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Florence Price *IV 9 1887 / The Life You Give
The first African-American woman whose music was played by a major symphony orchestra, Florence Price was a pioneering figure in 20th century American music. In the 21st century, her music has been performed increasingly often, especially since a large cache of her compositions was rediscovered in 2009. Price was born Florence Beatrice Smith in Little…
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Giuseppe Tartini *IV 8 1692 / The Life You Give
Giuseppe Tartini, born April 8, 1692, in Pirano, Istria, Republic of Venice [now Piran, Slovenia], is the violinist, composer, and theorist who helped establish the modern style of violin bowing and formulated principles of musical ornamentation and harmony. Tartini studied divinity and law at Padua and at the same time established a reputation as a…
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Ravi Shankar *IV 7 1920 / The Life You Give
Ravi Shankar, born Ravindra Shankar Chowdhury, on April 7, 1920, Benares [now Varanasi], India, is the musician, player of the sitar, composer, and founder of the National Orchestra of India, who was influential in stimulating Western appreciation of Indian music. Born into a Bengali Brahman (highest social class in Hindu tradition) family, Shankar spent most…
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Billie Holiday *IV 7 1915 – The Life You Give
Billie Holiday, born Elinore Harris, on April 7, 1915, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., is the jazz singer considered to have been one of the greatest from the 1930s to the ’50s. Eleanora (her preferred spelling) Harris was the daughter of Clarence Holiday, a professional musician who for a time played guitar with the Fletcher Henderson band.…
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Gabriela Mistral *IV 7 1889 / La Vida Que Das
Gabriela Mistral, nacida Lucila de María del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga en Vicuña, Chile, el 7 de abril de 1889, es la escritora y premio Nobel de Literatura en 1945. Utilizó por primera vez su seudónimo en el poema «Del pasado» publicado en diario «El Coquimbo» en 1908. Trabaja de maestra y colabora en publicaciones…
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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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