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Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Today's Birthdays in Music: November 11 (J. Simons, Ansermet)

1925 - Jan Simons, Düsseldorf, Germany; baritone, teacher, administrator

Biography (Encyclopedia of Music in Canada)
Winner of 2005 prix Hommage (La Scena Musicale, Feb. 2005)
Remembering Jan Simons (La Scena Musicale, May 2006)


1883 - Ernest Ansermet, Vevey, Switzerland; conductor

Biography and pictures

Ernest Ansermet conducts L'Orchestra de la Suisse Romande in Haydn's Symphony No. 90, 4th mvt. (1965 recording)

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Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Today's Birthday in Music: September 16 (N. Boulanger)

1887 - Nadia Boulanger, Paris, France; composition teacher, composer, conductor



Wikipedia
Biography
That Woman Down the Hall (La Scena Musicale, Nov. 2000)

No. 3 of Three Pieces for Cello and Piano (Bao Peng, cello; Low Shao Yong, piano; Singapore, 2007)

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