tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320931472024-02-07T07:54:26.211+00:00Paul Helm's Art and Music blogPaul Helmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02024008620184289772noreply@blogger.comBlogger136125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32093147.post-70217801910134254702012-12-06T20:18:00.000+00:002012-12-06T20:18:01.512+00:00Oscar Niemeyer dies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Oscar Niemeyer died yesterday at the grand old age of 104.<br />
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He was the architect of the Milan head office of the Italian printer publisher Mondadori. I worked for them for 15 years so I knew the building quite well and so I took an interest in Niemeyer.</div>
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A couple of years ago I did a small series of portraits of architects, including Oscar here on the right. The design is based on the ceiling of the Brasilia cathedral. </div>
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Of course there are numerous obituaries in the press today. Here below is a gallery of photos of some of his work.</div>
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<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/MX2d9DdLt_U?rel=0" width="420"></iframe>Paul Helmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02024008620184289772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32093147.post-78407845664902068372012-12-03T14:52:00.001+00:002012-12-03T14:52:11.768+00:00Exhibition at Morley Gallery<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm participating in a group exhibition at the Morley Gallery in London with 16 of my fellow printmakers. We had a private view on Thursday evening which was well attended. </div>
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No red dots for me yet though!</div>
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Here's a photo of me and my wall. </div>
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There will be another private view/party on Tuesday 11th December. Everybody welcome.</div>
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Here is the invite with information and a map. </div>
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Paul Helmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02024008620184289772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32093147.post-71492383448070714112012-12-02T10:06:00.000+00:002012-12-02T10:06:53.518+00:00December Anniversaries of classical composers<div align="center">
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<td height="144" align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFF99"><p align="left"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">2/12/1990 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/copland.html">Copland</a> died<br />
4/12/1976 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/britten.html">Britten</a> died<br />
5/12/1791 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/mozart.html">Mozart</a> died <br />
5/12/2007 Stockhausen died<br />
7/12/1863 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/mascagni.html">Mascagni</a> born<br />
8/12/1865 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/sibelius.html">Sibelius</a> born<br />
8/12/1890 Martinu born<br />
10/12/1822 César Franck born<br />
10/12/1908 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/messiaen.html">Messiaen</a> born<br />
11/12/1803 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/berlioz.html">Berlioz</a> born<br />
16/12/1770 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/beethoven.html">Beethoven</a> born <br />
16/12/1921 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/saint-saens.html">Saint Saëns</a> died<br />
17/12/1749 Cimarosa born<br />
22/12/1858 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/puccini.html">Puccini</a> born<br />
25/12/1871 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/scriabin.html">Scriabin</a> born<br />
28/12/1937 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/ravel.html">Ravel</a> died<br />
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</div>Paul Helmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02024008620184289772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32093147.post-86007319144209652532012-11-14T11:31:00.000+00:002012-11-14T11:31:51.460+00:00Happy Birthday Aaron<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today is Aaron Copland's birthday. He would have been 112.<br />
Here is a video of his arrangement of Happy Birthday conducted by Seiji Ozawa for Bernstein's 70th birthday in 1970.<br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/zJNcclbDG3g?rel=0" width="400"></iframe>Paul Helmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02024008620184289772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32093147.post-67426161109423050332012-11-06T22:35:00.000+00:002012-11-06T22:35:09.275+00:00Death of Tchaikovsky<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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Tchaikovsky died on this day, 6 November, in 1893 aged 53 in St.Petersberg.<br />
