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January 17, 2024
THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.” ― Benjamin Franklin BIRTHDAYS: 1706 Benjamin Franklin, American polymath, a leading writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher, and political philosopher. 1734 François-Joseph Gossec, Belgian-French composer of operas, string quartets, symphonies, and choral works. Gavotte 1857 Eugene Augustin…
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January 16, 2024
THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” ― Martin Luther King Jr. BIRTHDAYS: 1672 Francesco Mancini, Neapolitan composer. Sonata No.11 in g moll…
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January 15, 2024
THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” ― Aristotle BIRTHDAYS: 1742 Eugene Godecharle, Belgian violinist and composer. ‘Quartetto II in F Major: I. Allegro non troppo’ 1812 Peter C Asbjornsen, Norwegian fairy tale writer 1929 Martin Luther King Jr., American…
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January 14, 2024
THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “For youth can no more live without some kind of hero than it can without its daily supply of fresh air and vitamins.” ― Hendrik Willem van Loon BIRTHDAYS: 1451 Franchinus Gaffurius, Italian music composer. Missa de Carnaval e mottetti – parte I 1684 Jean-Baptiste Vanloo, French painter. 1875 Albert Schweitzer,…
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January 13, 2024
THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” ― Arthur C. Clarke BIRTHDAYS: 1683 Johann Christoph Graupner, German harpsichordist and Baroque composer. Ouverture C dur GWV 405 (14:16) 1690 Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel, German composer and librettist. Bist du bei mir from the Anna Magdalena Bach Book 1904 Richard Addinsell, English composer.…
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January 12, 2024
THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path.” ― Buddha BIRTHDAYS: 1591 Jusepe de Ribera, Spanish painter and printmaker. 1597 François Duquesnoy, French sculptor 1628 Charles Perrault, French author and member of the Académie Française. He laid the foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale… 1711 Gaetano…
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January 11, 2024
THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “Since new developments are the products of a creative mind, we must therefore stimulate and encourage that type of mind in every way possible.” ― George Washington Carver BIRTHDAYS: 1746 Frantisek Adam Mica, Bohemian composer. Symphony in D 1853 Georgios Jakobides, Greek painter. MISCELLANY: CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? You Up?…
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January 10, 2024
THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “The world’s most precious resource is the persistent and passionate human mind.” ― Peter H. Diamandis BIRTHDAYS: 1683 Gasparo Visconti, Italian composer and violinist. Sonata in sol minore op. I n. 3, and Sonata in E Minor, Op. 1 No. 5 (live) | III. Grave 1738 Ethan Allen, American farmer, businessman, land…
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January 9, 2024
THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “Experience is a good school. But the fees are high.” ― Heinrich Heine BIRTHDAYS: 1620 Johann Weichmann, German organist, and sacred and secular music composer. Rede eines verstorbenen Jünglings aus dem Grabe. 1658 Nicolas Coustou, French sculptor 1674 Reinhard Keiser, German opera composer and conductor. Markuspassion 8.MPG, and “Die römische Unruhe,…
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January 8, 2024
THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute.” ― George Bernard Shaw BIRTHDAYS: 1668 Jean Gilles, French composer. Requiem, and Messe des morts 1804 George Childress, lawyer, politician, and a principal author of the Texas Declaration of Independence. 1823 Alfred Russel Wallace, English…
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