Music, the Mail, and Ephemera

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*This Day in Music History*
October 2, 1920

Max Bruch dies at 82 in his home in Berlin-Friedenau. He was buried next to his wife (who had died the previous year) at the Old St. Matthäus churchyard at Berlin-Schöneberg. His daughter later had "Music is the language of God" carved on the gravestone.

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*This Day in Music History*

October 3, 1931
Carl Nielsen dies of a heart attack at 66.

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*This Day in Music History*
October 4, 1959

Dmitri Shostakovich's 1st Cello concert premieres in Leningrad

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*This Day in Music History*

October 3, 1931
Carl Nielsen dies of a heart attack at 66.

The house is a museum nowadays and still looks like this, but it's in a quite busy area and not that charming, plus the interiors are rather sparse. So not among the best composer's museums in Scandinavia, unfortunately. We really could use a really up-to-date, interesting museum in Denmark as regards classical music or a composer.

[Szykneij]

The house is a museum nowadays and still looks like this, but it's in a quite busy area and not that charming, plus the interiors are rather sparse. So not among the best composer's museums in Scandinavia, unfortunately. We really could use a really up-to-date, interesting museum in Denmark as regards classical music or a composer.

I'm also surprised there was never a stamp issued featuring his monument. The statue also appears to be located in a busy area, possibly near the museum?

[MusicTurner]

That's true, there never was a stamp or a bank note with the statue, which was created in 1939 by his wife, Anne Marie Carl Nielsen, who was a sculptor.

The statue is in Copenhagen, so it's not close to his childhood home on the island of Funen;  it's near the picturesque Nyboder area, and thus not very far from the famous/slightly overrated  Little Mermaid statue.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

That's true, there never was a stamp or a bank note with the statue, which was created in 1939 by his wife, Anne Marie Carl Nielsen, who was a sculptor.

The statue is in Copenhagen, so it's not close to his childhood home on the island of Funen;  it's near the picturesque Nyboder area, and thus not very far from the famous/slightly overrated  Little Mermaid statue.

What is the meaning behind that statue MT?

PD

p.s.  Sorry, but I'm a big fan of that Little Mermaid statue (feel heartbroken whenever I hear of someone "beheading" her).

[MusicTurner]

What is the meaning behind that statue MT?

PD

p.s.  Sorry, but I'm a big fan of that Little Mermaid statue (feel heartbroken whenever I hear of someone "beheading" her).

The Little Mermaid statue's qualities are of the meditative sort, that's for sure, since it's very tiny, and at times the place has become too crowded. But then, it does show the appeal of Andersen's tales, etc. And the nearby Kastellet citadel area is very nice, for example.

Concerning the Carl Nielsen statue, the small Wiki article is nonetheless quite informative: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Nielsen_Monument
- amazing that his wife designed it as a given task, and then more or less paid for it herself. Their marriage had a lot of crisis in it.

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*This Day in Music History*
October 5, 1762

Opera "Orfeo Ed Euridice" by Christoph Willibald Gluck is first produced in Vienna in front of Empress Maria Theresa.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

The Little Mermaid statue's qualities are of the meditative sort, that's for sure, since it's very tiny, and at times the place has become too crowded. But then, it does show the appeal of Andersen's tales, etc. And the nearby Kastellet citadel area is very nice, for example.

Concerning the Carl Nielsen statue, the small Wiki article is nonetheless quite informative: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Nielsen_Monument
- amazing that his wife designed it as a given task, and then more or less paid for it herself. Their marriage had a lot of crisis in it.

Thank you for that link.  Sad to hear that funding was lacking and that she had to pay for it herself.   And rather wish that her Pegasus had been given his wings too.

PD

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*This Day in Music History*
October 6, 1869

Johannes Brahms' "Liebeslieder Walzer" premieres

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*This Day in Music History*
October 7, 1946

Charles Ives' 2nd string quartet premieres

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*This Day in Music History*
October 8, 1897

Emperor Franz Joseph I names Gustav Mahler Director of the Vienna Court Opera.

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*This Day in Music History*
October 9, 1835

Camille Saint-Saëns born in Paris (d. 1921)

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*This Day in Music History*
October 10, 1813

Giuseppe Verdi born in Busseto (d. 1901)

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*This Day in Music History*
October 11, 1896

Anton Bruckner dies at 72 in Vienna.  He was buried in the crypt of the monastery church at Sankt Florian immediately below his favorite organ.

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Thank you for posting one of those photos, where Bruckner doesn't look like a narrowminded, intellectually frozen bore (contrary to his music), rather the opposite ...

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Thank you for posting one those photos, where Bruckner doesn't look like a narrowminded, intellectually frozen bore (contrary to his music), rather the opposite ...

The stamp was issued for the 100th anniversary of his death, so seems to show a portrait from late in his life.

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*This Day in Music History*
October 12

1872 - Ralph Vaughan Williams born in Down Ampney, Gloucestershire, England (d. 1958)

1935 - Luciano Pavarotti born in Modena, Italy (d. 2007)

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*This Day in Music History*
October 13, 1903

Victor Herbert's "Babes in Toyland" premieres at Majestic Theater, New York City.