Officially he died of cholera but for many his death was suspicious and there are various intriguing theories about the true cause.<br />
Cholera was common at the time and everyone knew that you must not drink unboiled water. Certainly for an educated man in high society it is very unlikely that he would have drunk it accidentally.<br />
He was a very important highly regarded person in Russia. He was also gay, which at that time was illegal and could ruin your reputation.<br />
The main theories link his death to his homosexuality:<br />
- suicide due to personal problems including his infatuation with his nephew which could never be revealed.<br />
- contraction of cholera through unhygienic sexual practices<br />
- suicide by "court of honour". Eight of his close circle convened with him and convinced him that the only way for him to avoid a massive scandal was for him to kill himself.<br />
- <span style="font-family: inherit;">suicide or murder ordered by <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">Tsar Alexander III, in order to avoid scandal.</span></span><br />
<span style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">You can find plenty of articles and opinions on the internet which make interesting reading. Here are a few:</span><br />
<span style="line-height: 19.200000762939453px;">- <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Pyotr_Ilyich_Tchaikovsky" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a></span><br />
- <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/classical/tchaikovsky/atoz/tchaik_d_death.shtml" target="_blank">BBC</a><br />
<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/3662573/How-did-Tchaikovsky-die.html" target="_blank">- Daily Telegraph</a><br />
<a href="http://www.tchaikovsky-research.net/en/features/life8.html" target="_blank">- Tchailovsky-research.net</a>Paul Helmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02024008620184289772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32093147.post-65892325609162093382012-11-04T11:43:00.001+00:002012-11-04T11:43:31.451+00:00The Deaths of Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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Today is the anniversary of the death of Felix Mendelssohn at the age of 38 on 4 November 1847.<br />
His sister Fanny had died less than six months earlier at the age of 41.<br />
Fanny had suffered a sudden stroke or a brain haemorrhage. They were very close and her death had a devastating effect on Felix affecting his work and his health.<br />
Felix died from a series of strokes.<br />
His grandfather Moses and both his parents had also died from strokes so there was obviously a genetic cause involved.<br />
<br />Paul Helmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02024008620184289772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32093147.post-65362779825346012962012-11-01T13:48:00.000+00:002012-11-01T13:51:26.520+00:00November's Composer Anniversaries<table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="width: 223px;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3/11/1801 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/bellini.html">Bellini</a> born<br />
4/11/1847 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/mendelssohn.html">Mendelssohn</a> died<br />
4/11/1924 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/faure.html">Fauré</a> died<br />
6/11/1854 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/sousa.html">Sousa</a> born<br />
6/11/1893 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/tchaikovsky.html">Tchaikovsky</a> died<br />
8/11/1890 César Franck died<br />
12/11/833 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/borodin.html">Borodin</a> born<br />
13/11/1868 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/rossini.html">Rossini</a> died<br />
14/11/1805 Fanny Mendelssohn born<br />
14/11/1900 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/copland.html">Copland</a> born<br />
15/11/1787 Gluck died<br />
18/11/1786 Weber born<br />
19/11/1828 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/schubert.html">Schubert</a> died<br />
20/11/1894 A.Rubinstein died<br />
21/11/1695 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/purcell.html">Purcell</a> died<br />
22/11/1900 A.Sullivan died<br />
22/11/1913<a href="http://www.52composers.com/britten.html"> Britten</a> born<br />
23/11/1585 Thomas Tallis died<br />
24/11/1868 Scott Joplin born<br />
28/11/1829 A.Rubinstein born<br />
29/11/1643 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/monteverdi.html">Monteverdi</a> died<br />
29/11/1797 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/donizetti.html">Donizetti</a> born <br />
29/11/1924 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/puccini.html">Puccini</a> died<br />
