jmc's classics
Today is the feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. An important day in Orthodox and Catholic countries. It is the day the Opera I Pagliacci by Leoncovello is set.
Yesterday was the anniversary of the posthumous premier of Ricard Strauss' Opera "The Love of Danae" premiered in ``952. Three years after Strauss' death. During WWll Richard Strauss had fallen out of favor with the Nazi government. A color photo of Strauss holding the manuscript from 1945 exists. Kodak started marketing color film in 1936. He is known for his operas and his tone pomes especially Thus spoke Zarathustra which was used in the film score for the movie "2001 a Space Odyssey". My favorite works of his are not any of those. It is his earlier works however mainly his Violin concerto and his two early symphonies frim his late ten years that are my favorite works of his.
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