that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th century American popular music. Its West African pedigree is evident in its use of blue notes, improvisation, polyrhythms, syncopation, and the swung note.
The word "jazz" (in early years also spelled "jass") began as a West Coast slang term and was first used to refer to music in Chicago in about 1915.
From its beginnings in the early 20th century jazz has spawned a variety of subgenres: New Orleans Dixieland dating from the early 1910s, big band-style swing from the 1930s and 1940s, bebop from the mid-1940s, a variety of Latin jazz fusions such as Afro-Cuban and Brazilian jazz, free jazz from the 1950s and 1960s, jazz fusion from the 1970s, acid jazz from the 1980s (which added funk and hip-hop influences), and Nujazz in the 1990s. As the music has spread around the world it has drawn on local, national, and regional musical cultures, its aesthetics being adapted to its varied environments and giving rise to many distinctive styles.

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Apr 22 / 6:16am

Schimmel Pegasus Grand piano

Durchdachte Details für größten Komfort: Eine Hubautomatik bewegt den Flügeldeckel wie von Geisterhand. Die Integration des Hockers in den Flügelkorpus vermittelt das Gefühl vollkommener Harmonie mit dem Instrument. Selbstverständlich ist er in der Höhe und im Abstand zur Klaviatur verstellbar. Das transparente Notenpult lässt sich auch bei geschlossenem Flügeldeckel in zwei verschiedenen Positionen nutzen.

"Pegasus" - das war am Anfang nur ein kühner Gedankenflug. Ein in raschen Skizzen festgehaltener Traum. Der Traum des deutschen Design-Exzentrikers Luigi Colani und des in seinem Metier für wagemutige Wege stets aufgeschlossenen Klavierbauers Nikolaus W. Schimmel. Ihre Vision war es, das musikalisch ausdrucksreichste klassische Instrument, den Flügel, aus seiner in über 150 Jahren kaum veränderten Form zu befreien. Klang und Form, Form und Klang sollten sich in diesem neuen, außergewöhnlichen Instrument durchdringen und in diese Verbindung den spielenden Menschen miteinbeziehen.
Und jeder "Pegasus"-Flügel ist ein exklusives Instrument. In einer jährlich streng limitierten Zahl gebaut, trägt jedes Instrument den Namenszug seines Herstellers Nikolaus Wilhelm Schimmel und seines Designers Professor Luigi Colani.

Dabei stand für die dank ihrer durchsichtigen Standscheibe aus Acrylglas wie freischwebend wirkende Flügelform die Natur Pate. Denn für den zwischen Tokio, Los Angeles, Berlin und Paris pendelnden und mit allen Ecken und Kanten im Krieg liegenden Luigi Colani zählt nur eine Form: die ovale. Sie ist für ihn eine der vollkommensten Schöpfungen der Natur und das Vorbild vieler seiner international beachteten Kreationen.

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