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I have done a webpage with composer anniversaries for the whole year at: <a href="http://www.52composers.com/composer-anniversaries.html">www.52composers.com/composer-anniversaries.html</a>Paul Helmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02024008620184289772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32093147.post-70992154972956993782012-02-05T15:58:00.000+00:002012-02-05T15:58:01.776+00:00Spotted Dick<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglSnVgep-ju7ozaIjeVJpJxc4o0iNOlq4KLx-aj2d-aDeKdtrpKUkVw6WiEB8OKDO0gxV1AfwXNk7iBYaQHppL3r2gF-mOuSrAtrpKtDLlMkVWRpaPp3I6_44wbLQsM-rfaEFq/s1600/spotted-dick2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglSnVgep-ju7ozaIjeVJpJxc4o0iNOlq4KLx-aj2d-aDeKdtrpKUkVw6WiEB8OKDO0gxV1AfwXNk7iBYaQHppL3r2gF-mOuSrAtrpKtDLlMkVWRpaPp3I6_44wbLQsM-rfaEFq/s200/spotted-dick2.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today I made Spotted Dick and custard for Sunday lunch. It went down well!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As my first contribution to the Helm Family Cookbook, proposed by my brother Mike, I post the recipe below.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is not your classic school dinner pudding, stodgy steamed suet, but rather a lighter spongy lemony version. Different.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One day soon I'll do the 'original'.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is of course a website: </span><a href="http://spotteddick.net/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://spotteddick.net/</a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And a <a href="http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotted_dick">Wikipedia entry</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Heinz do a tinned version (which isn't bad at all!)</span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOB8rnMJXIdxMNk5T5wTJmr_81vw7G6lbumjcwt04OoV03KHNiGEVpkyA52Ein90QjwOYmcMWyz9dXfQGVpYGnHaR0FFj2JaVJUq1LFfPuDL5eb3AGMCB8lBt3b_rI812XncvD/s1600/spotted-dick.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOB8rnMJXIdxMNk5T5wTJmr_81vw7G6lbumjcwt04OoV03KHNiGEVpkyA52Ein90QjwOYmcMWyz9dXfQGVpYGnHaR0FFj2JaVJUq1LFfPuDL5eb3AGMCB8lBt3b_rI812XncvD/s200/spotted-dick.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And of course someone has produced a T-shirt</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Serves 6 (or 8 who will be wishing for more)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">175 g butter, softened, plus a little extra for greasing the basin</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">175 g caster sugar</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 lemon, grated zest, and juice.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 orange, grated zest</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3 eggs, beaten</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">200 g self-raising flour</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">50 cc milk</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">80 g sultanas and/or currants (for adults - soak them overnight in calvados or some such spirit)</span><br />
<u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Procedure</span></u><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Grease a 1.2 litre pudding basin with butter.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. In a mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. Add the lemon and orange zest, followed by the lemon juice, and whisk in the beaten egg, a little at a time.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4. Sift in the flour and gently whisk the mixture together.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5. Add just enough milk for the mixture to drop easily from a spoon.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6. Fold in the sultanas and currants.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7. Spoon the mixture into the prepared pudding basin and firstly cover with a disc of greaseproof paper, then with a piece of foil, tied under the rim of the basin with string.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8. To steam the pudding, place a small saucer into the base of a large pan. Place the basin onto the saucer and fill the pan with boiling water two-thirds up the side of the basin.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">9. Cover and steam for 1 hour and 30 minutes to 2 hours. Continue to top up the water to the two-thirds mark, as the water will evaporate. Take care not let the water dry out. </span>Paul Helmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02024008620184289772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32093147.post-39460643134836196942012-02-05T14:34:00.001+00:002012-02-05T14:34:54.992+00:00February classical composers anniversariesLate again, but here are February's anniversaries:<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2/02/1594 Palestrina died<br />
3/02/1809 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/mendelssohn.html">Mendelssohn</a> born<br />
7/02/1652 Allegri died </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
13/02/1883 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/wagner.html">Wagner</a> died<br />
15/02/1857 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/glinka.html">Glinka</a> died<br />
17/2/1653 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/wagner.html">Corelli</a> born<br />
20/2/1961 P.Grainger died </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
