Fri-Yay #25: Listening to Biber, Mooncat on the nails and trying a new sleep hygien

Music: The Baroque Biber

Longform (but not super long) on the history of a Baroque masterpiece. It was found in the 1870s by choirmaster Innocenz Achleitner. He found the work being used as grocery wrapping. He recognized that the paper was older and was a complicated musical score. He took it to the the Salzberg music archivists who believed it to be a work by Baroque Italian composer Orazio Benevoli. It was named the Missa Salisburgensis. In 1969, Ernst Hintermaier started to study the piece and concluded that the hand was the same as other works by an artists known as "Copyist No. III." By comparing pieces and analyzing paper, Hintermaier narrowed the composer to two Baroque composers: Andreas Hofer or Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber. Most musical archivists believe the piece to be composed by Biber. 

I found this so interesting for a variety of reasons. Finding out the composer from analyzing paper from 300 years ago is amazing.  Also, Biber is truly an interesting composer. His works are varied and unique. When I used to sing (an eon ago), I sang a beautiful piece by Franz Biber called Ave Maria {linke opens a video}. 

Damn That's Interesting: The Greatest Composer Never Known
Wikipedia for the Missa Salisburgensis 
Wikipedia for Franz Biber

Nails: Powerpuff Blue

Mooncat, an indie nail polish brand, is teaming up with the powerpuff girls for a new collection. I was never into the powerpuff girls, I think it aired on my TV (my non fancy channel TV) way after everyone had gotten into it, but that's okay. I'm swooning over that blue shade. I'm trying to convince myself that I don't have enough blue nail polish. Which is a lie...but for a beautiful reason. 

Mooncat has some absolutely stunning colors in general. I think her holos and shifters are my absolute favorite. I usually get the most compliments when I wear her colors. 

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Nightly Insomnia

I tend to have insomnia. It's been getting better since my migraines have improved (thankfully) but I'm constantly in search for the best "sleep hygiene" for myself. I'd not heard of this website, it's called "Valet," and seems to be geared towards men as a lifestyle magazine, but hey, sleep is sleep! They have more info on everything of course, but the main points of this article on sleep seem to be:

• Stick to a schedule for sleep
• Manage Stress
• Watch what you eat and drink
• go outside, get active

This is actually a very paired down version of what I do and maybe I should start scaling back some? I have a lavender roll on, humidifier in the winter, green light before bed, meditation, etc. I'm open for any tips or suggestions on sleep. I don't know how people just lay down and go to sleep...what a dream.