Benjamin Britten - Benjamin Britten Benjamin Britten (November 22, 1913 - December 4, 1976) was a British composer and pianist. He is generally considered to be the greatest British composer since World War II, and some say the greatest since Henry Purcell. He was born in Lowestoft in Suffolk, lived in the USA from c.1939 to 1942 and died in Aldeburgh. Some of his works were based on British folk songs, and they, like many of his operatic roles, were intended to be sung by his partner, the tenor Peter Pears. Britten founded the Aldeburgh Festival in 1948 and became a life peer in 1976. One of Britten's best known works is the Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (1946), which was composed to accompany Instruments of the Orchestra,.
Kathleen Ferrier - her talents to public attention, and was a significant factor in her deciding to pursue a career in music. Her marriage, however, did not work out, and was annulled after 12 years. She studied with the baritone, Roy Henderson, who was a well known singing teacher at the time. Benjamin Britten wrote several parts specifically for her, including Lucretia in The Rape of Lucretia, Abraham and Isaac (also written for Peter Pears), and part of the Spring Symphony (1949). She worked with several famous conductors, including Bruno Walter, John Barbirolli, Malcolm Sargent, Clemens Krauss, Herbert von Karajan, Eduard van Beinum and also with Benjamin Britten. She also worked with other famous singers such as Isobel Baillie and Peter Pears. Her final performance was as Orpheus in Gluck's Orfeo et Euridice at.
John Ireland - later composition under Charles Villiers Stanford. He subsequently became a teacher at the College himself, his pupils including Ernest John Moeran (who admired him) and Benjamin Britten (who found Ireland’s teaching of less interest). He also worked as organist and choirmaster at St. Luke’s Church, Chelsea, London. He retired in 1953, settling at Sussex for the rest of his life. From Stanford, Ireland inherited a thorough knowledge of the music of Beethoven, Brahms and other German classics, but as a young man he was also strongly influenced by Debussy and Ravel as well as the earlier works by Stravinsky and Bartók. From these influences, he developed his own brand of "English Impressionism", related closer to French and Russian models than to the folk-song style then prevailing in English music. Like most.
John Eliot Gardiner - conducted the Dallas Symphony. In 1990, he formed a new period instrument orchestra to perform Classical and Romantic music, the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique. As guest conductor, Gardiner has appeared with some of the great orchestras of the world, including the Philharmonia, Boston, Cleveland, Royal Concertgebouw and Vienna Philharmonic orchestras. He has made over two-hundred and fity recordings of music from Monteverdi to Benjamin Britten, covering not only early music and the baroque, for which he is most renowned, but also a wide range of classical and romantic music including all nine of Beethoven's symphonies, Berlioz's The Damnation of Faust, and Verdi's Falstaff. Upon the occasion of the Monteverdi Choir's 25th anniversary in 1989, Gardiner toured the world with it giving performances of Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610. John Eliot Gardiner was.
Herman Melville - has produced--his peers might include William Faulkner, Henry James, and Thomas Pynchon. Melville was a friend of Nathaniel Hawthorne, and was influenced by the latter's writing; Moby-Dick is dedicated to Hawthorne. In his later life, his works no longer accessible to a broad audience, he was not able to make money from writing. He depended on his wife's family for money, and later became a New York City Customs agent. His short novel Billy Budd, an unpublished manuscript at the time of his death, was later published successfully and was turned into an opera by Benjamin Britten. Melville also wrote White-Jacket, Typee, Omoo, Pierre, The Confidence Man and many short stories and works of various genres. His short story "Bartleby the Scrivener" is among his most important pieces, and has been.
George Crabbe - became best known were The Village (1783) and The Borough (1810), both lengthy poems dealing with the way of life he had grown up with. In 1783, he also married Sarah. In 1814, he became vicar of Trowbridge in Wiltshire, where he remained. By the time of his death, he was well-regarded and a friend of William Wordsworth, Sir Walter Scott and other major literary figures of the time. Benjamin Britten's opera Peter Grimes is based on The Borough. He was also an active and notable coleopterist and recorder of beetles, and is credited for taking the first specimen of Calosoma sycophanta L. to be recorded from Suffolk. He published an essay on the Natural History of the Vale of Belvoir in John Nichols, Bibliotheca Topopgraphia Britannica, VIII, Antiquities in Leicestershire,.
