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Antonin Dvorak American Suite in A, Op. 98b

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Published on Mar 14, 2014

01 – American Suite in A, Op.98b – Andante con moto 0:01
02 – American Suite in A, Op.98b — Allegro 4:55
03 – American Suite in A, Op.98b – Moderato (alla pollacca) 09:19
04 – American Suite in A, Op.98b — Andante 14:04
05 – American Suite in A, Op.98b — Allegro 17:38

Debussy, Printemps: Suite Symphonique. Pierre Boulez

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Published on Sep 26, 2012

Debussy,
Printemps: Suite Symphonique
1. Tres Modere
2. Modere
Pierre Boulez

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart /// Ballet Music in C, K 299b from ‘Les petits riens’

Anthony Lowery

Les Petits Riens, K. App. 10/299b.

Concerto Köln, on period instruments. Directed by Anton Steck. Composed by W.A. Mozart (1756-91).

I. Ouverture: Allegro (0:00)
II. No. 9 Andantino (3:14)
III. No. 10 Allegro (4:24)
IV. No. 11 Larghetto (4:34)
V. No. 8 — * (5:49)
VI. No. 12 Gavotte: Allegro (7:53)
VII. No. 15 Gavotte gracieuse (9:14)
VIII. No. 16 Pantomime (10:07)
IX. No. 14 –* (11:58)
X. No. 18 Gavotte (13:34)
XI. No. 5 Agité* (16:58)

L. v. Beethoven: Op. 25 / Serenade [Serenata] for flute, violin and viola in D major (Vienna, 1796?)

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LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN [1770 – 1827]

Serenade for flute, violin and viola in D major, Op. 25 (Vienna, Cappi, 1802)

date: c. 1796

note: There is another version Op. 41 for flute and pianoforte

I. Entrata (Allegro)
II. Tempo ordinario d’un Minuetto
III. Allegro molto in D minor
IV. Andante con variazioni in C major
V. Allegro scherzando e vivace
VI. Adagio
VII. Allegro vivace

YouTube Most Viewed: Edvard Grieg – Peer Gynt Suites – 1 and 2 Published on May 5, 2013/1,077,272 views

Edvard Grieg – Peer Gynt Suites – 1 and 2

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Published on May 5, 2013/1,077,272 views

Edvard Hagerup Grieg (1843 – 1907)
Peer Gynt Suites 1 and 2
Incidental music to Henrik Ibsen’s play. (1875, Op. 23)

Orquesta Sinfónica de RTVE
Guillermo Garcia Calvo – Conductor

Suite No. 1, Op. 46 (1888):
I. Morning Mood (Morgenstemning) 00:01
II. The Death of Åse (Åses død) 04:31
III. Anitra’s Dance (Anitras dans) 09:39
IV. In the Hall of the Mountain King (I Dovregubbens hall) 13:14

Suite No. 2, Op. 55 (1891):
I. The Abduction of the Bride. Ingrid’s Lament (Bruderovet. Ingrids klage) 15:48
II. Arabian Dance (Arabisk dans) 20:14
III. Peer Gynt’s Homecoming (Stormy Evening on the Sea) (Peer Gynts hjemfart (Stormfull aften på havet)) 24:58
IV. Solveig’s Song (Solveigs sang) 27:36

Saint of the Day for Monday, March 23rd, 2015: St. Toribio Alfonso de Mogrovejo

Saint of the Day for Monday, March 23rd, 2015

St. Toribio Alfonso de Mogrovejo

Bishop and defender of the rights of the native Indians in Peru, Born in Mayorga, Spain, he studied law and became a lawyer and then professor at Salamanca, receiving appointment-despite being a … continue reading

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Today In History. What Happened This Day In History

A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.

