Tag: artists
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April 22, 2026
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “All really great things are happening in slow and inconspicuous ways.” — Leo Tolstoy BIRTHDAYS: 1658, Giuseppe Torelli, Italian composer (Concerti Grossi). Trumpet Concerto in D Major, complete. 1682 Willem Ignatius Kerricx, Flemish architect, sculptor, and painter. MISCELLANEOUS: COULD THEY HAVE PICKED ANYTHING HARDER TO DO? Japan’s audacious sample-return mission to…
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April 23, 2026
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “Don’t waste your love on somebody, who doesn’t value it.” — William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet BIRTHDAYS: 1564 William Shakespeare, English playwright, poet, and author (widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language. 1623 Jan Adam Reincken, Dutch-German composer and organist. Hortus Musicus No. 4 in D minor, and…
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April 21, 2026
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.” — Confucius BIRTHDAYS: 1555 Ludovico Carracci, Italian painter, born in Bologna, Papal States. 1672 Johann Philipp Käfer, German composer, born in Schney, Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg, Holy Roman Empire. Musicalische Battaille C Dur, 1 Satz 1806 Peter…
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January 14, 2025
THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.” — Marcus Aurelius, Meditations BIRTHDAYS: 1451 Franchinus Gaffurius, Italian music composer, born in Lodi, Duchy of Milan. Stabat Mater. 1566 Angelo Notari, Italian composer,…
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