Joseph Martin Kraus - Joseph Martin Kraus Joseph Martin Kraus (1756-1792), composer, was born in Mittelberg am Main in Germany, on June 20, 1756. He is sometimes referred to as the Swedish Mozart. He started his education in Buchen am Odenwald, later at the Jesuit Gymnasium and Music Seminar at Mannheim, then proceeded to study law in Mainz, Erfurt, where he was taught by Peter Weimar and C.P.E. Bach, and Göttingen, where he was part of the writer's group Göttingen Hainbund and wrote a book of poetry, Versuch von Schäfersgedichte, a tragedy, Tolon, as well as music, including the oratorios Die Geburt Jesu and Der Tod Jesu, and a musical treatise. At the Swedish Court In 1778 Kraus moved to Stockholm, Sweden, on the suggestion of his friend Carl Stridsberg..
June 20 - him in Canada by a decision in 15 rounds, to gain the WBC world Welterweight championship. 1983 - LZW patent filed in USA. 1990 - German parliament decides to move the capital from Bonn to Berlin. 1990 - Asteroid Eureka discovered. 2001 - Pervez Musharraf becomes president of Pakistan 2001 - Andrea Yates drowns her children in a bathtub and admits to the crime. She would be sentenced to life in prison. 2003 - LZW patent expires in USA. 2003 - Bounce premieres at the Goodman Theatre. 2003 - Formation of Wikimedia Foundation announced. Births 1634 - Charles Emmanuel II of Savoy († 1675) 1756 - Joseph Martin Kraus, composer 1771 - Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, philanthropist, entrepreneur († 1820) 1797 - Sophie (Frémiet) Rude, French artist († 1867).
Grammy Awards of 2002 - Boys Tony Bennett Sammy Davis Jr Bob Marley The Who Trustees Award Arif Mardin Phil Ramone Tech Award Les Paul Digidesign Alternative Best Alternative Music Album Guy Berryman, Jon Buckland, Will Champion, Chris Martin (producers), Ken Nelson (producer & engineer), Michael H. Brauer (engineer) & Coldplay for Parachutes performed by Coldplay Blues Best Traditional Blues Album John P. Hampton, Jared Tuten (engineers) & Jimmie Vaughan (producer & artist) for Do You Get the Blues? Best Contemporary Blues Album Delbert McClinton, Gary Nicholson (producers), Richard Dodd, Don Smith (engineers) & Delbert McClinton for Nothing Personal Children's Best Musical Album for Children Ed Mitchell (producer), Jimmy Hoyson & Ric Wilson (engineers) for Elmo & the Orchestra performed by the Sesame Street cast Best Spoken Word Album for Children Arnold Cardillo (producer), Rory Young.
Gustav III of Sweden - of legal investigation was abolished. In 1774 an ordinance providing for the liberty of the press was even issued. The national defences were at the same time developed on a "Great Power" scale, and the navy was so enlarged as to become one of the most formidable in Europe. The dilapidated finances were set in good order by the "currency realization ordinance" of 1776. Gustav also introduced new national economic principles. In 1775 free trade in barley was promoted and a number of oppressive export-tolls were abolished. The poor law was also amended, absolute religious liberty was proclaimed, and he even succeeded in inventing and popularizing a national costume, which was in general use from 1778 till his death. His one great economic blunder was the attempt to make the sale.
December 15 - Getty, oil tycoon (+ 1976) 1910 - John Hammond, musician 1912 - Ray Eames, American designer (+ 1988) 1912 - Stan Kenton, musician (+ 1979) 1916 - Buddy Cole, pianist (+ 1964) 1918 - Jeff Chandler, actor (+ 1961) 1922 - Alan Freed, disc jockey (+ 1965) 1923 - Freeman Dyson, physicist 1928 - Friedensreich Hundertwasser, painter and graphic artist (+ 2000) 1933 - Tim Conway, actor, comedian 1938 - Michael Bogdanov, film director and theatre manager 1942 - Dave Clark, musician ("Dave Clark Five") 1949 - Don Johnson, actor \'Deaths:' 1025 - Basil II, Byzantine emperor 1072 - Alp Arslan, Seljuk sultan 1263 - King Haakon IV of Norway 1683 - Izaak Walton, writer 1792 - Joseph Martin Kraus, composer 1816 - Charles Stanhope, engineer, inventor of the calculator 1890.
