Frederick Is Horsting Around

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29 January 2017
A Birthday Anniversary

Frederick Delius
English composer
(29 January 1862 - 10 June 1934)

Eugene Ormandy, conducting
Philidelphia Orchestra (1996)

Excerpt from "Brigg Fair - An English Raphsody" 1'36"
(F. Delius)

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30 January 2017
A Birthday Anniversary

Horst Jankowski
German-born pianist and orchestra leader
(30 January 1936 - 29 June 1999)

Horst Jankowski, piano (1965)

"Eine Schwarzwaldfahrt" 2'52"
(H. Jankowski)


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Chinese New Year - 28 January 2017

Birthday Anniversary of Stéphane Grappelli

"Les molosses d'hiver, le gel, le vent, la neig
O mon vieu coeur de lassitude et de souci..."
- Émile Verhaeren

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26 January 2017
A Birthday Anniversary

Stéphane Grappelli
French jazz violinist
(26 January 1908 - 1 December 1997)

Stéphane Grappelli, violin (1974)

"Someone to Watch Over Me" 2'33"
(G. Gershwin)

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26 January 2017
A Birthday Anniversary

Stéphane Grappelli
French jazz violinist
(26 January 1908 - 1 December 1997)

Stéphane Grappelli, violin (1974)

"Ça, c'est l'amour" 2'29"
(C. Porter)


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Awaken to Me, Dream Lover Beyond the Sea

Sans amour plus rien ne va et j'ai tant besoin de to toi(I dreamed of nothing for us if not love)

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16 January 2017
A Birthday Anniversary

American operatic mezzo-soprano
Marilyn Horne
Born:16 January 1934

Marilyn Horn, messo-soprano (1986)

"Beautiful Dreamer" 3'32"
(S. Foster)

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17 January 2017
A Birthday Anniversary

Dalida
French-Italian pop vocalist
(17 January 1933 - 3 May 1987)

Dalida (1960)

"J'ai rêvé" 2'34"
(B. Darin)


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Birthdays of Wolf-Ferrari and Addinsell

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12 January 2017
A Birthday Anniversary
Italian composer
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

(12 January 1876 - 21 January 1948)

Stanley Black and His Orchestra (1968)

Overture to the Opera "The Secret of Suzanne" 3'11"
(Wolf-Ferrari)

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13 January 2017
A Birthday Anniversary

Richard Addinsell
British film music composer
(13 January1904 - 14 November 1977)

Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra (1959)

Warsaw Concerto 3'40"
(Addinsell)


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An Ode to the Welfare State, 1949

Que Sera, Sera...

Then Let Each with the Glad New Year Begin

"Then let each with the glad New Year begin
To act so they may fadeless victories win,
Since heaven's choice gifts and deathless wreaths of fame
Wait for the good, and great, their joys to claim."

--Hannah S. Battersby (1887)


Max Bruch
German Romantic composer
(6 January 1838 - 20 October 1920)
James Last and His Orchestra (1966)

- Adagio aus the Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor
(after Bruch)

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