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Szykneij

#560
November 18, 2021, 02:48:00 AM
*This Day in Music History*
November 18, 1860

Ignacy Jan Paderewski born in Kuryłówka, Russian Empire (d. 1941)

Men profess to be lovers of music, but for the most part they give no evidence in their opinions and lives that they have heard it.  ~ Henry David Thoreau

Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines. ~ Satchel Paige

Szykneij

#561
November 19, 2021, 02:45:54 AM
*This Day in Music history*
November 19, 1828

Franz Schubert dies at 31 in Vienna.
Men profess to be lovers of music, but for the most part they give no evidence in their opinions and lives that they have heard it.  ~ Henry David Thoreau

Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines. ~ Satchel Paige

Szykneij

#562
November 20, 2021, 02:50:59 AM
*This Day in Music History*
November 20, 1805

Ludwig van Beethoven's only opera, "Fidelio", premieres in Vienna.
Men profess to be lovers of music, but for the most part they give no evidence in their opinions and lives that they have heard it.  ~ Henry David Thoreau

Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines. ~ Satchel Paige

Szykneij

#563
November 21, 2021, 03:18:27 AM
*This Day in Music History*
November 21, 1695

Henry Purcell dies at 36.
Men profess to be lovers of music, but for the most part they give no evidence in their opinions and lives that they have heard it.  ~ Henry David Thoreau

Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines. ~ Satchel Paige

Szykneij

#564
November 22, 2021, 02:43:03 AM
*This Day in Music History*
November 22, 1928

"Bolero" by Maurice Ravel first performed publicly at the Paris Opera.
Men profess to be lovers of music, but for the most part they give no evidence in their opinions and lives that they have heard it.  ~ Henry David Thoreau

Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines. ~ Satchel Paige

Pohjolas Daughter

#565
November 22, 2021, 05:58:48 AM
Quote from: Szykneij on November 22, 2021, 02:43:03 AM
*This Day in Music History*
November 22, 1928

"Bolero" by Maurice Ravel first performed publicly at the Paris Opera.
Beautiful stamps!  Is the top one a postcard?

PD

Szykneij

#566
November 22, 2021, 06:21:43 AM
Quote from: Pohjolas Daughter on November 22, 2021, 05:58:48 AM
Beautiful stamps!  Is the top one a postcard?

PD

No, it's called a souvenir sheet. It contains one stamp that's valid for postage, but is really intended for collectors. It was issued in 2012 by Mozambique along with this minature sheet for the 75th anniversary of Ravel's passing. Nations that are held in higher regard by collectors are those that release stamps primarily for postal use with themes related to the country.  Mozambique is not among those, but attractive stamps nonetheless.
Men profess to be lovers of music, but for the most part they give no evidence in their opinions and lives that they have heard it.  ~ Henry David Thoreau

Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines. ~ Satchel Paige

Pohjolas Daughter

#567
November 22, 2021, 09:33:14 AM
Quote from: Szykneij on November 22, 2021, 06:21:43 AM
No, it's called a souvenir sheet. It contains one stamp that's valid for postage, but is really intended for collectors. It was issued in 2012 by Mozambique along with this minature sheet for the 75th anniversary of Ravel's passing. Nations that are held in higher regard by collectors are those that release stamps primarily for postal use with themes related to the country.  Mozambique is not among those, but attractive stamps nonetheless.
Ah!  Thanks for the description of it and sharing your knowledge of stamp collecting.  :)

PD

Szykneij

#568
November 23, 2021, 03:08:03 AM
*This Day in Music History"

November 23, 1834
Hector Berlioz's "Harold in Italy" premieres

November 23, 1903
Enrico Caruso's U.S. debut (Metropolitan Opera House, NY) in "Rigoletto"
Men profess to be lovers of music, but for the most part they give no evidence in their opinions and lives that they have heard it.  ~ Henry David Thoreau

Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines. ~ Satchel Paige

Szykneij

#569
November 24, 2021, 02:29:40 AM
*This Day in Music History*
November 24, 1800

Carl Maria von Weber's opera "Das Waldmadchen" premieres in Freiburg
Men profess to be lovers of music, but for the most part they give no evidence in their opinions and lives that they have heard it.  ~ Henry David Thoreau

Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines. ~ Satchel Paige

Szykneij

#570
November 24, 2021, 02:31:29 AM
*The Weekend Ahead in Music History"

November 25, 1862
Ethelbert Nevin, American pianist and composer, born in Edgeworth, Pennsylvania (d. 1901) 

November 26, 1921
Danish composer Rued Langgaard's "Music of the Spheres" (Sfærernes Musik) premieres at Konzerthaus in Karlsruhe, Germany; it is not performed in Denmark until 1969.

