A friend just came across this in Vietnam - an excellent hotel for cellists? Or not? I've heard of people working at the suites for their whole lives - but sleeping in them? Not so sure...
Nasce oggi nel 1862 Claude Debussy. Traspose in musica quello che Monet intese fare con la pittura: impressioni, evocazioni, luci e giochi d'ombre, profumi, acqua e mare. Ascoltiamo" La fanciulla dai capelli di lino" interpretata da Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
#22agosto
August 15 this year marks 75 years since Artur Schnabel died. The Austrian-born pianist made the first complete recording of Beethoven's Sonatas in the 1930s in addition to bringing Schubert's music out of obscurity. Details about both (and the recordings) linked in the comments.
"U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk asking de Gaulle whether the order applied to American soldiers buried in military cemeteries in France. According to the anecdote, de Gaulle did not reply."
In 1966, French President Charles de Gaulle ordered all foreign military forces, including U.S. troops, to leave French territory. That decision pushed France out of NATO’s integrated military command and set off a major Cold War shift in Europe.
The United States carried out the withdrawal in an orderly way, but the move still forced American bases and personnel to leave France by the deadline. It also led to NATO headquarters being moved out of Paris and into Brussels.
One of the most memorable stories from the period involves U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk asking de Gaulle whether the order applied to American soldiers buried in military cemeteries in France. According to the anecdote, de Gaulle did not reply, and the moment has often been remembered as a sharp example of how sensitive the issue was.
#drthehistories
On August 14, 1951, after Clarence Leonidas Fender applied for a design patent in the United States after having "invented a new, original and ornamental design for a guitar", this design was patented and would become known worldwide as Fender "Telecaster"
#Telecaster
65 jaar geleden begon de DDR op deze datum met de bouw van de Berlijnse Muur. Die bezegelde nog eens (en nu zichtbaar voor iedereen) het failliet van het zogenoemde “reëel bestaande socialisme”, dat bang was dat hun burgers het ‘socialistische paradijs’ zouden ontvluchten.
Di Johann Sebastian Bach ascoltiamo la Gavotta dalla Suite per liuto n. 4 BWV 1006a interpretata alla chitarra dal Maestro Andrés Segovia. Buona musica, amici!
Nederland kent vele dichters, maar geen van hen heeft de weemoed en de vergankelijkheid zo mooi in woorden weten te vangen heeft als J.C. Bloem (1887-1966). Zelf is hij een onvergankelijk dichter, wiens glasheldere gedichten niets aan kracht verloren hebben. Dit is zijn sterfdag.