23/2/1934 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/elgar.html">Elgar</a> died<br />
23/2/1685 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/handel.html">Handel</a> born<br />
27/2/1887 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/borodin.html">Borodin</a> died<br />
29/2/1792 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/rossini.html">Rossini</a> born<br />
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29th January was the 150th birthday of the english composer Frederick Delius (1862 - 1934).<br />
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Not one of my favourite composers. However as it is his anniversary I have done his portrait and added a profile to my <a href="http://52composers.com/delius.html">52composers.com</a> website.<br />
He was born 'Fritz' a name which he used until he was 40, when he changed it to Frederick.<br />
He spent most of his adult life abroad in America, Germany, Norway and mainly France.Paul Helmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02024008620184289772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32093147.post-8540897279779051042012-01-01T17:36:00.001+00:002012-01-01T17:36:52.340+00:00Here are the composer anniversaries for January:
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">1/1/1782 J C Bach died <br />
2/1/1837 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/balakirev.html">Balakirev</a> born<br />
2/1/1905 M Tippett born <br />
4/1/1710 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/pergolesi.html">Pergolesi</a> born<br />
6/1/1838 Max Bruch born<br />
7/1/1899 Poulenc born<br />
8/1/1713 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/corelli.html">Corelli</a> died<br />
8/1/1990 M Tippett died<br />
11/1/1801 Cimarosa died<br />
16/1/1886 Ponchielli died<br />
16/1/1891 Delibes died<br />
17/1/1751 Albinoni died
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18/1/1835 Cesar Cui </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">born<br />
23/1/1981 S.Barber died <br />
27/1/1756 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/mozart.html">Mozart</a> born <br />
27/1/1813<a href="http://www.52composers.com/mozart.html">Verdi</a> died<br />
29/1/1862 Delius born<br />
30/1/1963 Poulenc died<br />
31/1/1797 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/schubert.html">Schubert</a> born<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: #cc0000;">Gabrieli</span></strong> <span style="font-size: x-small;">400th anniversary of his death on 12 August </span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: small;"><strong>Delius</strong></span> 150th birthday on 29 January<br />
</span><a href="http://www.52composers.com/debussy.html"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Debussy</span></strong></a> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">150th anniversary of his birth on 22 Auguust 1812 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: small;">John Cage</span></strong> <span style="font-size: x-small;">centenary of birth on 5 September </span><br />
<strong><span style="color: #cc0000;">Massenet</span></strong> <span style="font-size: x-small;">centenary of his death on 13 August </span><br />
<strong><span style="color: #cc0000;">John Ireland</span></strong> <span style="font-size: x-small;">50th anniversary of his death on 12 June </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">You can find a far more comprehensive list of anniversaries at <a href="http://www.classical-composers.org/search/year0" target="_blank"><strong>classical-composers.org </strong></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is my portrait of the first female classical composer - Blessed Hildegard von Bingen. <span style="background-color: white; text-align: -webkit-left;">One of the most remarkable women of the Middle Ages</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-left;">.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-left;">The central image is a photoetching and the border is a collagraph. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-left;">I have just uploaded a profile of her on my website at </span><a href="http://52composers.com/hildegard.html" style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-left;">52composers.com</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is an increasing interest in her music and there is plenty to see on YouTube. There is an interesting BBC documentary available on DVD at Amazon and a full length German biopic 'Vision'.</span></div>
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4/11/1847 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/mendelssohn.html">Mendelssohn</a> died<br />
4/11/1924 Fauré died<br />
6/11/1854 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/sousa.html">Sousa</a> born<br />
6/11/1893 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/tchaikovsky.html">Tchaikovsky</a> died<br />
8/11/1890 César Franck died<br />
12/11/833 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/borodin.html">Borodin</a> born<br />
13/11/1868 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/rossini.html">Rossini</a> died<br />
14/11/1805 Fanny Mendelssohn born<br />