1756 - French and Indian War (1754-1763) Births: January 27 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer February 6 - Aaron Burr, Vice President of the United States (+ 1836) June 20 - Joseph Martin Kraus, German-Swedish composer September 7 - Willem Bilderdijk, author (+ 1831) Deaths: Monarchs/Presidents China - Qianlong Emperor of China, Qing Dynasty (reigned from October 18, 1735 to February 9, 1796) France - Louis XV King of France (reigned from 1715 to 1774) Great Britain - George II King of Great Britain (reigned from June 11, 1727 to October 25, 1760) Prussia - Frederick II King of Prussia (reigned from 1740 to 1786) Russia - Elizabeth Empress of Russia (reigned from 1741 to January 5, 1762) Saxony - Frederick Augustus II Elector of Saxony (from 1733 to 1763) (also King.
1792 - Agreement is signed, beginnings of New York Stock Exchange. June 1 - Kentucky is admitted as the 15th U.S. state. October 12 - First celebration of Columbus Day in the USA held in New York. October 13 - In Washington, DC, the cornerstone of the United States Executive Mansion (known as the White House since 1818) is laid. French revolution comes to an end, monarchy is abolished and French Republic is declared on sept 22; Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle composes La Marseillaise aka "Marche pour les armées du Rhin". Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, last emperor, takes office. Treaty of Jassy ends Russian war with Ottoman Empire over Crimea. Russia invades Poland: War in defence of the consitution. Swedish king Gustav III is assassinated at a masked ball at the.
Classical music era - also mean this particular era within that tradition. The classical music era falls between the Baroque and the Romantic periods. Amongst its earliest composers were Joseph Haydn and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. The best known composer from this period is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The last classical composers are generally taken to be Ludwig van Beethoven, who after writing in a classical style in his early works, pushed its conventions and forms into new territory, and Franz Schubert, who served as a bridge between the Classical and Romantic Era. Classical music itself is distinguished by the use of dynamic contrast to accent suspension and return to the tonic. Earlier composers did not have as many tools of dynamic contrast; later composers found more varied uses for those tools. Classical-period music is distinguishable.
Communists in the U.S. Labor Movement (1937-1949) - by its ideological zig-zags. The CP's history within the labor movement can support all of these theses. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Factionalism, Zig Zags and Retreats 2 The Second World War and the No-Strike Pledge 3 The Post-War Era and Expulsion From the CIO 4 The Years Since 5 Further reading Factionalism, Zig Zags and Retreats After playing a leading role in the United Automobile Workers' victories in Flint and Chrysler in 1937, the CP found itself under sharp attack from its opponents within the UAW. Homer Martin, first president of the UAW, sought to drive out all of the left activists within the UAW in order to eliminate any rival contenders for power. Martin brought in Jay Lovestone, former executive secretary of the CP before his expulsion in 1929,.
Riksdagsmusiken - or the Riksdag Music, is a suite of music composed by Joseph Martin Kraus, for the grand opening, in 1789, of the Riksdag of the Estates in Sweden. King Gustav III of Sweden wanted to convince the parliament to go along with his war plans. He was opposed by the landed gentry but supported by the burgesses and peasants and the king had Kraus write the suite for this occasion, consisting of a march based on the March of the Priests from Mozart's Idomeneo, and a symphony. The legislature approved the king's measures which became known as Gustav III's Russian War. See also: Riksdag, Drottningholmsmusiken, Music of Sweden.
