Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908-2009), French social anthropologist and author, was a leading exponent of structuralism and influential in social sciences and related disciplines.
He was born on November 28, 1908, in Brussels, Belgium, but grew up in Paris. He studied philosophy and law. He taught at a college in Sao Paulo, Brazil. While in Brazil, he became interested with the Amazon rainforest, encountered indigenous people, and started his research on them. He realized he wanted to be an anthropologist.
He learned everything about various indigenous groups especially about their culture and wrote about them in his books: A World on the Wane (1961) and The Savage Mind (1966).
Franz Krommer (František Krommer: born 27 November 1759 – died 8 January 1831), was a Czech composer of classical music and violinist. A contemporary of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, his 71-year life span began half a year after the death of G. F. Handel and ended nearly four years after that of Beethoven. He died in Vienna.
His life highlights include the following: From 1773 to 1776, he studied violin and organ with his uncle, Antonín Mattias Kramár. In Turany, he became organist along with his uncle in 1777. In 1785 he was in Vienna as violinist in the orchestra of the duke of Styria (now in Simontornya in Hungary.) In 1790, he was named Maestro di Cappella at the Cathedral of Pecs, Hungary. He returned again to Vienna in 1795, becoming Maestro di Cappella for Duke Ignaz Fuchs in 1798. From 1813, until his death, Krommer succeeded Leopold Kozeluch as composer for the Imperial Court of Austria.
Krommer's output was prolific, with at least three hundred published compositions in at least 110 opus numbers including at least 9 symphonies, seventy string quartets and many others for winds and strings, with about 15 string quintets. Today, he is best known for his powerful wind ensemble music.
Considered his best
work, at par with Haydn's The Creation
Felix Mendelssohn's oratorio Elijah,
op.70: facts, the cast, brief history, and other Mendelssohn-related information.
Oratorio
Elijah is considered the greatest work of Romantic composer Felix
Mendelssohn Bartholdy in this genre.
Facts
about Oratorio Elijah
Composer:
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy(1809-1847), a German composer of the Romantic era, born in Hamburg, Germany.
Original
Title:Elias (Elijah, at the first
performance)
Original Language: German (English, at the first performance)
Text:
Based on the Holy Bible passages, the story of
Elijah from the Books of Kings, compiled by Mendelssohn himself. He was
assisted by Julius Schubring and Karl Klingemann.
Form:
Oratorio in Two Parts, a total of 42 musical
numbers, with an introduction and overture .
Date
of Writing: 1845-1846.
First
Performance: August 26, 1846, in Birmingham. Mendelssohn conducted with the world-famous
Jenny Lind in the soprano role.
(Note: Watch in YouTube to enjoy the entire oratorio playlist.)
Enjoy for Free! City of Sydney Children's Concert and Christmas Tree Lighting
Martin Place, Thursday, Nov 26, 2015, from 6.30pm to 8.30pm.
Sydney’s interactive Christmas Tree is going to be lit by Santa and the Lord
Mayor. The Children's Concert is packed with entertainment the whole family is sure to love. Prominent entertainers and performers include: MC James Tobin, Hoot and Hootabelle, Sydney Philharmonia Choirs, Sam Moran, Justine Clarke, the cast from The Sound of Music and Anthony Callea.
David Threasher picks 10 works from the Salzburger’s output that he feels are unjustly underrated
No 1.Maurerische Trauermusik, K477 (1785)
No 2. Missa brevis in F major, K192 (1774)
No 3. Davide penitente, K469 (1785)
No 4. Eine kleine Gigue, K574 (1789)
No 5. Piano Duet Sonata in F, K497 (1786)
No 6. Epistle Sonata No 7, K224 (1780)
No 7. Al desio di chi t’adora, K577 (1789)
No 8. Symphony No 26 in E flat, K184 (1773)
No 9. Piano Concerto No 26 in D, ‘Coronation’, K537 (1788)
No 10.String Quintet in D, K593 (1790)
Read the interesting article (link below) for the full description of each Mozart work. To my knowledge and experience, I'd not fully say it's 'neglected' as we discuss or mention these works in our Mozart Groups.
Sydney Philharmonia Choirs 21 November 2015, 11AM & 5PM Sydney Opera House
Join the SPC - Chamber Singers for this intimate performance.
The Utzon Roomof the Sydney Opera House is the perfect backdrop for a concert that celebrates
vocal music inspired by water. As well as two world premieres by
Australian composers Rosalind Page and Luke Byrne, hear the sublime
vocal music of Eric Whitacre, Frederick Delius and Ralph Vaughan Williams. Be surprised by
the possibilities of choral music with Stars by the lauded Latvian composer Ēriks Ešenvalds, a piece that employs water-tuned glasses for celestial effects.
Social Anthropologist, Educator and Diplomat
