Monday, April 25, 2016

William Shakespeare's Birthday Anniversary



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26 April 2016
A Birthday Anniversary

William Shakespeare
The Bard
(26 April 1564 - 23 April 1616)

Earl Wrightson
Baritone

1964

- It Was a Lover and His Lass 2'08"
from "As You Like It"
Act V, Scene III
(Shakespeare, arr. Hyman)
See lyrics below.

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Tab 2 Feature:

26 April 2016
A Birthday Anniversary

William Shakespeare
The Bard
(26 April 1564 - 23 April 1616)

Earl Wrightson
Baritone

1964

- O Mistress Mine 2'43"
from "Twelfth Night"
Act II, Scene III
(Shakespeare, arr. Hyman)
See lyrics below.


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Selected Shakespeare lyrics:

As You Like It
ACT V SCENE III
"It Was a Lover and His Lass"

It was a lover and his lass,
With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino,
That o'er the green corn-field did pass

In the spring time, the only pretty ring time,
When birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding:
Sweet lovers love the spring.

Between the acres of the rye,
With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino
These pretty country folks would lie,

In the spring time, the only pretty ring time,
When birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding:
Sweet lovers love the spring.

This carol they began that hour,
With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino,
How that a life was but a flower

In the spring time, the only pretty ring time,
When birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding:
Sweet lovers love the spring.

And therefore take the present time,
With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino;
For love is crowned with the prime

In the spring time, the only pretty ring time,
When birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding:
Sweet lovers love the spring.


Twelfth Night
Act II Scene III
"O Mistress Mine"

O mistress mine! where are you roaming?
O! stay and hear; your true love’s coming,
That can sing both high and low.
Trip no further, pretty sweeting;
Journeys end in lovers meeting,
Every wise man’s son doth know.

What is love? ’tis not hereafter;
Present mirth hath present laughter;
What’s to come is still unsure:
In delay there lies no plenty;
Then come kiss me, sweet and twenty,
Youth’s a stuff will not endure.



Saturday, April 23, 2016

Earl Bostic Birthday Anniversary



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25 April 2016
A Birthday Anniversary

Earl Bostic
saxophonist
(25 April 1913 - 28 October 1966)

Earl Bostic and His Band
Earl Bostic, Alto-sax
featured Gene Redd on vibraphone
1951

- Sleep 3'12"
(Lebeig)

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25 April 2016
A Birthday Anniversary

Earl Bostic
saxophonist
(25 April 1913 - 28 October 1966)

Earl Bostic and His Band
Earl Bostic, Alto-sax
1951

- Flamingo 2'42"
(Grouya and Anderson)


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Thursday, April 21, 2016

La perfidia de tu amor...


"Y el mar, espejo de mi corazón
Las veces que me ha visto llorar
La perfidia de tu amor..."

My heart is as the sea
filled with countless tears
shed over your faithless love...



Tab 1 Feature:

21 April 2016
A Birthday Anniversary

Alberto Dominquez
Mexican-born songwriter
(21 April 1913 - 2 September 1975)

Los Machucambos
1963
- Perfidia 3'09"
(Dominquez)

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21 April 2016
A Birthday Anniversary

Alberto Dominquez
Mexican-born songwriter
(21 April 1913 - 2 September 1975)

Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
with Helen Forrest, vocal
1941
- Perfidia 3'17"
(Dominquez)


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Saturday, April 16, 2016

Birthdays of Luker and James


"With a kiss that touched my heart beyond all believing
But like April that sweet moment was deceiving
It was not really spring, or really love
You were alike you two
Restless April fooled me darling
So did you"


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17 April 2016
A Birthday Anniversary

Rebecca Luker
American-born actress and singer
(born: 17 April 1961)

Rebecca Luker, vocal
2013

- April Fooled Me 3'30"
(Kern and Fields)


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17 April 2016
A Birthday Anniversary

James Last
German-born Big Band leader
(17 April 1929 - 9 June 2015)

James Last, conducting
1982

- Petite Fleur 3'28"
(Bechet)



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Thursday, April 14, 2016

Howard Keel & Dale Warland Birthdays


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13 April 2016
A Birthday Anniversary

Howard Keel
American-born actor and singer
(13 April 1919 - 7 November 2004)

Howard Keel, vocal
1953

- Were Thine Thy Special Face
2'07"
(Porter)


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13 April 2016
A Birthday Anniversary

Dale Warland
American-born choral composer & conductor
(born:14 April 1932)

Dale Warland, conducting
The Dale Warland Singers
2005

- Simple Gifts
2'17"
(Brackett)




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Saturday, April 09, 2016

Lesley Garrett and Eddy Duchin Birthdays


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10 April 2016
A Birthday Anniversary

Lesley Garrett
Engish soprano
(born: 10 April 1955)

Lesley Garrett, soprano
1995

-Waltz of My Heart
3'07"
(Novello and Hassall)



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10 April 2016
A Birthday Anniversary

Eddy Duchin
American-born pianist and band leader
(10 April 1910 - 9 February 1951)

Eddy Duchin, piano
Johnny Drake, vocal
1941

- You Walk By
3'06"
(Raleigh and Wayne)



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Sunday, April 03, 2016

Two Birthdays Today


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3 April 2016
A Birthday Anniversary
Doris Day
American-born vocalist and actress
(born: 3 March 1924)

Doris Day, vocal
1953
- Secret Love
3'41"
(Fain and Webster)


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3 April 2016
A Birthday Anniversary
Don Gibson
American-born Country Music writer
(3 April 1928 - 17 November 2003)

Floyd Cramer, piano
1978
- I Can't Stop Loving You
2'33"
(Gibson)



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Saturday, April 02, 2016

That Lilac’s Cleaving Cones Have Burst

'Declaration' Lilac


An April Day

Caroline Bowles Southey
1908

All day the low-hung clouds have dropped
Their garnered fulness down;
All day that soft gray mist hath wrapped
Hill, valley, grove, and town.
There has not been a sound to-day
To break the calm of nature:
Nor motion, I might almost say,
Of life, or living creature;
Of waving bough, or warbling bird,
Or cattle faintly lowing;
I could have half-believed I heard
The leaves and blossoms growing.
I stood to hear—I love it well—
The rain’s continuous sound;
Small drops, but thick and fast they fell,
Down straight into the ground.
For leafy thickness is not yet
Earth’s naked breast to screen,
Though every dripping branch is set
With shoots of tender green.
Sure, since I looked at early morn,
Those honeysuckle buds
Have swelled to double growth; that thorn
Hath put forth larger studs;
That lilac’s cleaving cones have burst,
The milk-white flowers revealing;
Even now, upon my senses first
Methinks their sweets are stealing.
Down, down they come,—those fruitful stores!
Those earth-rejoicing drops!
A momentary deluge pours,
Then thins, decreases, stops;
And, ere the dimples on the stream
Have circled out of sight,
Lo! from the west a parting gleam
Breaks forth of amber light.
But yet behold! abrupt and loud
Comes down the glittering rain:
The farewell of a passing cloud,
The fringes of her train.