Tag: classical-music
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January 6, 2025
THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “Never ruin an apology with an excuse.” — Benjamin Franklin BIRTHDAYS: 1745 Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier, French inventor and pioneer balloonist (Montgolfière-style hot air balloon) 1822 Heinrich Schliemann, German businessman and an influential amateur archaeologist. 1838 Max Bruch, German composer. Romanze Op. 85 1832 Gustave Doré, French painter and sculptor 1872 Alexander Scriabin,…
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January 4, 2025
THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there’d be a shortage of sand.” — Milton Friedman BIRTHDAYS: 1710 Giovanni Battista Pergolesi [Draghi], Italian Baroque organist, composerborn in Jesi, Papal States. Tre giorni son che Nina, and Stabat Mater Dolorosa 1717 Antonio Maria Mazzoni,…
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January 3, 2025
THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “Six mistakes mankind keeps making century after century:Believing that personal gain is made by crushing others;Worrying about things that cannot be changed or corrected;Insisting that a thing is impossible because we cannot accomplish it;Refusing to set aside trivial preferences.Neglecting development and refinement of the mind;Attempting to compel others to believe and…
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January 2, 2025
THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “People think of education as something they can finish.” — Isaac Asimov BIRTHDAYS: 1732 František “Franz” Xaver Brixi, Czech classical composer and kapellmeister, born in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia. Pastores, and Pastorella in C für Orgel. 1777 Christian Daniel Rauch, German sculptor (Frederick II of Prussia equestrian statue), born in Arolsen,…
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December 28, 2024
THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “To agree without understanding is inane. To disagree without understanding is impudent.” — Mortimer J. Adler BIRTHDAYS: 1651 Johann Krieger, German organist and composer, born in the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire. Es ist mir von Natur gegeben, and Fantasie in d, and Vater unser im Himmelreich, and…
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December 27, 2024
THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “When ships to sail the void between the stars have been built, there will step forth men to sail these ships.” — Johannes Kepler BIRTHDAYS: 1571 Johannes Kepler, German astronomer, mathematician, astrologer, natural philosopher and writer on music. 1572 Jan Campanus, Czech composer and humanist, born in Vodňany, Kingdom of Bohemia.…
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December 24, 2024
“It is easier to fight for one’s principles than to live up to them.” — Alfred Adler BIRTHDAYS: 1564 Abraham Bloemaert, Dutch painter, cartoonist, printmaker, and engraver. 1679 Domenico Natale Sarro, Italian composer, born in Trani, Kingdom of Naples. Concerto in la minore per flauto, 2vl, vla, e b.c 1818 James Prescott Joule, English physicist.…
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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 18, 2024
THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “Before you become too entranced with gorgeous gadgets and mesmerizing video displays, let me remind you that information is not knowledge, knowledge is not wisdom, and wisdom is not foresight. Each grows out of the other, and we need them all.” — Arthur C. Clarke BIRTHDAYS: 1569 Jakob Hassler, German composer,…
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December 11, 2024
THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who…
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