14/11/1900 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/copland.html">Copland</a> born<br />
15/11/1787 Gluck died<br />
18/11/1786 Weber born<br />
19/11/1828 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/schubert.html">Schubert</a> died<br />
20/11/1894 A.Rubinstein died<br />
21/11/1695 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/purcell.html">Purcell</a> died<br />
22/11/1900 A.Sullivan died<br />
22/11/1913<a href="http://www.52composers.com/britten.html"> Britten</a> born<br />
23/11/1585 Thomas Tallis died<br />
24/11/1868 Scott Joplin born<br />
28/11/1829 A.Rubinstein born<br />
29/11/1643 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/monteverdi.html">Monteverdi</a> died<br />
29/11/1797 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/donizetti.html">Donizetti</a> born <br />
29/11/1924 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/puccini.html">Puccini</a> died</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This year I am making them available again on<b> <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/paulhelm*/gifts?cg=196896714946016280">Zazzle</a>. </b>(click to see them)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In addition I am selling them on <b><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/PaulHelm?section_id=10534769">Etsy</a> </b>(click to see them). The first one uploaded today.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The<b> Zazzle</b> ones are printed in the USA and therefore for North American buyers it makes sense to order from them to avoid any postage delays and customs duties.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The <b>Etsy</b> one instead are printed by myself here in London and therefore is recommended for UK and European buyers, again to avoid postage delays, VAT and customs duty.</span></div>
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<br />Paul Helmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02024008620184289772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32093147.post-65627509629052383722011-10-02T18:38:00.000+01:002011-10-02T18:38:25.457+01:00October classical composer anniversaries<table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="width: 223px;"><tbody>
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<tr bgcolor="#FFFF99"> <td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFF99" height="144" valign="top"><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">1/10/1865 Paul Dukas born<br />
2/10/1920 Max Bruch died<br />
3/10/1931 Carl Nielsen died<br />
5/10/1880 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/offenbach.html">Offenbach</a> died<br />
9/10/1813 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/verdi.html">Verdi</a> born <br />
9/10/1835 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/saint-saens.html">Saint-Saëns</a> born<br />
11/10/1896 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/bruckner.html">Bruckner</a> died<br />
12/10/1872 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/vaughan-williams.html">Vaughan Williams</a> born<br />
14/10/1990 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/bernstein.html">Bernstein</a> died<br />
17/10/1849 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/chopin.html">Chopin</a> died<br />
18/10/1893 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/gounod.html">Gounod</a> died<br />
20/10/1874 Charles Ives born<br />
22/11/1811 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/liszt.html">Liszt</a> born<br />
24/10/1725 A Scarlatti died<br />
25/11/1825 J Strauss Jr born<br />
25/11/1838 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/bizet.html">Bizet</a> born <br />
26/11/1685 D Scarlatti born<br />
27/11/1782 Paganini born<br />
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<tr bgcolor="#FFFF99"> <td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFF99" height="279" valign="top"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4/9/1824 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/bruckner.html">Bruckner</a> born<br />
4/9/1892 Milhaud born <br />
4/9/1907 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/grieg.html">Grieg</a> died<br />
5/9/1735 J Christian Bach born <br />
5/9/1912 John Cage born <br />
8/9/1813 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/gesualdo.html">Gesualdo</a> died <br />
8/9/1841 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/dvorak.html">Dvorak</a> born<br />
8/9/1949 Richard Strauss died<br />
10/9/1659 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/purcell.html">Purcell</a> born<br />
13/9/1819 Clara Schumann born<br />
13/9/1874 Schoenberg born <br />
17/9/1179 Hildegard von Bingen died<br />
20/9/1957 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/sibelius.html">Sibelius</a> died<br />
21/9/1874<a href="http://www.52composers.com/holst.html"> Holst</a> born<br />
23/9/1836 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/bellini.html">Bellini</a> died<br />
25/9/1906 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/shostakovich.html">Shostakovich</a> born<br />
25/9/1849 J Strauss Sr died <br />
26/9/1898 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/gershwin.html">Gershwin</a> born <br />
