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Renata Scotto *II 24 1934 –The Life You Give
Renata Scotto’s long and successful operatic career was marked by a rare combination of dramatic intensity and vocal flexibility, which allowed her to traverse a wide variety of styles. She believed strongly in the theatrical elements of performing and always focused her energies on the meaning of a text. She also felt much of the…
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Georg Friedrich Händel *II 23 1685 — The Life You Give
George Frideric Handel, German (until 1715) Georg Friedrich Händel, Händel also spelled Haendel, (born February 23, 1685, Halle, Brandenburg [Germany]—died April 14, 1759, London, England), German-born English composer of the late Baroque era, noted particularly for his operas, oratorios, and instrumental compositions. He wrote the most famous of all oratorios, Messiah (1741), and is also…
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Luis Buñuel *II 22 1900 — The Life You Give / La Vida Que Das
Luis Buñuel, born Luis Buñuel Portolés on February 22, 1900, Calanda, Aragón, Spain, is the filmmaker who was a leading figure in Surrealism, the tenets of which suffused both his life and his work. An unregenerate atheist and communist sympathizer who was preoccupied with themes of gratuitous cruelty, eroticism, and religious mania, he won early…
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Andrés Segovia *II 21 1893 — La Vida Que Das / The Life You Give
Andrés Segovia, nacido en Linares, España, el 21 de febrero del 1893, es el guitarrista y pedagogo cual, junto a Narciso Yepes, fue el principal responsable de la consolidación de la guitarra como instrumento de concierto, a un nivel comparable al que ocupan el violín y el piano, al menos en cuanto a la calidad…
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Simon Jeffes *II 19 1949 — The Life You Give
Simon Jeffes, born Simon Harry Piers Jeffes, on 19 February 1949, is the classically trained guitarist, composer and arranger who formed, and was the primary performer of, the Penguin Cafe Orchestra. He was the composer of the ballet Still Life at the Penguin Cafe, of the much-recorded piece Music For A Found Harmonium, and other…
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Toni Morrison *II 18 1931 — The Live You Give
Toni Morrison, born Chloe Anthony Wofford on February 18 1931, in Lorain, Ohio, U.S.A., was the writer noted for her examination of Black experience (particularly Black female experience) within the Black community. She received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993. Morrison grew up in the American Midwest in a family that possessed an intense…
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Repeatedly attractive for the wrong reason
He – standing while I sat – leaned his upper body towards me to utter some form of greeting. I understood neither the language nor the intention of the greeting. Yet, I immediately had the feeling to understand why he had addressed me. One of my several sketch/notebooks has a Persian structure on its cover,…
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silence — music — silence
Whenever music happens, silence must follow.Not the absolute absence of sound but no other piece of music should be allowed to interject the silence which ought to encompass and protect a piece of music. A short, intricate piece, at times “simple” – Schubert, Chopin, Satie, Liszt, et cetera – interpreted by a mature, talented, seasoned,…
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The Whale (Tavener) on the Day of the Whale
The History of World Whale Day – A Deep DiveIn our vast open oceans, there exists a majestic creature that has captured the awe and imagination of humanity for centuries – the whale. These magnificent giants of the sea have played a significant role in our planet’s ecosystem and cultural narratives. Every year on February…
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Renée Lynn Fleming *II 14 1959 / The Life You Give
Renée Fleming, born February 14, 1959, in Indiana, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., is a soprano noted for the beauty and richness of her voice and for the thought and sensitivity she brings to the texts. Fleming’s repertoire is extraordinarily broad, spanning three centuries and ranging from Handel and Mozart through 19th-century bel canto to the works of…
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Peter Gabriel *II 13 1950 — The Life You Give
There is a complex, dotted, and cloudy line that divides or unites an individual in two. I am referring to what seems to be two sources and periods in the life of Peter Gabriel, as I see, hear, and think about his music. One Gabriel is the period during his work as front man to…
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Leopold Godowsky *II 13 1870 — The Life You Give
Leopold Godowsky, born February 13, 1870, in Soshly, near Vilnius, Lithuania, Russian Empire, is the renowned Russian-born American virtuoso pianist and composer, known for his exceptional piano technique. Godowsky entered the Berlin High School for Music at age 14; soon thereafter he went to the United States, where he spent most of the remainder of…
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