Composers

yes! She had a son named Sebastian.

tomorrow...

The third movement of environmentalism is driven by businesses.

Her name is Varvara (in Russian Варвара), often called Barbe (Demetrievna Morgassov). She was a wife of Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov and reportedly the aunt of the famous composer by the same name. Her husband was from rich aristocratic family. He was a VERY handsome man. They married in Moscow when she was 16 or 17 and he was 20. This couple was mentioned in "Anna Karenina" by Leo Tolstoy. They had three sons: Sergei, Alexi and Nikolay.

However, they divorced and Varvara left for France. She was a regular at the Court of Napoleon III and Eugenie and was reportedly one of his lovers. Prince Obolensky wrote that she was known everywhere in France thanks to her beauty and charm. The French called her "La Venus tartare". During her time in Paris, she was painted twice by the portrait painter of the day, Franz Xavier Winterhalter. The second portrait, painted in 1845, became the most well known, and is now in the Musee d'Orsay in Paris.

After the Franco Prussian War Barbe went to live in Nice, where it is believed she died at age 45 and is buried in the Russian cemetary. Cause of death is unknown. Other royal ladies of Napoleon's Court lived much longer, into their '80's and even 100's.

At this time in Nice there a large Russian community. The Czar would come in his yacht to Nice in the summers.

Her son Nikolay came back to Russia to his father and later married to the daughter of Natalia Pushkina-Lanskaya. What became of the other two sons is unknown.

March 21, 1685

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Shine On You Crazy Diamond is a song by the English progressive rock group Pink Floyd. This tribute to their former guitarist Syd Barrett was composed and written by singer David Gilmour, bassist Roger Waters and keyboard player Richards Wright. Shine On You Crazy Diamond appeared on the album Wish You Were Here, first published in 1975.

A performance of Beethoven's 9th Symphony lasts a little longer than an hour.

1st Movement - about 16 minutes

2nd Movement - about 11 minutes

3rd Movement - about 17 minutes

4th Movement - about 25 minutes

Daphnis

Hi-Yo Silver is the famous refrain from the Lone Ranger to his horse. The Lone Ranger started as a radio program in the 1930's culminating in a tv series in the 1950's. The intro music was William Tell's overture and the tv series started with, "A fiery horse with the speed of light. A cloud of dust and a hearty Hi-Yo, Silver! The Lone Ranger!" Whenever the Lone Ranger needed to get somewhere and in a hurry, he would always say to his horse, which was named Silver, "Hi-Yo Silver, away"

Himself ;)

Beethoven could hear partially but not always

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Classical period

The cause of Mozart's death cannot be determined with certainty. His death record listed "hitziges Frieselfieber" ("severe miliary fever", referring to a rash that looks like millet seeds), a description that does not suffice to identify the cause as it would be diagnosed in modern medicine.

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Grieg had three sisters, Maren, Elisabeth and Benedictine, and one brother, John.

The Concerto was originally written for violinist Ruth Posselt and presented to her during the Summer of 1943, with a piano reduction of the orchestral part by Paul Aron. She passed on the Concerto when Vladimir Dukelsky (Vernon Duke) presented her with his new Concerto which she eventually premiered. (Posselt's sister Gladys was married to Martinu's close friend the Czech-American violinist and pedagogue Emmanuel Ondricek at whose Summer home he spent time during the Summer of 1942 composing the work.)

Mischa Elman later in the Fall of 1943 contacted Martinu with a request for a Concerto and the composer produced the already written 2nd Concerto which her premiered with the Boston Symphony Orchestra with Serge Koussevitzky on 12/31/43. Martinu did write some special additional cadenzas for Elman.

High Ashes, Abinger Common, Surrey.

* Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, also known as the "Pathétique"

yes march of the trolls is by Edvard Grieg. it is a Norwegian song as well because trolls are part of the Norwegian culture!

vivaldi was born in England :)