26/9/1945 Bartok died <br />
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Paul Helmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02024008620184289772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32093147.post-91584641425825851872011-08-17T22:05:00.000+01:002011-08-17T22:05:35.211+01:00Back to school - Great Classical Composers CalendarSummer is going fast and the shops are full of Back to School promotions which made me think that I should do a calendar starting in September instead of January.<br />
So here it is: September 2011 to August 2012 Great Composers with 12 of my prints:<br />
Sibelius, Verdi, Tchaikovsky, Puccini, Mozart, Beethoven, Prokofiev, Brahms, Grieg, Bach and Shostakovich.<br />
I'll do another version Jan - Dec 2012 later when the Christmas promotions start.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/79957771/great-composers-calendar-sept-11-aug12"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR5g_gaB95ZLkHEW9hvg3T96nGSFPvZJ8Eoxw7JSrKZU9Js2Z8wUXz3Dfheg1H7Hlhr4i_fWbl6rLpwi-DH7RsNG0Q-sldh2O_i26KKWXmM6cIGruTBa46p_W4kG04ZX6xhl71/s320/gcc-sepaug12.jpg" width="233" /></a></div>It is available now at <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/79957771/great-composers-calendar-sept-11-aug12">Etsy</a><br />
Click on the above link or on the image.Paul Helmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02024008620184289772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32093147.post-68020762897476617372011-07-31T23:09:00.000+01:002011-07-31T23:09:48.655+01:00Concerto for Turntables and Orchestra by Gabriel ProkofievNext Saturday's BBC Prom at the Albert Hall will feature a performance of the<i> 'Concerto for Turntables and Orchestra'</i> by <b>Gabriel Prokofiev</b> who just happens to be the grandson of the great Sergio Prokofiev.<br />
I have featured it as Video of the Week on the home page of my <a href="http://www.52composers.com/">52composers site</a>.<br />
It is an interesting piece combining classical symphonic music with hip-hop.<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/QQvvtELiCdo" width="425"></iframe>Paul Helmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02024008620184289772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32093147.post-89445096672048290922011-07-31T21:35:00.000+01:002011-07-31T21:35:17.096+01:00August anniversaries of classical composers<table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="text-align: center; width: 223px;"><tbody>
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Great Classical Composer<br />
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?/08/1653 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/pachelbel.html">Pachelbel</a> <br />
18/08/1750 Salieri <br />
22/08/1862 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/debussy.html">Debusssy</a> <br />
22/08/1928 Stockhausen <br />
25/08/1918 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/bernstein.html">Bernstein</a> <br />
31 </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">/08/1834 Ponchielli <br />
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2/08/1945 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/mascagni.html">Mascagni</a> <br />
8/08/1975 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/shostakovich.html">Shostakovich</a> <br />
09/08/1919 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/leoncavallo.html">Leoncavallo</a> <br />
10/08/1928 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/janacek.html">Janacek</a> <br />
12/08/1992 John Cage <br />
13/08/1912 Massanet <br />
26/08/1958 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/vaughan-williams.html">Vaughan Williams</a> <br />
28/08/1959 Martinu <br />
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<tr bgcolor="#FFFF99"> <td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFF99" valign="top"><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">01/06/1804 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/glinka.html">Glinka</a> born<br />
02/06/1857 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/elgar.html">Elgar</a> born<br />
03/06/1875 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/bizet.html">Bizet</a> died<br />
03/06/1899 Strauss J died<br />
06/06/1903 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/khachaturian.html">Khachaturian</a> born<br />
08/06/1810 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/schumann.html">Schumann</a> born<br />
21/06/1908 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/rimsky-korsakov.html">Rimsky Korsakov</a> died<br />
10/06/1934 Delius died<br />
11/06/1864 Strauss R. born<br />
14/06/1671 Albinoni born <br />
15/06/1843 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/grieg.html">Grieg</a> born<br />
17/06/1818 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/gounod.html">Gounod</a> born<br />
17/06/1882 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/stravinsky.html">Stravinsky</a> born<br />
20/06/1819 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/offenbach.html">Offenbach</a> born<br />
25/06/1767 Telemann died </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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The two British directors Ken Russell and Tony Palmer have been prolific with this genre.<br />