Grammy Awards of 2002 - Michael Schade, Christine Schäfer, Markus Schäfer, Oliver Widmer, the Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Wiener Sängerknaben & Concentus Musicas Wien for Bach: St. Matthew Passion Best Instrumental Soloist(s) Performance (with orchestra) Martin Fouqué (producer), Eberhard Sengpiel (engineer), Daniel Barenboim, Dale Clevenger, Larry Combs, Alex Klein, David McGill & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Richard Strauss Wind Concertos (Horn Concerto; Oboe Concerto, etc.) Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra) Arne Akselberg (producer & engineer) & Truls Mork (producer & artist) for Benjamin Britten Cello Suites (1 - 3) Best Small Ensemble Performance (with or without conductor) Helmut Mühle (producer), Philipp Nedel (engineer), Gidon Kremer (producer & artist) & Kremerata Baltica for After Mozart Best Chamber Music Performance Joanna Nickrenz (producer), Marc J. Aubort (engineer) & The Angeles String Quartetfor Joseph Haydn: The Complete String.
Grammy Awards of 1964 - or without orchestra) Skitch Henderson (conductor), Leontyne Price & the RCA Orchestra for Great Scenes From Gershwin's Porgy and Bess Best Opera Recording Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), Rosalind Elias, Leontyne Price, Richard Tucker & the RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra for Puccini: Madama Butterfly Best Classical Performance - Choral (other than opera) Benjamin Britten (conductor), Edward Chapman, David Willcocks (choir directors), the Bach Choir, Highgate School Choir & the London Symphony Orchestra & Choir for Britten: War Requiem Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (with orchestra) Erich Leinsdorf (conductor), Artur Rubinstein & the Boston Symphony Orchestra for Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B Flat Minor Best Classical Performance - Instrumental Soloist or Duo (without orchestra) Vladimir Horowitz for The Sound of Horowitz Best Classical Music Performance - Chamber Music Julian.
Graeme Jenkins - the opera world. He is known for his strong affinity for the music of Benjamin Britten. Jenkins is currently the music director of the Dallas Opera. Jenkins studied music at Cambridge University and conducting at the Royal College of Music. He worked with Norman Del Mar and David Willcocks. Later, he assisted Bernard Haitink and Simon Rattle at Glyndebourne. He made his debut there in 1987 with Carmen and Capriccio and returned many times. He served as music director of the Glyndebourne Touring Opera until November 1991 Throughout his opera career, Graeme Jenkins has performed with the English National Opera and Scottish Opera. He also conducted a critically acclaimed Show Boat for Opera North. His other engagements have included performances with Geneva Opera, Canadian Opera in Toronto, Australian Opera in Sydney.
Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance - Martin Sauer (producer), Michael Brammann (engineer), Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor), Norbert Balatsch, Erwin Ortner (chorus masters), Bernarda Fink, Matthias Goerne, Dietrich Henschel, Elisabeth von Magnus, Christoph Prégardien, Dorothea Röschmann, Michael Schade, Christine Schäfer, Markus Schäfer, Oliver Widmer, the Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Wiener Sängerknaben & Concentus Musicas Wien for Bach: St. Matthew Passion Grammy Awards of 2001 Karen Wilson (producer), Don Harder (engineer), Helmuth Rilling (conductor) & the Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra & Chorus for Penderecki: Credo Grammy Awards of 2000 Robert Shafer (conductor), Betty Scott, Joan McFarland (choir directors), the Maryland Boys Choir, the Shenandoah Conservatory Chorus & the Washington Choir for Britten: War Requiem 1990s Grammy Awards of 1999 Robert Shaw (conductor) & the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Barber: Prayers of Kierkegaard/Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem/Bartók: Cantata Profana Grammy.