November 27, 1896
"Thus Spake Zarathustra" by Richard Strauss  debuts in Frankfurt

November 28, 1909
Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 premieres at the New Theatre in New York City, with the composer as soloist and the New York Symphony Society conducted by Walter Damrosch.
Men profess to be lovers of music, but for the most part they give no evidence in their opinions and lives that they have heard it.  ~ Henry David Thoreau

Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines. ~ Satchel Paige

Pohjolas Daughter

#571
November 24, 2021, 05:45:16 AM
Quote from: Szykneij on November 24, 2021, 02:31:29 AM
*The Weekend Ahead in Music History"

November 25, 1862
Ethelbert Nevin, American pianist and composer, born in Edgeworth, Pennsylvania (d. 1901) 

November 26, 1921
Danish composer Rued Langgaard's "Music of the Spheres" (Sfærernes Musik) premieres at Konzerthaus in Karlsruhe, Germany; it is not performed in Denmark until 1969.

November 27, 1896
"Thus Spake Zarathustra" by Richard Strauss  debuts in Frankfurt

November 28, 1909
Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 premieres at the New Theatre in New York City, with the composer as soloist and the New York Symphony Society conducted by Walter Damrosch.

Amazing (and very sad/tragic) that Langgaard's own music wasn't performed in his own country 'til so much later.  :(

And, oh, to be at that Rachmaninoff concert!  I'd give my eye teeth to have been there.

PD

p.s.  And Happy Thanksgiving Tony!

Szykneij

#572
November 29, 2021, 02:42:53 AM
*This Day in Music History*

November 29, 1643
Claudio Monteverdi dies at 76.

November 29, 1924
Giacomo Puccini dies in Brussels at 65.
Men profess to be lovers of music, but for the most part they give no evidence in their opinions and lives that they have heard it.  ~ Henry David Thoreau

Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines. ~ Satchel Paige

Szykneij

#573
November 30, 2021, 02:50:26 AM
*This Day in Music History*
November 30, 1885 

Jules Massenet 's Opera "Le Cid" premieres in Paris.
Men profess to be lovers of music, but for the most part they give no evidence in their opinions and lives that they have heard it.  ~ Henry David Thoreau

Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines. ~ Satchel Paige

Szykneij

#574
December 01, 2021, 02:44:43 AM
*This Day in Music History*
December 1, 1822

Franz Liszt, aged 11, debuts as pianist in Vienna
Men profess to be lovers of music, but for the most part they give no evidence in their opinions and lives that they have heard it.  ~ Henry David Thoreau

Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines. ~ Satchel Paige

VonStupp

#575
December 01, 2021, 08:35:41 AM Last Edit: December 01, 2021, 08:41:37 AM by VonStupp
Quote from: Szykneij on December 01, 2021, 02:44:43 AM
*This Day in Music History*
December 1, 1822

Franz Liszt, aged 11, debuts as pianist in Vienna

Thanks for this. I love the image of Liszt's piano as a rearing Pegasus.

VS
All the good music has already been written by people with wigs and stuff. - Frank Zappa

My Musical Musings

Pohjolas Daughter

#576
December 01, 2021, 09:26:46 AM
Quote from: VonStupp on December 01, 2021, 08:35:41 AM
Thanks for this. I love the image of Liszt's piano as a rearing Pegasus.

VS
Thank you for pointing that out; in my haste earlier, I had missed it!

May I have one of those please?  That is, the piano/horse.  :)

PD

Szykneij

#577
December 02, 2021, 02:56:35 AM
*This Day in Music History*
December 2, 1931

Vincent d'Indy dies at 80 in Paris. The private music college École de musique Vincent-d'Indy in Montreal, Canada, is named after the composer, as is the asteroid 11530 d'Indy, discovered in 1992.
Men profess to be lovers of music, but for the most part they give no evidence in their opinions and lives that they have heard it.  ~ Henry David Thoreau

Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines. ~ Satchel Paige

Szykneij

#578
December 03, 2021, 02:49:09 AM
*This Day in Music History*
December 3, 1729

Antonio Soler born in Olot, Catalonia, Spain (d. 1783).
Men profess to be lovers of music, but for the most part they give no evidence in their opinions and lives that they have heard it.  ~ Henry David Thoreau

Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines. ~ Satchel Paige

Szykneij

#579
December 04, 2021, 02:54:44 AM
*This Day in Music History*
December 4, 1843

Robert Schumann's "Das Paradies und die Peri" premieres in Leipzig.
Men profess to be lovers of music, but for the most part they give no evidence in their opinions and lives that they have heard it.  ~ Henry David Thoreau

Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines. ~ Satchel Paige
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