Madeline is a children’s book series created by Austrian author and illustrator Ludwig Bemelmans. The first book in the series, just called Madeline, was published in 1939, and was followed by several sequels. The books chronicle spunky, red-haired Madeline’s daily adventures at a Parisianboarding school—including taking in a dog and having her appendix removed—while her teacher Miss Clavel tries to keep her in line. What are Madeline’s famous opening lines? More…Discuss
Director of lifeguards Federico Cornier said Thursday that thousands of bathers were cooling off from 38 degree temperatures in the Parana River in Rosario on Wednesday when bathers suddenly began complaining of bite marks on their hands and feet. He blamed the attack on palometas, “a type of piranha, big, voracious and with sharp teeth that can really bite.”
Those injured in the frenzy by the sharp-teethed fish included a girl who lost part of a finger, Health Undersecretary Gabriela Quintanilla told reporters on Thursday.
This is Valentina Igoshina playing Chopin’sFantasie Impromptu in C Sharp Minor, Op. 66. Apologies for the shoddy editing! Check out my channel for information about Valentina and her music
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Valentina Igoshina
Valentina Igoshina in March 2010 at Rickman Auditorium in Arnold, Missouri
Valentina Igoshina began studying piano with her mother,[1] and first took lessons at home at the age of four. At the age of twelve she began attending the Moscow Central School of Music and became a student of Sergei Dorensky and Larissa Dedova at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory.[2]
Igoshina has also served as a teacher of piano at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow. Between recitals and concerts, she currently divides her time between Moscow and Paris.[3] Her home in France is near Giverny in Haute-Normandie.
Georges BIZET: Jeux d’enfants Op.22, 12 pieces for piano 4 hands -complete- 0:05 / 1. L’Escarpolette (Reverie. Andantino) [2’52”] 2:57 / 2. La Toupie (Impromptu. Allegro vivo) [0’57”] 3:53 / 3. La Poupée (Berceuse. Andantino semplice) [2’49”] 6:42 / 4. Les Chevaux de Bois (Scherzo. Allegro vivo) [1’18”] 8:01 / 5. Le Volant (Fantaisie. Andantino molto) [1’14”] 9:15 / 6. Trompette et Tambour (Marche. Allegretto) [2’07”] 11:22 / 7. Les Bulles de Savon (Rondino. Allegretto) [1’22”] 12:44 / 8. Les Quatre Coins (Esquisse. Allegro vivo) [2’07”] 14:52 / 9. Colin-Maillard (Nocturno. Andante non troppo) [1’58”] 16:50 / 10. Saute-Mouton (Caprice. Allegro molto) [1’21”] 18:10 / 11. Petit Mari, petite Femme! (Duo. Andantino) [3’00”] 21:10 / 12. Le Bal (Galop. Presto) [1’39”] Alfons & Aloys Kontarsky, piano (rec. 1982 – vinyl (p)1983 DGG)
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Bizet orchestrated five of these (Nos. 6, 3, 2, 11, 12) as the Petite Suite. The remaining movements were later orchestrated by Roy Douglas andHershy Kay and the complete orchestral suite has been recorded.[1]
In 1955, George Balanchine choreographed the entire suite as the ballet Jeux d’enfants. In 1975 he made a new ballet, The Steadfast Tin Soldier, using only four of the movements.
Crowded with bones and artifacts, the back rooms of natural history collections have become places of fascination for photographer Rosamond Purcell. Each of her remarkable images starts with a specimen “ready to have its picture taken.”
Ellis Island, the U.S. gateway to immigration from distant lands, recently reopened to visitors, following significant damage from Hurricane Sandy. A visit there today, and to the nearby Statue of Liberty, can be emotional, even for those born in the U.S.
There is a little reported story about U.S. service members who have developed cancer and other illnesses after serving in the rescue efforts following the disaster at the Fukushima nuclear power plant. In an account that could have easily been written for the nuclear tests in the 1950s, service members have said that the Navy told them that there was no harm from radiation so long as they avoided the plume rising from the plant.
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