We’re celebrating 9 composer birthdays during the month of July. Each composer has a link to our collection of texts for that individual. Gustav Mahler, born 7/7/1860 Texts from our collection: https://www.ipasource.com/composer/m/mahler-gustav-1860-1911.html Ottorino Respighi, born 7/9/1879 Texts from our collection: https://www.ipasource.com/composer/r/respighi-ottorino-1879-1936.html George Sainton Kaye Butterworth, born 7/12/1885 Texts from our collection: https://www.ipasource.com/composer/b/butterworth-george-sainton-kaye-1885-1916.html Gerald Finzi, born… Read More
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June Composer Birthdays
We’re celebrating 13 composer birthdays during the month of June. Each composer has a link to our collection of texts for that individual. Sir Edward William Elgar, born 6/2/1857. Texts from our collection: https://www.ipasource.com/composer/e/elgar-sir-edward-1857-1934.html Charles Lecocq, born 6/3/1832. Texts from our collection: https://www.ipasource.com/composer/l/lecocq-charles-1832-1918.html Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni, born 6/8/1671. Texts from our collection: https://www.ipasource.com/composer/a/albinoni-tomaso-giovanni-1671-1751.html Robert Alexander… Read More
April composer birthdays
We’re celebrating 6 composer birthdays during the month of April. Each composer has a link to our entire collection of texts for that individual. Ferruccio Dante Michelangelo Benvenuto Busoni, born 4/1/1866. Our collection: https://www.ipasource.com/composer/b/busoni-ferruccio-1866-1924.html Franz Paul Lachner, born 4/2/1803. Our collection: https://www.ipasource.com/composer/l/lachner-franz-paul-1803-1890.html Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, born 4/3/1895 Our collection: https://www.ipasource.com/composer/c/castelnuovo-tedesco-mario-1895-1968.html Louis (Ludwig) Spohr, born 4/5/1784. Our… Read More
March composer birthdays
We’re celebrating 12 composer birthdays during the month of March. Each composer has a link to our entire collection of texts for that individual. Antonio Lucio Vivaldi, born 3/4/1678 Our collection: https://www.ipasource.com/composer/v/vivaldi-antonio-1678-1741.html Joseph Maurice Ravel, born 3/7/1875 Our collection: https://www.ipasource.com/composer/r/ravel-maurice-1875-1937.html Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, born 3/8/1714 Our collection: https://www.ipasource.com/composer/b/bach-carl-philipp-emanuel-1714-1788.html Samuel Barber, born 3/9/1910 Our collection:… Read More
February composer birthdays
We’re celebrating 9 composer birthdays during the month of February. Each composer has a link to our entire collection of texts for that individual. Jacob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, born 2/03/1809 Our collection: https://www.ipasource.com/composer/m/mendelssohn-bartholdy-felix-1809-1847.html Fernando Sor, born 2/13/1778 Our collection: https://www.ipasource.com/composer/s/sor-fernando-1778-1839.html Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda, born 2/21/1801 Our collection: https://www.ipasource.com/composer/k/kalliwoda-johann-wenzeslaus-1801-1866.html Clement-Philibert-Leo Delibes, born 2/21/1836 Our collection: https://www.ipasource.com/composer/d/delibes-leo-1836-1891.html Charles-Marie-Jean-Albert Widor, born 2/21/1844 Our… Read More
Celebrating the birthday of Vincenzo Bellini, born November 3
Vincenzo Bellini (born in Sicily on November 3, 1801) is perhaps best known for his 11 operas but was also an important composer of a small but influential set of art songs. Bellini’s bel canto style, with melodic elements of the music of Chopin and Liszt and clarity of form found in Haydn and Mozart,… Read More
Celebrating the birthday of Roger Quilter, born November 1
The work of composer Roger Quilter, born November 1, 1877, is often regarded as the peak in the English tradition of sensitive romanticism. His harmonies are occasionally rich but never obtrusive. Quilter is known for his many settings of Shakespeare including opus 6, with O Mistress Mine, Come Away, Death, and Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind. IPA Source presents… Read More
November composer birthdays
We’re celebrating 14 composer birthdays during the month of November. Each composer has a link to our entire collection of texts for that individual. Roger Quilter, born 11/01/1877 Our collection: https://www.ipasource.com/composer/q/quilter-roger-1877-1953.html Vincenzo Bellini, born 11/03/1801 Our collection: https://www.ipasource.com/composer/b/bellini-vincenzo-1801-1835.html Johann Nepomuk Hummel, born 11/14/1778 Our collection: https://www.ipasource.com/composer/h/hummel-ferdinand-1855-1928.html Fanny Cacilia Mendelssohn Hensel, born 11/14/1805 Our collection: https://www.ipasource.com/composer/h/hensel-fanny-mendelssohn-1805-1847.html… Read More