Today in History
March 23

1657		France and England form an alliance against Spain.
1743		Handel’s Messiah is performed for the first time in London.
1775		American revolutionary hero Patrick Henry, while addressing the House of Burgesses, declares “give me liberty, or give me death!”
1791		Etta Palm, a Dutch champion of woman’s rights, sets up a group of women’s clubs called the Confederation of the Friends of Truth.
1848		Hungary proclaims its independence of Austria.
1857		Elisha Otis installs the first modern passenger elevator in a public building, at the corner of Broome Street and Broadway in New York City.
1858		Eleazer A. Gardner of Philadelphia patents the cable street car, which runs on overhead cables.
1862		Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson faces his only defeat at the Battle of Kernstown, Va
1880		John Stevens of Neenah, Wis., patents the grain crushing mill. This mill allows flour production to increase by 70 percent.
1901		A group of U.S. Army soldier led by Brig. Gen. Frederick Funston capture Emilio Aguinaldo, the leader of the Philippine Insurrection of 1899.
1903		The Wright brothers obtain an airplane patent.
1909		British Lt. Ernest Shackleton finds the magnetic South Pole.
1909		Theodore Roosevelt begins an African safari sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and National Geographic Society.
1917		Austrian Emperor Charles I makes a peace proposal to French President Poincare.
1920		Great Britain denounces the United States because of its delay in joining the League of Nations.
1921		Arthur G. Hamilton sets a new parachute record, safely jumping 24,400 feet.
1927		Captain Hawthorne Gray sets a new balloon record soaring to 28,510 feet.
1933		The Reichstag gives Adolf Hitler the power to rule by decree.
1942		The Japanese occupy the Anadaman Islands in the Indian Ocean.
1951		U.S. paratroopers descend from flying boxcars in a surprise attack in Korea.
1956		Pakistan becomes the first Islamic republic, although it is still within the British Commonwealth.
1967		Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. calls the Vietnam War the biggest obstacle to the civil rights movement.
1970		Mafia boss Carlo Gambino is arrested for plotting to steal $3 million.
1972		The United States calls a halt to the peace talks on Vietnam being held in Paris.
1981		U.S. Supreme Court upholds a law making statutory rape a crime for men but not women.
Born on March 23
1900		Erich Fromm, German psychologist (The Sane Society).
1907		Daniele Bovet, Swiss-born Italian pharmacologist.
1908		Joan Crawford, American actress.
1910		Akira Kurosawa, film director (Rashomon, The Seven Samurai).
1912		Werner von Braun, German-born rocket pioneer.
1929		Sir Roger Bannister, the first man to run the mile in less than four minutes.

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today’s image: Colonial Reaction to the Stamp Act

Colonial Reaction to the Stamp Act
Young hothead Patrick Henry addresses the Virginia House of Burgesses on May 29, 1765. Henry emerged as a major spokesman after British lawmakers passed the Stamp Act on March 22, placing a heavy tax on all legal documents, newspapers, diplomas, licenses and even playing cards issued or sold in America. The colonists viewed the act as taxation without representation and reacted with a violence that astonished the British. Henry proposed the Virginia Resolves, five resolutions that denied Parliament’s right to tax America. He shocked the more conservative members of the Virginia legislature when he reportedly said, ‘Caesar had his Brutus, Charles I his Cromwell. May George III profit from their example.’

Engraving from Peter F. Rothermel’s 1851 painting, Patrick Henry before the Virginia House of Burgesses, National Archives

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today’s holiday: Pakistan Day (2015)

Pakistan Day (2015)

This national holiday is also known as Republic Day, and it is the anniversary of a 1940 resolution calling for a Muslim country for Muslim Indians. On the same day in 1956, Pakistan became an Islamic republic within the British Commonwealth. Pakistan Day is celebrated with parades and fairs. More… Discuss

quotation: Man’s worst ill is stubbornness of heart. Sophocle

Man’s worst ill is stubbornness of heart.

Sophocles (496 BC-406 BC) Discuss

today’s birthday: Wernher von Braun (1912)

Wernher von Braun (1912)

Devoted to the pursuit of rocketry and spaceflight since his teenage years, German rocket scientist Wernher von Braun was responsible for the successful development of the German V-2 rocket, thousands of which were launched against London and Antwerp during World War II’s final year. Nevertheless, at the close of the war, von Braun was brought to the US and soon became a prime figure in the cold war arms race and later in the space program. What notable American projects did he work on? More… Discuss

this day in the yesteryear: Russia’s Czar Paul I Assassinated (1801)

Russia’s Czar Paul I Assassinated (1801)

After his mother, Catherine the Great, suffered a stroke, Paul I ascended to the throne. The new czar instituted a number of reforms that angered the nobility and provoked a conspiracy against him. On the night of his murder, Paul was confronted in his bedroom and pressured to sign his abdication. When he refused, the assassins struck him with a sword, strangled him, and trampled him to death. Though he did not participate in the attack, his successor knew about the plot. Who was he? More… Discuss

Bananas

Bananas

Bananas rank fourth after rice, wheat, and maize in human food consumption. They are grown in 130 countries worldwide, more than any other fruit crop. In popular culture and commerce, “banana” usually refers to the soft, sweet “dessert” bananas that are usually eaten raw. The bananas from a group of cultivars with firmer, starchier fruit, generally used in cooking rather than eaten raw, are typically known as what? More… Discuss

word: cantabile

cantabile

Definition:	(adjective) In a smooth, lyrical, flowing style.
Synonyms:	singing
Usage:	The last part of the movement, a sweet, cantabile passage, resonated with the young audience. Discuss.

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