Some, notably those by Tony Palmer, are incredibly well researched and true to the facts. Others have varying proportions of fantasy.<br />
Yale University has published a book 'Composers in the Movies' by Prof.John C.Tibbetts and with a forward by Simon Callow. I haven't seen it yet but it looks interesting.<br />
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<iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=paulhecom-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=0300106742&ref=tf_til&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe>Paul Helmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02024008620184289772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32093147.post-32537800764680556992011-03-09T20:35:00.002+00:002011-03-09T20:45:39.231+00:00Vivien Noakes 1937 - 2011) - biographer of Edward Lear<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9gnbAMVI9hvadbFkuD5VTL5zzZYTP8_wvD995lwk7RjdsuUIfHy0Vwt3050lnFw998JLPD9tnqUjMuJfceEY5Kex9RyhNi7labeKYu0X7lH5ZnZh2R7_a9yoHta7Er7L8zJNT/s1600/vivien-noakes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9gnbAMVI9hvadbFkuD5VTL5zzZYTP8_wvD995lwk7RjdsuUIfHy0Vwt3050lnFw998JLPD9tnqUjMuJfceEY5Kex9RyhNi7labeKYu0X7lH5ZnZh2R7_a9yoHta7Er7L8zJNT/s320/vivien-noakes.jpg" width="238" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9gnbAMVI9hvadbFkuD5VTL5zzZYTP8_wvD995lwk7RjdsuUIfHy0Vwt3050lnFw998JLPD9tnqUjMuJfceEY5Kex9RyhNi7labeKYu0X7lH5ZnZh2R7_a9yoHta7Er7L8zJNT/s1600/vivien-noakes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: black;"></span></a></div><br />
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I was very sorry to learn of the death of Vivien Noakes, the leading expert on the life and works of Edward Lear, king of nonsense and the limerick.<br />
She wrote his definitive biography and curated the 1985 Lear exhibition at the Royal Academy.<br />
There is a very <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/mar/04/vivien-noakes-obituary">good obituary in the Guardian</a>.<br />
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Some years ago I started an Edward Lear website <a href="http://www.edward-lear.com/">www.edward-lear.com</a> which I have neglected. I really must get back to it.Paul Helmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02024008620184289772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32093147.post-36499172223681954132011-03-04T21:05:00.000+00:002011-03-04T21:05:02.624+00:00Great Composer Anniversaries for March<table width="223" border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
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Great Classical Composer <br />
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<td height="144" align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFF99"><p align="left"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">?/03/1706 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/pachelbel.html">Pachelbel</a> died<br />
1/03/1810 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/chopin.html">Chopin</a> born<br />
2/03/1824 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/smetana.html">Smetana</a> born<br />
4/03/1678 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/vivaldi.html">Vivaldi</a> born<br />
5/03/1953 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/prokofiev.html">Prokofiev</a> died<br />
6/03/1932 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/sousa.html">Sousa</a> died<br />
7/03/1875 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/ravel.html">Ravel</a> born<br />
8/03/1566 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/gesualdo.html">Gesualdo</a> born <br />
8/03/1803 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/berlioz.html">Berlioz</a> died<br />
8/03/ 1983 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/walton.html">Walton</a> died<br />
16/03/1736 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/bach.html">Pergolesi</a> died<br />
18/03/1844 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/rimsky-korsakov.html">Rimsky-Korsakov</a> born<br />
21/03/1685 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/bach.html">J S Bach</a> born<br />
21/03/1839 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/mussorgsky.html">Mussorgsky</a> born<br />
22/03/1687 Lully born <br />
25/03/1881 Bartok born <br />
25/03/1918 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/debussy.html">Debussy</a> died<br />
26/03/1827 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/beethoven.html">Beethoven</a> died<br />
28/03/1881 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/mussorgsky.html">Mussorgsky</a> died<br />
28/03/1943 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/rachmaninoff.html">Rachmaninoff</a> died<br />
29/03/1902 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/walton.html">Walton</a> born<br />
31/03/1732 <a href="http://www.52composers.com/haydn.html">Haydn</a> born<br />
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It is accompanied by an amusing text comparing him with Mascagni.<br />
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