Andrés Segovia Birthday Anniversary

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21 February 2017
A Birthday Anniversary

Andrés Segovia
Spanish classical guitar virtuoso
(21 February 1893 - 2 June 1987)

Andrés Segovia, classical guitar
(1989 compilation)

"Españoletta" 1'26"
(Sanz)

~*~

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21 February 2017
A Birthday Anniversary

Andrés Segovia
Spanish classical guitar virtuoso
(21 February 1893 - 2 June 1987)

Andrés Segovia, classical guitar
(1989 compilation)

"Intermezzo" 1'23"
(de Valera)


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Faster Than Spring-time Show'rs Comes Thought on Thought

"...paint the meadows with delight..."
"...the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees..."
   - Shakespeare

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16 February 2017
A Birthday Anniversary

Alexander Brailowsky
Ukrainian classical pianist
noted(pun) for his Chopin interpretations
(16 February 1896 - 25 April 1976)

Alexander Brailowsky, piano (1952)
"Waltz No. 12 in F Minor" 2'57"
(Chopin)

~*~

"A vrai dire, je ne t'aime pas avec mes yeux,
car ils remarquent en toi une foule d'erreurs;
mais c'est mon coeur qui aime ce qu'ils méprisent,
et qui se laisse charmer en dépit d'eux."

   - Sonnet 141 un extrait de Shakespeare
(Ce n'est pas la citation exacte, je crois que je la paraphase assez fidèlement.)


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17 February 2017
A Birthday Anniversary

Tommy Edwards,
American singer and lyricist
(17 February - 22 October 1969)

Tommy Edwards (1958)
"It's All in the Game" 2'39"
(Sigman and Dawes)


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Pour elle, quoique Dieu l'ait fait douce et tendre

♥ 14 February 2017 ♥

Tony Sandler
French vocal (1992)

- Aranjuez
(Bontempelli and Rodrigo)

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Joan Morris' Birthday Anniversary

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10 February 2017
A Birthday Anniversary

Joan Morris, mezzo-soprano
A renown balladeer
of 19th and early 20th centuries
parlor and burlesques songs
Born: 10 February 1943

Joan Morris, messo-soprano
   with William Bolcom, piano

"After the Ball" 4'54"
(C. Harris, 1892)

~*~

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10 February 2017
A Birthday Anniversary

Joan Morris, mezzo-soprano
A renown balladeer
of 19th and early 20th centuries
parlor and burlesques songs
Born: 10 February 1943

Joan Morris, mezzo-soprano
   with William Bolcom, piano

"A Bird in a Gilded Cage" 3'57"
(H. von Tilzer, 1900)


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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...