THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.”

— Marcus Aurelius

BIRTHDAYS:

1702 Johann Schneider, German composer (pupil of Bach). Präludium und Fuge, g moll, and choral Mein Herze bring ich dir, singing and organ

1797 Hippolyte Delaroche, French painter.

1839 Ephraim Shay, American inventor (Shay geared steam locomotive).

1875 Donald Tovey, British musicologist, pianist, and composer. Sonata for Clarinet, Op. 16

1908 Jack Douglas, American humorist and comedy writer.

1920 Gordon Gould, American physicist (inventor of the laser).

1928 Vince Guaraldi, American jazz pianist and composer (Peanuts TV specials). “Linus and Lucy”, and Great Pumpkin Waltz

1935 Peter Schickele (P.D.Q. Bach), American composer and parodist. P.D.Q. Bach

MISCELLANEOUS:

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