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Historian, Composer, Pianist, Speaker, Author
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John Lennon in 1972 On February 4, 1972 – 47 years ago today – Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina sent a memo to John Mitchell, the Attorney General of the United States, in which he demanded that John Lennon be deported! Why would the not very nice Mr. Thurmond want to do such a…
Five years ago, my Dr. Bob Prescribes post for January 15, 2019 recommended Alan Walker’s epic (25 years in the research and writing!), three-volume biography of Franz Liszt. In that post, I mentioned – that our Maine Coon cat Teddy (who, sadly, kicked the Kibble on December 24, 2022) – was often paid the highest…
[caption id="attachment_2293" align="aligncenter" width="202"] Charles-Valentin Alkan, circa 1835[/caption] [caption id="attachment_2294" align="aligncenter" width="244"] Johann Sebastian Bach in 1746[/caption] [caption id="attachment_2296" align="aligncenter" width="217"] Anton Webern, circa 1940[/caption] [caption id="attachment_2295" align="aligncenter" width="238"] John Taylor, “oculist”[/caption] 9-11; a somber day for us all. A day for reflection, contemplation and yes, a day to grieve. Far more often than not, this…
George Bizet (1838-1875) in 1875 We mark the death of the French composer Georges Bizet, who passed from this vale of tears on June 3, 1875, 144 years ago today. He was but 36 years, 7 months, and 9 days young when he passed. The title for today’s post is the epitaph that appeared on…
Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) was not just a great composer, but a wonderful writer as well. He left behind a not-insignificant body of prose. In the 1830s he made much of his living writing reviews and essays (and continued to write reviews almost to the end of his life, even when he no longer needed the…
On this day 58 years ago – August 6, 1960 – the 18 year-old singer and dancer Chubby Checker performed The Twist on American TV for the first time on the rock ‘n’ roll variety show American Bandstand. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmR00cErBdw Dick Clark in 1961, looking young For reasons we will discuss, American Bandstand was, both artistically…
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) On January 14, 1900 – 119 years ago today – Giacomo Puccini’s three-act opera Tosca received its first performance at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome. Based on a play by the French playwright Victorien Sardou (1831-1908) and adapted for opera by the librettists Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Gioacosa, Tosca has been an audience…
George Crumb (1929-2022) Before moving on to Carl Ruggles, the featured composer of today’s post, we would offer the warmest of happy birthdays to one of the most brilliant composers of the twentieth century, who also happened to be one of the nicest human beings I’ve ever met, George Crumb. He was born in Charleston,…
Frances Poulenc (1899-1963) We celebrate the birth – on January 7, 1899, 120 years ago today – of the French composer and pianist Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc. Long considered a compositional lightweight - a composer for whom (heaven forbid!) traditional tonality, attractive melody and musical charm assumed pride of compositional place – Poulenc’s music was…
John Philip Sousa (1854-1932), recording an NBC radio broadcast 1929 Though he composed many other works – including six operettas - John Philip Sousa’s great and enduring fame rests on his 136 marches. His first march, Review, was published in 1873; his final march, Library of Congress, begun in 1931, was left incomplete at his…
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