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra) - (or very a similar equivalent) From 1995 to the present it has been awarded as Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra) Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 2000s 2 1990s 3 1980s 4 1970s 5 1960s 6 1950s 2000s Grammy Awards of 2003 Andreas Neubronner (producer & engineer) & Murray Perahia for Chopin: Études, Op. 10 & Op. 25 Grammy Awards of 2002 Arne Akselberg (producer & engineer) & Truls Mork (producer & artist) for Benjamin Britten Cello Suites (1 - 3) Grammy Awards of 2001 Tobias Lehmann (producer), Jens Schünemann (engineer) & Sharon Isbin for Dreams of a World (Works of Lauro, Ruiz-Pipo, Duarte, Etc.) Grammy Awards of 2000 Vladimir Ashkenazy for Shostakovich:.
Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition - Kaye & William Sharp for Bernstein: Arias & Barcarolles Grammy Awards of 1990 Steve Reich (composer) & the Kronos Quartet for Reich: Different Trains 1980s Grammy Awards of 1989 John Adams (composer), Edo De Waart (conductor) & the San Francisco Symphony for Adams: Nixon in China Grammy Awards of 1988 Krzysztof Penderecki (composer & conductor), Mstislav Rostropovich & the Philharmonia Orchestra for Penderecki: Cello Concerto No. 2 Grammy Awards of 1987 Witold Lutoslawski (composer) & Esa-Pekka Salonen (conductor) for Lutoslawski: Symphony No. 3 Grammy Awards of 1986 Andrew Lloyd Webber (composer), Sarah Brightman & Placido Domingo for Lloyd Webber: Requiem Grammy Awards of 1985 Samuel Barber (composer) & Christian Badea (conductor) for Antony and Cleopatra 1960s Grammy Awards of 1966 Charles Ives (composer) for Ives: Symphony No. 4 conducted by Leopold.
Grammy Award for Best Classical Album - (producer), Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Beethoven: Symphonies (9) Complete Grammy Awards of 1975 David Harvey (producer), Georg Solti (conductor) & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique Grammy Awards of 1974 Thomas Z. Shepard (producer), Pierre Boulez (conductor) & the New York Philharmonic for Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra Grammy Awards of 1973 David Harvey (producer), Georg Solti (conductor), various artists, the Vienna Boys Choir, the Vienna Singverein Chorus & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E Flat (Symphony of a Thousand) Grammy Awards of 1972 Thomas Frost, Richard Killough (producers) & Vladimir Horowitz for Horowitz Plays Rachmaninoff (Etudes-Tableaux Piano Music; Sonatas) Grammy Awards of 1971 Erik Smith (producer), Colin Davis (conductor), various artists & the Royal Opera House Orchestra & Chorus.
Elizabeth I of England - back on the Scottish throne. She set impossible pre-conditions, one being to bring Prince James to be brought up in England. Nevertheless, Cecil continued negotiations with Mary on the Queen's behalf. It was the Scots who stood in the way of a settlement. End of religious toleration At this stage, the new pope, Pius V intervened and excommunicated Elizabeth on February 25, 1570, something his predecessor had been reluctant to do. This made it impossible for Elizabeth to continue her policy of religious toleration. Nevertheless, the discovery of the Ridolfi Plot came as a great shock to her. After twenty years of confinement, Mary Stuart allowed herself to become implicated in yet another plot by Catholic sympathisers, led by Sir Antony Babington to rescue her and place her on the throne.
Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge - were spurred by her own experience as a performing musician: she appeared as a pianist up to her 80s, accompanying world-renowned instrumentalists. Coolidge established the Berkshire String Quartet in 1916 and started the Berkshire Music Festival at South Mountain, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, two years later. Out of this grew the Berkshire Symphonic Festival at Tanglewood, which she also supported. In 1932 she established the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Medal for "eminent services to chamber music". Recipients of the medal include Frank Bridge, Benjamin Britten and Roy Harris. The Sprague Memorial Hall at Yale University was also financed by Coolidge. Her most innovative and costly endeavour, however, was her partnership with the Library of Congress, resulting in the construction of the 500-seat Coolidge Auditorium, specifically intended for chamber music, in 1924. This was accompanied.
