Encyclopedia Britanica- ImageQuest 2014 : Millions of rights-cleared images for schools and libraries

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Make Music Part of Your Life Series: Respighi – The Birds

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Respighi – The Birds

Ottorino Respighi (Photo credit: lorenzog.)

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra – Louis Lane conductor
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Happy Mother’s Day! Johann Strauss II – The Blue Danube Waltz – Vienna Philharmonic

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Great Compositions/Performanaces: Wagner – Siegfried Act II: Forest Murmurs (Nature)

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Wagner – Siegfried Act II: “Forest Murmurs” (Nature)

The peaceful beauty of the forest enchants Siegfried. He listens to the song of a bird, who tells him of a beautiful woman named Brünnhilde, asleep on a mountain encircled by a ring of magic fire. Only one who has no fear can pass through the flames and awaken her from sleep. Siegfried immediately sets out to find her.

*****Music performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by  Eugene Ormandy.

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Make Music Part of Your Life Series: Juan Crisostomo Arriaga – Symphony in D Major

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Juan Arriaga – Symphony in D Major
00:00 I. Adagio – Allegro vivace
09:00 II. Andante
18:23 III. Minuetto
23:02 IV. Allegro con moto

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Juan Crisóstomo Jacobo Antonio de Arriaga y Balzola
Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga
Born	January 27, 1806 Bilbao, Spain
Died	January 17, 1826 (aged 19) Paris, France
Occupation	Composer
Parents	Juan Simón de Arriaga

Juan Crisóstomo Jacobo Antonio de Arriaga y Balzola (January 27, 1806 – January 17, 1826) was a Spanish composer. He was nicknamed “the Spanish Mozart” after he died, because, like Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, he was both a child prodigy and an accomplished composer who died young. They also shared the same first and second baptismal names; and they shared the same birthday, January 27 (fifty years apart).

 

Make Music Part of Your Life Series: Clara Schumann: Piano Concerto Op. 7 – Francesco Nicolosi

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Clara Schumann: Piano Concerto Op. 7 – Francesco Nicolosi

Parts/Movements

1. Allegro maestoso
2. Romanze. Andante non troppo, con grazia
3. Finale. Allegro non troppo

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Clara Schumann
Portrait by Franz von Lenbach, 1878
Born	Clara Josephine Wieck 13 September 1819 Leipzig
Died	20 May 1896 (aged 76) Frankfurt, German Empire
Cause of death	Stroke
Nationality	German
Occupation	Pianist, composer
Spouse(s)	Robert Schumann (m. 1840; wid. 1856)
Children	Eight

Clara Schumann (née Clara Josephine Wieck; 13 September 1819 – 20 May 1896) was a German musician and composer, considered one of the most distinguished pianists of the Romantic era. She exerted her influence over a 61-year concert career, changing the format and repertoire of the piano recital and the tastes of the listening public. Her husband was the composer Robert Schumann. Together they encouraged Johannes Brahms, and she was the first pianist to give public performances of some of Brahms’s works, notably the Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel.^[1]

Saint of the Day – May 10: Image of St. Solange St. Solange

Saint of the Day

St. Solange

St. Solange d. 880, Born of a poor family of vineyard workers near Bourges, France, she became a shepherdess whose beauty attracted the lustful attention of a noble in Poitiers. He kidnapped her, but … continue reading

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It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all.

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today’s holiday: Be Kind to Animals Week

Be Kind to Animals Week

Be Kind to Animals Week was first observed in 1915. Established by Dr. William O. Stillman, the leader of the American Humane Association at the time, this week was dedicated to helping animals and to publicizing the achievements of the nation’s humane societies. Today, Be Kind to Animals week is observed by thousands of animal shelters across the country in the first full week of May. They host special media events, promote education on the humane treatment of animals, and try to remind people of the debt that humankind owes to both wild and domestic animals. More… Discuss

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David O. Selznick (1902)

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this day in the yesteryear: J. Edgar Hoover Appointed Director of FBI (1924)

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The Orchid

The unusually large orchid family consists of some 450 genera and at least 10,000 species. Orchids grow most abundantly in tropical and subtropical forests and are among the most highly prized ornamental plants. Since being imported from the Bahamas to Britain in the 18th century, these flowers have been cultivated for their commercial value and have been successfully hybridized and variegated. Their name comes from the Greek word orkhis—or “testicle”—after the appearance of what feature? More… Discuss