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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)
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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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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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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
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
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 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
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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