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Herbert von Karajan *IV 5 1908 — The Life You Give
Herbert von Karajan, born April 5, 1908, in Salzburg, Austria, is the orchestra and opera conductor who was a leading international musical figure of the mid-20th century. A child prodigy on the piano, Karajan studied at the Mozarteum in Salzburg. He made his professional conducting debut in 1929 at Salzburg, and he was appointed to…
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Maya Angelou *IV 4 1928 / The Life You Give
Maya Angelou, born Marguerite Annie Johnson, on April 4, 1928, in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A., is the poet, memoirist, and actress whose several volumes of autobiography explore the themes of economic, racial, and sexual oppression. Although born in St. Louis, Angelou spent much of her childhood in the care of her paternal grandmother in rural…
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wordy worldly worthy music: Recurring Music Series
The Recurring Music Series aims to investigate the meaning, source, and relevance of music — piece by piece, time after time, and again. Especially when it comes to music pieces, but also cinematic works, by the first viewing/listening the individual seems incapable of grasping the magnitude, and minuscule details of the work. Beyond the fact…
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Too busy for the fruits of nature
For four years I have been walking weekly by a neighboring garden with several plants – peppers, eggplants, tomatoes, and a few others. Each spring they begin to appear, planted on the ground or in pots, and week by week more colors accompany the greens, regularly transforming into ripe fruits. Last summer, many of these…
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Sergei Rachmaninoff *IV 1 1873 / The Life You Give
Sergey Rachmaninoff, born March 20 [April 1, New Style], 1873, in Oneg, near Semyonovo, Russia, is the composer who was the last great figure of the tradition of Russian Romanticism and a leading piano virtuoso of his time. He is especially known for his piano concerti and the piece for piano and orchestra titled Rhapsody…
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Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin *IV 1 1755 / The Life You Give
Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, born Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, on April 1, 1755, in Belley, France, was lawyer, politician, judge, violinist, and author of a celebrated work on gastronomy, Physiologie du goût (The Physiology of Taste). Brillat-Savarin followed the family profession of law. A deputy of the Third Estate at the Estates-General of 1789, he was forced to flee…
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Joseph Haydn *III 31 1732 / The Life You Give
Joseph Haydn, born Franz Joseph Haydn, on March 31, 1732, in Rohrau, Austria, is the composer who was one of the most important figures in the development of the Classical style in music during the 18th century. He helped establish the forms and styles for the string quartet and the symphony. Early years Haydn was…
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Days with Nagisa Ōshima
Nagisa Oshima’s interest in politics began at a young age. His father, a government official (reportedly of samurai lineage) (1) who died when Oshima was six, left behind an extensive library of Socialist and Communist texts, which the young man read through as he came to maturity. He attended Kyoto University, studying law while dabbling…
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