Celebration Day
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Manuel de Falla *XI 23 1876 — La Vida Que Das / The Life You Give
Read English biography at the bottom Manuel de Falla Matheu, nacido en Cádiz, el 23 de Noviembre del 1876, es el compositor y la figura musical más trascendente de todo el siglo xx español, tanto por la importancia de sus obras como por las secuelas que su trabajo ha creado en generaciones posteriores. Es el…
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Krzysztof Penderecki *XI 23 1933 — The Life You Give
Krzysztof Penderecki, born November 23, 1933, in Debica, Poland, is an outstanding composer of his generation whose novel and masterful treatment of orchestration won worldwide acclaim. musicus, organicuscelebrates the life in music ofKrzysztof PendereckiNovember 23 at 1 pm ESTon Clubhouse Penderecki studied composition at the Superior School of Music in Kraków (graduated 1958) and subsequently…
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Joaquín Rodrigo *XI 22 1901 / La Vida Que Das
Joaquín Rodrigo Vidre, compositor, nació en Marqués de los Jardines de Aranjuez (I). Sagunto (Valencia), 22 de Noviembre del 1901. Read the Biography in English at the bottom musicus, organicus celebrates the life in music of Joaquín Rodrigo November 24 at 11 am EST on Clubhouse Joaquín Rodrigo Vidré fue el menor de los seis…
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Tina Weymouth *XI 22 1950 — The Life You Give
One of the first bassists to merge funk with punk/alternative music was the Talking Heads’ Tina Weymouth. Born on November 22, 1950, in Coronado, CA, Weymouth’s family moved quite a bit early on, as her father served in the Navy. Although Weymouth first picked up a guitar at the age of 14, she failed to…
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Benjamin Britten *XI 22 1913 — The Life You Give
Benjamin Britten, born Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten Of Aldeburgh, November 22, 1913, in Lowestoft, Suffolk, England, is the composer of the mid-20th century, whose operas were considered the finest English operas since those of Henry Purcell in the 17th century. He was also an outstanding pianist and conductor. Britten composed as a child and…
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Björk *XI 21 1965 — The Life You Give
Björk, born Björk Gudmundsdottir, November 21, 1965, in Reykjavík, Iceland, is the singer-songwriter and actress best known for her solo work covering a wide variety of music styles. Integrating electronic and organic sounds, her music frequently explored the relationship between nature and technology. Björk recorded her first solo album, a collection of cover versions of…
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Meredith Monk *XI 20 1942 — The Life You Give
Meredith Monk, born Meredith Jane Monk, November 20, 1942, New York City, New York, U.S.A., is the performance artist, a pioneer in the avant-garde, whose work skillfully integrated diverse performance disciplines and media. Monk studied piano and eurythmics from an early age. She earned a B.A. in 1964 from Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, New York.…
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Compay Segundo *XI 18 1907 — The Life You Give / La Vida Que Das
The Aristipposian Poet celebrates the life and music of Compay Segundo November 18 at 3 pm EST on Clubhouse Lea la biografía en Castellano al fondo Compay Segundo was born Máximo Francisco Repilado Muñoz Telles on November 18, 1907, in Siboney, Cuba. He was a reputed Trova guitarist, singer, and composer of Cuba. Compay Segundo…
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Carl Maria von Weber *XI 18 1786 — The Life You Give
Carl Maria von Weber, born Nov. 18, 1786, in Eutin, Holstein, Germany, is the composer and opera director during the transition from Classical to Romantic music, noted especially for his operas Der Freischütz (1821; The Freeshooter, or, more colloquially, The Magic Marksman), Euryanthe (1823), and Oberon (1826). Der Freischütz, the most immediately and widely popular…
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Martin Scorsese *XI 17 1942 — The Life You Give
Martin Scorsese, born Martin Marcantonio Luciano Scorsese, on November 17, 1942, in Queens, New York, U.S.A., is the filmmaker known for his harsh, often violent depictions of American culture. From the 1970s Scorsese created a body of work that was ambitious, bold, and brilliant. But even his most acclaimed films are demanding, sometimes unpleasantly intense…
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Paul Hindemith *XI 16 1895 — The Life You Give
Paul Hindemith, born November 16, 1895, in Hanau, near Frankfurt am Main, Germany, is the one of the principal German composers of the first half of the 20th century and a leading musical theorist. He sought to revitalize tonality—the traditional harmonic system that was being challenged by many other composers—and also pioneered in the writing…
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Aaron Copland *XI 14 1900 — The Life You Give
Aaron Copland, born November 14, 1900, in Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A., is the composer who achieved a distinctive musical characterization of American themes in an expressive modern style. Copland, the son of Russian-Jewish immigrants, was born in New York City and attended public schools there. An older sister taught him to play the piano, and…
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Astrid Lindgren *XI 14 1907 — The Life You Give
Astrid Lindgren, born November 14, 1907, in Vimmerby, Sweden, is the influential writer of children’s books who created such memorable characters as Pippi Longstocking. Lindgren’s great popularity began in 1945 with the publication of Pippi Långstrump (Pippi Longstocking), the first of several books with Pippi as a main character. This strangely dressed girl living alone…
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Fanny Mendelssohn *XI 14 1805 — The Life You Give
Fanny Mendelssohn, born Fanny (Cäcilie) Mendelssohn (-Bartholdy, married name Fanny Hensel), on November 14, 1805, Hamburg [Germany], is the pianist and composer, the eldest sister and confidante of the composer Felix Mendelssohn. Fanny is said to have been as talented musically as her brother, and the two children were given the same music teachers. Felix…
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Loriot *XI 12 1923 — The Life You Give
German for “Oriole,” Loriot was the nom de plume of humorist, actor, writer, and widely popular artist Vicco von Bülow. Born in November of 1923, von Bülow worked under the aforementioned pseudonym for his entire career, creating a number of characters and works that would elevate him to the status of one of Germany’s most…
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