List of Austrians - 1885-1935, born in Vienna Thomas Bernhard, dramatist, novelist, poet, 1931-1989, born in Cloister Heerlen, Netherlands Ludwig Boltzmann, physicist, 1844-1906, born in Vienna Klaus Maria Brandauer actor Martin Buber, philosopher, 1878-1965, born in Vienna Fritjof Capra, physicist Heimito von Doderer, writer, 1896-1966, born in Hadersdorf-Weidlingau near Vienna Engelbert Dolfuss, politician, 1892-1934, born in Texing Christian Andreas Doppler, physicist, 1803-1853, born in Salzburg Paul Ehrenfest, physicist & mathematician Elisabeth of Austria ("Sisi") born in Munich (Bavaria) Falco, pop musician Viktor Frankl father of logotherapy Sigmund Freud father of psychoanalysis Ernst Fuchs, painter and sculptor, born in Vienna, 1930 Kurt Gödel mathematician (born in Austria-Hungary, became naturalized U.S. citizen) Heinrich Gomperz, philosopher, 1873-1942, born in Vienna Friedrich Gulda, pianist and composer, born in 1930 in Vienna Eduard Haas inventor of PEZ Otto Habsburg-Lothringen Liane.
List of people on stamps of Austria - Cellini (1971) Charles I of Austria (1917) Charles V Duke of Lorraine (1933) Saint Christopher (1969) Alfred Cossmann (1970) Moritz Michael Daffinger (1951) Joseph Danhauser (1935) Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, composer (1974) Engelbert Dollfuss (1937) Georg Raphael Donner (1967) Albrecht Dürer (1935) Albin Egger-Lienz (1932) Anton Eiselsberg (1960) Saint Elizabeth of Hungary (1936) Maria von Ebner Eschenbach (1966) Eugene of Savoy (1935) Edmund Eysel, composer (1974) Heinrich von Ferstel (1934) Peter Fendi (1967) Ferdinand I of Austria (1908) Leopold Figl (1970) J. B. Fischer von Erlach (1934) Paulus of Franchenfordia (1971) Franz II, Holy Roman Emperor (=Franz I of Austria) (1908) Franz Josef I of Austria-Hungary (1858) Friedrich Gauermann (1962) Saint Gebhard (1949) Saint George (1965) Karl von Ghega (1936) Alexander Girardi (1950) Francisco de Goya (1969) Franz Grillparzer, poet (1931,.
List of Swedes in music - Lisa Ekdahl Bo Hansson Nils Landgren Christian Lindberg Yngwie J. Malmsteen Max Martin Peter Nordahl Björn Skifs Evert Taube Magnus Uggla Cornelis Wreeswijk Composers Hugo Alfvén Franz Berwald Jussi Björling Karl-Birger Blomdahl, (1916-1968) Joseph Martin Kraus Wilhelm Peterson Berger Alan Pettersson Johan Helmich Roman Wilhelm Stenhammar Groups ABBA Agnetha Fältskog Benny Andersson Björn Ulvaeus Anni-Frid Lyngstad Producer: Stikkan Anderson, (1931-1997) Bo Kaspers Europe Garmarna Emma Härdelin Kent Orsa Spelmän Roxette Per Gessle Marie Fredriksson The Cardigans Singers Jussi Björling Jenny Lind Birgit Nilsson Christina Nilsson, (1843-1921) Stina Nordenstam Ann-Sofie von Otter Pernilla Wahlgren See also List of Swedes List of composers Music of Sweden Royal Swedish Academy of Music.
List of people by name: Kr - Kralj, Franc, (1895-1960), painter Kralj, Tone, (1900-1975), painter Krall, Diana, (born 1964), jazz pianist Kramberger, Ivan, (1936-1992), charitable man Kramberger, Taja, (born 1970), poet Kramer, Jack, (born 1921), tennis star Kramer, Jerry, (born 1936), American football star Kramer, Josef, (1906-1945), head of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp Kramer, Stanley, (1913-2001), US film director Kramnik, Vladimir, (born 1975), chess player Kramp, Willi, (1909-1986), writer Krantz, Judith, (born 1937), US author Krasovec, Metka, (born 1941), painter, graphic artist Kraus, Alfredo, (died 1999) Kraus, Joseph Martin, (1756-1792), composer Kraus, Karl, (1874-1936), dramatist, author Kravis, Henry (1944-), coïnventor of leveraged buyout Kravitz, Lenny, (born 1964), US guitarist & singer Kravos, Marko, (born 1943), poet Krebs, Johann Tobias, (died 1762), composer Kreisky, Bruno, (1911-1990), Chancellor of Austria Kreskin, (born 1935), mentalist Kress, Nancy, (born 1948), US science fiction.
