Tuesday, September 6, 2022

The New Yorker covers: February 5, 1996

In a 1697 play entitled The Mourning Bride, William Congreve famously wrote: “Musick has Charms to soothe a savage Breast, To soften Rocks, or bend a knotted Oak.” On a more humble level, music may bring a smile to a reader’s lips, when depicted on a magazine cover.

 
Jean-Jacques Sempé
"The Boy Who Wanted to Be President"

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