A quiet notice V2Melody closes at midnight on , Spanish time.

Closes

A note from Richard

V2Melody will close at midnight on 20 January 2028

This site has been a retirement project in musical poetry: poems chosen with care and set to music, offered freely for as long as it felt right to keep the garden open.

The work no longer holds the place it once did in my life. I have gone as far with it as I wish to go. Like a sand mandala, it was made to be completed and then released. I am not attached to its permanence, and I do not believe any of it needs to last beyond the time it was given. The poems were already here before I arrived and began to experiment with them. They will still be here when these musical experiments, and indeed myself, have been swept away, like the sand of a mandala. Nothing has been lost.

I want a simpler end to my life, days of simple love and enjoyment with my wonderful wife of 20 years. The work of maintaining a server, the monitoring, and the residual obligations that come with keeping a site alive no longer fit that life.

From 4 November 2026 I will not be adding new poems or musical poems to the site.

Until midnight on 20 January 2028, Spanish time, everything remains available exactly as it is. That is when my VPS server contract comes to an end, and it will not be renewed. After that, the server will be switched off and the site will disappear.

The Mandala Is Finished explains this more fully.

Thank you to anyone who found a poem, a track, or a quiet moment here.

The pleasure was in the making.

Richard


1510

Economy Geopolitics

Establishment of the Fugger Banking Empire

What happened

The Fugger banking empire was established in 1510 by the Fugger family, who built a vast network of banking and trading operations across Europe. They financed European monarchs and played a crucial role in luxury commerce, significantly influencing the economic landscape of the time. The Fugger family's wealth and power exemplified the rise of banking as a critical component of European politics and commerce.

Literary impact

The establishment of the Fugger banking empire in 1510 symbolized the rise of capitalist wealth, influencing Reformation-era literature. Poets like Martin Luther critiqued greed and consumption, reflecting the moral and ethical dilemmas of their time, and laying the groundwork for future literary explorations of economic themes.

Source: Wikipedia

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