THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

BIRTHDAYS:

1588 Johann Andreas Herbst, German composer and Baroque music theorist. Also spricht der Höhe, and “Blessed Shalt Thou Be” and “Praise the Lord”

1597 Pieter Jansz Saenredam, Dutch architectural painter.

1768 Samuel Slater, English-American industrialist and inventor (key role in bringing the textile industrial revolution to America).

1781 George Stephenson, English engineer and inventor (“Father of Railways,” developed early steam locomotives and standard gauge).

1810 Carl Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai, German composer. Overture of The Merry Wives of Windsor

1812 Johann Gottfried Galle, German astronomer and scientist (discovered Neptune).

1865 Carl Nielsen, Danish violinist and composer. Helios Overture

1912 Ingolf Dahl, German-American pianist and composer. Concerto a Tre

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