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(& actually 3, as I just learned François Devienne was born in 1759)

Happy Birthday, Franz Schubert! Thank you for your music. Happy Birthday, Franz Schubert! Thank you for your music. Happy Birthday, Franz Schubert! Thank you for your music. Happy Birthday. Happy Birthday. Franz. Franz. Franz. Franz. Thank you for your music. Thank you. Franz Schubert! Thank you. Franz Schubert! Thank you. Franz Schubert! Thank you. Franz Schubert! Birthday. Birthday. Birthday. Birthday. Birthday. Thank you for your music. Music. Birthday. Music. Birthday. Music. Birthday. Thank you.

Oh … and happy birthday to Philip Glass too.

(Posted EST since that’s where he resides and since Sunday is, for me, a music only blog day.)

The composer was born December 11, 1908 … he’s 103. According to Wikipedia “He has been extremely productive in his later years, publishing more than 40 works between the ages of 90 and 100, and over 14 more since he turned 100 in 2008.”

What will you be doing between the ages of 90 and 100? If I’m still alive I will not be making reeds. I promise.

Part I

Part II

Part III

“I don’t feel that I have something I want to say in any ordinary way. I feel that in some submerged way there are many different things I would like to say but I don’t know what they are until I’ve gotten started.”

(Interesting. I like that! I’m reading a book of fiction right now about music and it’s so clearly agenda driven. I wonder — if the author had started out with the intention of just telling a story rather than trying to push his agenda perhaps the book might have been a bit better. Who knows?)

“… I’ve always loved so many kinds of music. Bach and Beethoven and Guillaume de Machaut and my music is somehow a thank you note to all that.”

“I hope I didn’t talk too much. I always talk to much.”

Okay then …

PS From the San Francisco Symphony site: The U.S. Congress has proclaimed today, December 8, San Francisco Symphony Day!

7 July 1860 – 18 May 1911

Franz Joseph Haydn (March 31-May 1809)

Thanks for writing so much fab music, and for including English horn, even!

Born today, in 1685.

How about some Water Music?

Oboe Ensemble “Pavel Tornea”

A bit of Nixon in China:

… and my all time favorite, from Doctor Atomic:

Carlisle Floyd: Ain’t It A Pretty Night

Charpentier: Depuis le jour

February 10, 1929 – July 21, 2004

Mr. Goldsmith conducted his music with the San Jose Symphony some years ago. I really enjoyed him and and his music.

Born February 10, 1927

This is her final performance at the Met. The recording is noisy, but well worth the listen!

Did you notice how long the applause went on at the end? Everyone knew what they were hearing, and what they would be missing.

Or was it “Felix Jakob Ludwig Mendelssohn-Bartholdy” … ? I see his name written both ways, and of course we all call him Felix Mendelssohn.

Just a couple of selections for you to enjoy!