23 days ago by sherry

My auction buddy Janet collects vintage African American postcards. Like me, she can’t stand the ugly ones that stereotype us as black people. At auction recently, she picked up a batch of cards, including three of the awful ones. Among the lot were four prized cards: Pictures of two lovely black co ...

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37 days ago by Marc Myers

Growing up in Los Angeles in the mid-1940s, alto saxophonist Lennie Niehaus found himself in the company of other hungry young jazz musicians with enormous talent. In college in Los Angeles, Lennie studied composition with the West Coast's brightest and most advanced classical teachers and theorists ...

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38 days ago by curtislowe

A little “Fix Bayonets” and some John Philip Sousa in anticipation of tomorrow’s birthday of the World’s Finest Fighting Force. Fast-forward to 1:55, then sit back and enjoy. You’re welcome. Technorati Tags: John Philip Sousa, USMC Posted in Billy Badass, History, Jarheads, Shooting Is Always Fun

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40 days ago by apcig

- John Philip Sousa Tagged: John Philip Sousa, teachers, temperament

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47 days ago by fromlaurelstreet

John Philip Sousa composed a march for military band titled “Transit of Venus” in 1883 to celebrate a rare astronomical phenomena that occurred on December 6, 1882 — Venus Venus passing directly between the Sun and Earth. You can listen to it here. Transits of Venus occur in a pattern that repeats e ...

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50 days ago by admin

Ludwig van Beethoven Date: 1770-1827 City and Country: b. Bonn, Germany. Active mainly in Vienna Genres Known For: Piano works, Orchestral works, Sonatas Repertoire: Piano Concertos, Symphonies 1-9, Various violin, piano, and string sonatas Johannes Brahms Date: 1833-1897 City and Country: b. Hambur ...

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50 days ago by admin

Ludwig van Beethoven: Beethoven is important to the 19th Century because he is considered the first Romantic composer. The compositions in his late period are considered to be the Romantic compositions as they tend to evoke more emotions, and one can even hear the emotional struggle that Beethoven h ...

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57 days ago by jordan

by Jordan Logue, iJax.com Good Life Editor John Philip Sousa The Jacksonville Historical Society joins forces with the First Coast Wind Ensemble for a reenactment of the century ago visit and performance by John Philip Sousa at the Treaty Oak—today’s Jessie Ball duPont Park. Bring a blanket and lawn ...

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64 days ago by Michael C. Sherrin

Ars Technica’s Nate Anderson has written an excellent history of how the content industry has fought against pretty much every technological advancement over the past 100 years for fear it would end creative expression forever. As we know this isn’t true. Rather, technology helps increase the market ...

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66 days ago by Ernie Smith

“Under such conditions, the tide of amateurism cannot but recede until there will be left only the mechanical device and the professional executant.” John Philip Sousa • In a 1906 article titled “The Menace of Mechanical Music,” making a passionate argument against the use of the player piano and th ...

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