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



1126

Event dated 1126–1180

Establishment of the Toledo School of Translators

What happened

The establishment of the Toledo School of Translators in 1126 marked a significant cultural and intellectual movement in medieval Spain. Under Archbishop Raymond, scholars translated a wealth of Arabic, Greek, and Hebrew texts into Latin, including scientific, philosophical, and literary works from the Islamic Golden Age. This initiative not only facilitated the transfer of knowledge across cultures but also laid the groundwork for the European Renaissance, highlighting the importance of cross-cultural exchange in shaping intellectual history.

Literary impact

The establishment of the Toledo School of Translators in 1126 facilitated the exchange of Arabic poetic forms and knowledge with European scholars. This cross-cultural interaction significantly influenced troubadour poetry and the literary landscape of the Renaissance.

Source: Wikipedia

Poets alive in 1126

1 poet
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