Bach's Box 2: Music Box #1 (new) LbNA #45454 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Jan 28, 2009 |
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| City: | Dallas |
| County: | Dallas |
| State: | Texas |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | Viewfinder  |
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| Found by: | Viewfinder |
| Last found: | Apr 1, 2009 |
| Status: | FFO |
| Last edited: | Jan 28, 2009 |
Bach’s Box 2: Music Box Series #1
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
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This box replacee the original Bach’s Box, which survived almost 3 years before going missing. Now, it may also be missing, or perhaps it was merely replaced in a slightly different location and seems to be missing. The Wave Sculpture/fountain is currently turned off while the entrance to the Meadows Museum is being reconstructed, so you may not want to bother with this one for awhile anyway, at least until I can be sure about the status of the box. -- Viewfinder
CAUTION: Extreme subtlety and stealth are required to retrieve and to replace this box located on the campus of Southern Methodist University near the Meadows Museum, the Ford Stadium, and the Highland Park Methodist Church – all of which have many patrons and students, not to mention cameras and security personnel. Please be sure to replace the box very carefully so it will not be discovered accidentally! Bach’s Box 1 fell victim to these vigilant groundskeepers, so please take care with Bach’s Box 2. Thank you.
You may wish to listen to a Bach melody while searching for this letterbox in his honor, perhaps “Sheep May Safely Graze,” since it is, after all, near the Meadows.
J. S. Bach may be best known for his six Brandenburg Concertos; the Toccata and Fugue in D Minor for organ; the Magnificat and the St. John and St. Matthew Passions, the B Minor Mass, the Christmas Oratorio, or his cello concertos or his keyboard inventions. “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring” is among his most beautiful melodies. Bach's output embraces practically every musical genre of his time. He opened up new dimensions in format, musical quality and technical demands. Many of his contemporaries found his music too involved and lacking in immediate melodic appeal, but his chorale harmonizations and fugal works were soon adopted as models for new generations of musicians. Bach was the last great representative of the Baroque era.
To find the letterbox: Find the corner of Bishop Blvd and Schlegel Blvd on the SMU campus, one block north of Mockingbird Lane west of I 75 (North Central) and one block east of Hillcrest, in University Park. You’ll see the spectacular “Wave” fountain in front of the Meadows Museum near this corner. To park, continue north on Bishop to Binkley, turn right and park at one of the short-term meters, and then walk back the short distance. Otherwise, off-campus parking is available about one block in either direction, in Snyder Plaza across Hillcrest Drive on the west, or in Park Cities Plaza one block east at Mockingbird and Airline Drive. Be very careful NOT to park in any lots or reserved areas on campus or at the church without the required parking sticker, or your car may be towed!
After parking, walk to the front of the Meadows Museum at the corner of Bishop and Schlegel. Stand a few minutes and observe the incredible “Wave” fountain/sculpture by Santiago Calatrava as it moves gently in a giant wave pattern. The gentle motion of the moving sculpture is almost like a Bach cantata, isn’t it?
Now cross to the SE corner of the intersection. On the wall at the corner, notice a plaque on the brick wall honoring Robert and Myrna Schlegel. After reading this plaque, look back toward the east at the first small tree from the corner a few steps away (toward Ford Stadium). When you are sure you are not being observed, stoop down and reach under the bushes directly behind the tree, and there you will find Bach’s Box 2. After removing the letterbox, you may want to enjoy the Plaza up the steps in front of the Meadows museum, or cross Bishop Blvd. and enjoy the grassy commons to do your stamping in.
When you replace the box, be very careful to reseal all bags and close the box tightly and place the box far enough back from the tree under the bushes not to be accidentally discovered by those ever-vigilant grounds-crews on the SMU campus! Enjoy.
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
________________________________________
This box replacee the original Bach’s Box, which survived almost 3 years before going missing. Now, it may also be missing, or perhaps it was merely replaced in a slightly different location and seems to be missing. The Wave Sculpture/fountain is currently turned off while the entrance to the Meadows Museum is being reconstructed, so you may not want to bother with this one for awhile anyway, at least until I can be sure about the status of the box. -- Viewfinder
CAUTION: Extreme subtlety and stealth are required to retrieve and to replace this box located on the campus of Southern Methodist University near the Meadows Museum, the Ford Stadium, and the Highland Park Methodist Church – all of which have many patrons and students, not to mention cameras and security personnel. Please be sure to replace the box very carefully so it will not be discovered accidentally! Bach’s Box 1 fell victim to these vigilant groundskeepers, so please take care with Bach’s Box 2. Thank you.
You may wish to listen to a Bach melody while searching for this letterbox in his honor, perhaps “Sheep May Safely Graze,” since it is, after all, near the Meadows.
J. S. Bach may be best known for his six Brandenburg Concertos; the Toccata and Fugue in D Minor for organ; the Magnificat and the St. John and St. Matthew Passions, the B Minor Mass, the Christmas Oratorio, or his cello concertos or his keyboard inventions. “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring” is among his most beautiful melodies. Bach's output embraces practically every musical genre of his time. He opened up new dimensions in format, musical quality and technical demands. Many of his contemporaries found his music too involved and lacking in immediate melodic appeal, but his chorale harmonizations and fugal works were soon adopted as models for new generations of musicians. Bach was the last great representative of the Baroque era.
To find the letterbox: Find the corner of Bishop Blvd and Schlegel Blvd on the SMU campus, one block north of Mockingbird Lane west of I 75 (North Central) and one block east of Hillcrest, in University Park. You’ll see the spectacular “Wave” fountain in front of the Meadows Museum near this corner. To park, continue north on Bishop to Binkley, turn right and park at one of the short-term meters, and then walk back the short distance. Otherwise, off-campus parking is available about one block in either direction, in Snyder Plaza across Hillcrest Drive on the west, or in Park Cities Plaza one block east at Mockingbird and Airline Drive. Be very careful NOT to park in any lots or reserved areas on campus or at the church without the required parking sticker, or your car may be towed!
After parking, walk to the front of the Meadows Museum at the corner of Bishop and Schlegel. Stand a few minutes and observe the incredible “Wave” fountain/sculpture by Santiago Calatrava as it moves gently in a giant wave pattern. The gentle motion of the moving sculpture is almost like a Bach cantata, isn’t it?
Now cross to the SE corner of the intersection. On the wall at the corner, notice a plaque on the brick wall honoring Robert and Myrna Schlegel. After reading this plaque, look back toward the east at the first small tree from the corner a few steps away (toward Ford Stadium). When you are sure you are not being observed, stoop down and reach under the bushes directly behind the tree, and there you will find Bach’s Box 2. After removing the letterbox, you may want to enjoy the Plaza up the steps in front of the Meadows museum, or cross Bishop Blvd. and enjoy the grassy commons to do your stamping in.
When you replace the box, be very careful to reseal all bags and close the box tightly and place the box far enough back from the tree under the bushes not to be accidentally discovered by those ever-vigilant grounds-crews on the SMU campus! Enjoy.