English Chamber Orchestra - remained limited by the group's size, which has stayed fairly consistently at around the size of an orchestra of Mozart's time. Shortly afterwards, it became closely associated with the Aldeburgh Festival, playing in the premieres of Benjamin Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Owen Wingrave, Curlew River and several other of his works. Britten conducted the orchestra on several occasions, and made a number of records with the group. The orchestra did not at this time have a principal conductor, but worked closely with a succession of guest conductors including Raymond Leppard, Colin Davis and Daniel Barenboim. In 1985 Jeffrey Tate was appointed the ensemble's first principal conductor. In 2000, Ralf Gothóni was appointed principal conductor. Other London-based orchestras include the London Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the London Philharmonic Orchestra,.
December 4 - II (d. 1513) 1585 - John Cotton, American Puritan leader (d. 1652) 1777 - Madame Récamier, writer (d. 1849) 1795 - Thomas Carlyle, writer, historian (d. 1881) 1835 - Samuel Butler, writer (d. 1902) 1849 - Crazy Horse, Native American leader (d. 1877) 1861 - Lillian Russell, singer, actress (d. 1922) 1866 - Wassily Kandinsky, painter (d. 1944) 1875 - Rainer Maria Rilke, poet (d. 1926) 1892 - Francisco Franco, dictator of Spain (d. 1975) 1895 - Fung Yu-lan, Chinese philosopher (d. 1990) 1903 - Cornell Woolrich, crime writer, "Father of Film Noir" (d. September 24, 1968) 1908 - Alfred Hershey, American psychologist, winner 1969 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1997) 1912 - Pappy Boyington, American fighter pilot (d. 1988 1914 - Rudolf Hausner, painter and graphic artist (d..
1913 - activist February 6 - Mary Leakey, anthropologist (+ 1996) February 11 - Lucio Diestro, composer. February 14 - Jimmy Hoffa, labor union leader (+ 1975 (disappeared)) February 14 - Mel Allen, sports reporter (+ 1996) February 25 - Gert Fröbe, actor (+ 1988) February 25 - Jim Backus, actor (+ 1989) February 27 - Irwin Shaw, writer (+ 1984) March 4 - John Garfield, actor (+ 1952) March 13 - William Casey, director of the Central Intelligence Agency (+ 1987) March 18 - René Clément, French film director (+ 1996) March 29 - Tony Zale, world champion boxer (+ 1997) March 29 - R. S. Thomas, Welsh poet (†2000) March 30 - Richard Helms, director of the Central Intelligence Agency (+ 2002) March 30 - Frankie Laine, singer May 11.
1976 - Beckham, actor February 28 - Ja Rule March 8 - Freddie Prinze Jr, actor March 20 - Chester Bennington, Linkin Park March 21 - Justin Pierce, actor March 22 - Reese Witherspoon, actress March 25 - Juvenile, singer March 31 - Colin Farrell, actor April 25 - Tim Duncan, basketball player, two-time NBA MVP July 1 - Patrick Kluivert, Dutch football player July 1 - Ruud van Nistelrooy, Dutch football player July 4 - Daijiro Kato, Japanese motorcycle racer July 6 - 50 Cent, rapper July 9 - Fred Savage, actor July 11 - Lil' Kim, rapper September 7 - Shannon Elizabeth, actress September 7 - Stevie Case (Killcreek), video geme celebrity September 11 - Ludacris, rapper September 22 - Ronaldo, Brazilian football player October 4 - Alicia Silverstone, actress October.
1976 in music - Band Hejira - Joni Mitchell Modern Lovers - Modern Lovers Come on Over - Olivia Newton-John Clones of Dr. Funkenstein - Parliament Mothership Connection - Parliament Howlin' Wind - Graham Parker & the Rumour Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (debut) A Day at the Races - Queen A Night at the Opera - Queen Rising - Rainbow The Ramones - The Ramones Home Plate by Bonnie Riatt Black and Blue by The Rolling Stones Hasten Down the Wind - Linda Ronstadt 2112 - Rush Another Passenger - Carly Simon Silk Desires - Boz Skaggs The Royal Scam - Steely Dan Both Sides of Ray Stevens - Ray Stevens Just for the Record - Ray Stevens Misty - Ray Stevens Atlantic Crossing - Rod Stewart A.
