Tag: art
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December 21, 2024
THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “All the good music has already been written by people with wigs and stuff.” — Frank Zappa BIRTHDAYS: 1401 Masaccio, Italian painter. 1616 Pietro Andrea Ziani, Italian organist and composer. Exultate Gaudete, and Sonata XVIII a 5 Les Plaisirs du Parnasse, and Sonata VII and 3 in D 1628 Samuel Friedrich…
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December 20, 2024
THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it.” — Frédéric Bastiat BIRTHDAYS: 1594 Giovanni Battista de Gagliano, Italian composer, born in Florence,…
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December 17, 2024
THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “There is wisdom in turning as often as possible from the familiar to the unfamiliar: it keeps the mind nimble, it kills prejudice, and it fosters humor.” — George Santayana BIRTHDAYS: 1706 Émilie du Châtelet, French mathematician and physicist (Institutions de Physique; translation of Newton’s Principia). 1749 Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer.…
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