Cat playing piano
When the King of Spain Felipe II was in Brussels in 1549 visiting his father the Emperor Charles V, each saw the other rejoicing at the sight of a completely singular procession. At the head marched an enormous bull whose horns were burning, between which there was also a small devil. Behind the bull a young boy sewn into a bear skin rode on a horse whose ears and tail were cut off. Then came the archangel Saint Michael in bright clothing, and carrying a balance in his hand.
The most curious was on a chariot that carried the most singular music that can be imagined. It held a bear that played the organ; instead of pipes, there were sixteen cat heads each with its body confined; the tails were sticking out and were held to be played as the strings on a piano, if a key was pressed on the keyboard, the corresponding tail would be pulled hard, and it would produce each time a lamentable meow. The historian Juan Christoval Calvete, noted the cats were arranged properly to produce a succession of notes from the octave... (chromatically, I think).
This abominable orchestra arranged itself inside a theatre where monkeys, wolves, deer and other animals danced to the sounds of this infernal music.[3]
-
LIVE
Graham Allen
1 hour agoTrump RETURNS To Butler PA - “As I Was Saying”!! + Elon Goes FULL DARK MAGA!!
6,963 watching -
LIVE
Matt Kohrs
9 hours agoNew Highs Incoming, Yield Curve Reinverts & The Week Ahead || The MK Show
1,784 watching -
LIVE
BonginoReport
3 hours agoWe're Toast: Kamala Harris Joins 'Call Her Daddy' Sex Podcast (Ep.58) - 10/07/24
11,046 watching -
LIVE
Jeff Ahern
1 hour agoMonday Madness With Jeff Ahern
572 watching -
LIVE
Game On!
9 hours agoThe SHOCKING results from a chaotic football weekend!
383 watching -
13:03
Colion Noir
17 hours agoElon Musk Passionately Defends The Second Amendment At Trump Rally
29K51 -
7:34
Misha Petrov
1 day agoAmericans Left to Suffer After FEMA’s Failed Response To Hurricane Helene
23K53 -
4:53
DEADBUGsays
1 day agoLondon's Necrophiliac Killer | DEADBUG's 2 Minute Murder
16.7K5 -
31:04
World Nomac
18 hours ago$10 Hotel vs. $200 Hotel in Pakistan 🇵🇰
8.68K3 -
6:50
Quite Frankly
18 hours agoIBS, Gut Health, and Matt Walsh's War on Raw Milk
21K4