We’re celebrating 13 composer birthdays during the month of October. Each composer has a link to our entire collection of texts for that individual. Louis Vierne, born 10/8/1870 Our collection: https://www.ipasource.com/composer/v/vierne-louis-1870-1937.html Giuseppe Fortunino Frencesco Verdi, born 10/9/1813 Our collection: https://www.ipasource.com/composer/v/verdi-giuseppe-1813-1901.html Charles-Camille Saint-Saens, born 10/9/1825 Our collection: https://www.ipasource.com/composer/s/saint-saens-camille-1835-1921.html Ralph Vaughan Williams, born 10/12/1872 Our collection: https://www.ipasource.com/composer/v/vaughan-williams-ralph-1872-1958.html Alexander von Zemlinsky, born… Read More
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Happy birthday, Clara Wieck Schumann
Clara Wieck Schumann, born on 9/13/1819, was considered one of the most distinguished pianists of the 19th century admired by critics and other virtuosos including Chopin and Liszt. Her performing career spanned her entire life from her debut at eight to her death at seventy-six giving well over 2000 recitals. Although she had a tremendous… Read More
September composer birthdays
We’re celebrating 14 composer birthdays during the month of September. Each composer has a link to our entire collection of texts for that individual. Engelbert Humperdinck, born 9/01/1854 Our collection: https://www.ipasource.com/composer/h/humperdinck-engelbert-1854-1921.html Alphons Diepenbrock, born 9/02/1862 Our collection: https://www.ipasource.com/composer/d/diepenbrock-alphons-1862-1921.html Anton Jospeh Bruckner, born 9/04/1824 Our collection: https://www.ipasource.com/composer/b/bruckner-anton-1824-1896.html Darius Milhaud, born 9/04/1892 Our collection: https://www.ipasource.com/composer/m/milhaud-darius-1892-1974.html Amy Marcy… Read More
August composer birthdays
We’re celebrating 16 composer birthdays during the month of August. Each composer has a link to our entire collection of texts for that individual. Sir Granville Ransome Bantock, born 8/7/1868 Our collection: https://www.ipasource.com/composer/b/bantock-sir-granville-ransome-1868-1946.html Cecile Chaminade, born 8/8/1857 Our collection: https://www.ipasource.com/composer/c/chaminade-cecile-1857-1944.html Benedetto Marcello, born 8/9/1686 Our collection: https://www.ipasource.com/composer/m/marcello-benedetto-1686-1739.html Reynaldo Hahn, born 8/9/1874 Our collection: https://www.ipasource.com/composer/h/hahn-reynaldo-1875-1947.html Maurice… Read More
Hand-selected texts for July composer birthdays
This month, IPA Source is celebrating 11 composers in our collection born during the month of July. Included in this post is a link to our entire collection for each composer, a hand-selected text, and opportunities to listen to the selected text. Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck – born July 2, 1714 Our collection: https://www.ipasource.com/composer/g/gluck-christoph-willibald-von-1714-1787.html… Read More