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Confluence: Swans
The City of Lyon shows the logical and classical dedication to rivers known through the ages throughout the world. And one may walk right up to the point which is the actual confluence of the two rivers that flow through this city — the Rhône and the Saône Rivers. The Rhône rises in the Alps,…
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Gloria Coates *X 10 1938 — The Life You Give
An American composer who has made her career for the most part in Germany, Gloria Coates was born in Wisconsin in 1938. As a child, she sang on local radio and in her early teens, she took top honors at a National Federation of Music Clubs Composition Contest. This girl from rural Wisconsin headed over…
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Alberto Giacometti *X 10 1901 – The Life You Give
Alberto Giacometti, born October 10, 1901, in Borgonovo, Switzerland, is the sculptor and painter, best known for his attenuated sculptures of solitary figures. His work has been compared to that of the existentialists in literature. Giacometti displayed precocious talent and was much encouraged by his father, Giovanni, a Post-Impressionist painter, and by his godfather, Cuno…
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Thelonious Monk *X 10 1917 — The Life You Give
Thelonious Monk, born Thelonious Sphere Monk, on October 10 1917, in Rocky Mount, N.C., U.S.A., is the pianist and composer who was among the first creators of modern jazz. As the pianist in the band at Minton’s Playhouse, a nightclub in New York City, in the early 1940s, Monk had great influence on the other…
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Camille Saint-Saëns *X 9 1835 — The Life You Give
Camille Saint-Saëns, in full Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns, born October 9, 1835, in Paris, France, is the composer chiefly remembered for his symphonic poems—the first of that genre to be written by a Frenchman—and for his opera Samson et Dalila. Saint-Saëns was notable for his pioneering efforts on behalf of French music, and he was a gifted…
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Yo-Yo Ma *X 7 1955 — The Life You Give
Yo-Yo Ma, born October 7, 1955, in Paris, France, is a cellist known for his extraordinary technique and rich tone. His frequent collaborations with musicians and artists from other genres, cultures, and media reinvigorated classical music and expanded its audience. Ma was born to Chinese parents. A child prodigy, at age five he gave his…
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Edwin Fischer *X 6 1886 — The Life You Give
Edwin Fischer was a Swiss pianist, conductor, and educator during the first half of the 20th century. He was known for his expressive interpretations of the piano music of J.S. Bach and Mozart. Fischer was born in 1886 in Basle, Switzerland, and started playing the piano when he was four years old. Both of his…
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Robert Wilson *X 4 1941 — The Life You Give
Robert Wilson, born October 4, 1941, in Waco, Texas, U.S.A., is the playwright, director, and producer, known for his avant-garde theatre works. Wilson studied business administration at the University of Texas at Austin, but he dropped out in 1962 and moved to New York City to pursue his interest in the arts. After earning a…
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