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Monday, June 9, 2008

Today's Birthdays in Music: June 9 (Cotrubas, Nielsen)

1939 - Ileana Cotrubas, Galati, Romania; opera soprano

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Biography

Ileana Cotrubas sings "Addio del passato" from Verdi's La Traviata (1983)



1865 - Carl Nielsen, Odense, Denmark; composer, violinist, conductor

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Symphony No. 4, "The Inextinguishable" 4th mvt. (BBC Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vanska conducting)

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