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Birthdays:

11/01/1877 - Roger Quilter, composer: 7 Elizabethan Lyrics Op. 12

3 November 1801 – 23 September 1835

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Birthdays:

11/02/1739 - Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf, composer:  Andantino

11/03/1587 - Samuel Scheidt, composer: Suite für Blechbläser 2 2 xvid 001

11/03/1801 - Vincenzo Bellini, opera composer: Casta Diva (from Norma)

11/04/1841...

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Birthdays:

11/06/1753 - Jean-Baptiste Sebastien Breval, composer: String Trio No.1 in G Major

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Birthdays:

11/06/1854 - John Philip Sousa, composer: Semper Fidelis

11/07/1810 - Ferenc Erkel, composer: Unknown Heroes Overture

11/07...

In Flanders Fields
By John McCrae

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not...

Birthdays:

11/10/1668 - François Couperin, composer:  Les Lis naissans (for harpsichord)

11/10/1873 - Henri Rabaud, composer:  Eglogue, op 7, Poème virgilien pour Orchestre Andante

11/12/1833 - Alexander Borodin, composer:  Polovetsian Dances from "Prince Igor"

11/13/1854 - George Whitefield Chadwick, composer:  Rip Van Winkle Overture

11/14/1663 - Friederich Wilhelm Zachow, composer:  Suite in B minor (harpsichord)

11/14/1719 - Leopold Mozart, composer:  Duets for 2 Violins

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How to Print in Word to Leave Room for a Hole Punch

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Birthdays:

11/16/1766 - Rodolphe Kreutzer, composer: Etude No.42 - Fuga

Birthdays:

11/18/1680 - Jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer:  Suite No.1 in G minor for cello and bassoon

11/18/1772 - Prince Louis Ferdinand Christian of Prussia, composer:  Op. 13 - Rondo for piano & orchestra in E flat major

11/18/1786 - Carl Maria von Weber, composer:  Invitation to the Dance, Op. 65

11/18/1836 - Sir William Schwenck Gilbert, composer: "I have a song to sing, O!" (The Yeomen of the Guard) Sullivan & Gilbert

11/18/1860 - Ignacy Jan Paderewski,...

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TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS:

11/22/1709 - František Benda, composer:  Violin sonata in A minor

11/22/1710 - Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, composer:  Sinfonia in D minor F 65

11/22/1780 - Conradin Kreutzer, composer:  Piano Concerto No.2 in C-minor, Op.50 (1822)

11/22/1901 - Joaquín Rodrigo, composer:  Adagio from Concierto de Aranjuez

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TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS:

11/23/1876 - Manuel De Falla, composer: El Amor Brujo - Danza Ritual del Fuego & Canción del Fuego Fatuo

Birthdays:

11/25/1752 - Johann Friedrich Reichardt, composer: Sonate B-Dur op.3 Nr.1 - [Fortepiano]

11/25/1856 - Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev, composer: Prelude and Fugue, Op.29