List of classical music composers - Wolkenstein (1377 - 1445) Martinus Fabri (14th century) Matheus de Perusio (c.1380 - c.1410) Renaissance era From about 1500 to 1600. See also Renaissance music. Martin Agricola (1466-1506) William Byrd (1543-1623) Thomas Campion (1567 - 1620) John Dowland (1563-1626) Guillaume Dufay (c.1400-1474) Andrea Gabrieli (c.1510-1586) Giovanni Gabrieli (1557-1612) Carlo Gesualdo (c.1561-1613) Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) Heinrich Isaac (c.1450-1517) Josquin Des Prez (c.1440-1521) Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c.1525 - 1594) Jacopo Peri (1561-1633) Michael Praetorius (1571/1572-1621) Thomas Tallis (c.1505 - 1585) John Taverner (c.1490 - 1545) Vicente Lusitano (16th century) Baroque era ''From about 1600 to 1750. See also Baroque music. Karl Friedrich Abel (1725 - 1787) Tomaso Albinoni (1674 - 1754) Domenico Alberti (1710 - 1740) Gregorio Allegri (1582 - 1652) Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714 - 1788) Johann Christian Bach (1735.
Joseph William Martin, Jr. - Joseph William Martin, Jr. Joseph William Martin, Jr (November 3, 1884 - March 6, 1968) was an American politican from Massachusetts. Martin was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1925 to 1967. He served as Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1947 to 1949 and from 1953 to 1955. He was a member of the Republican Party..
Joseph Smith, Jr. - Joseph Smith, Jr. Joseph Smith, Jr. (December 23, 1805 - June 27, 1844) was the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement. Most Latter Day Saints revere him as the translator of The Book of Mormon, a martyr, and a prophet through which God revealed the doctrines of Mormonism. In 1844 he was also the first U.S. Presidential candidate assassinated during a campaign. 1843 daguerreotype of Joseph Smith, Jr. taken by Lucian Foster (Library of Congress). The devout Mormon belief is that Smith was chosen by God as a "Prophet, Seer and Revelator" in the "latter days", and to restore Christ's church to a world that had fallen away in apostasy. Critics regarded him and the religion he started with contempt and often with violence. Smith.
Joseph Kittinger - Joseph Kittinger Joseph Kittinger (born July 27, 1928) was a pilot in the United States Air Force. He is remembered for his participation in Project Man High and Project Excelsior. Born in Tampa, Florida he was educated at Bolles School, Jacksonville and the University of Florida. He joined the USAF in March, 1950 after completing his aviation cadet training. He was assigned to the 86th Fighter bomber Wing based at Ramstein AFB in West Germany. In 1954 he was transferred to Holloman AFB in New Mexico and the Air Force Missile Development Center (AFMDC). In 1957 as part of Man High he set a balloon altitude record of 96,000 feet in Man High I. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. He was then assigned to.
Joseph Nathan Kane - Joseph Nathan Kane Joseph Nathan Kane (January 23, 1899-September 22, 2002) was the author of such reference books as Famous First Facts, More First Facts, 1,000 Facts Worth Knowing, Facts about the States and Facts about the Presidents. Kane is certainly one of the most important figures in the field of factual information and his books can be found throughout libraries across the United States. Known as the "Master of Minutae", the "Titan of Trivia", and the "Dean of Detail", Kane updated his books as often as possible, even when he was nearing the century mark. He often had to climb two flights of stairs after coming home from a fact finding mission. He felt that history meant nothing unless it was based on untarnished, honest.
Joseph Hubert Reinkens - Joseph Hubert Reinkens Joseph Hubert Reinkens (March 1, 1821 - January 4, 1896), German Old Catholic bishop, was born at Burtscheid, near Aachen, the son of a gardener. In 1836, on the death of his mother, he took to manual work in order to support his numerous brothers and sisters, but in 1840 he was able to go to the gymnasium at Aachen, and he afterwards studied theology at the universities of Bonn and Munich. He was ordained priest in 1848, and in 1849 graduated as doctor in theology. He was soon appointed professor of ecclesiastical history at Breslau, and in 1865 he was made rector of the university. During this period he wrote, among other treatises, monographs on Clement of Alexandria, Hilary of Poitiers and.
