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Mozart Librettist Lorenzo da Ponte
Lorenzo Da Ponte, Italian Librettist
Da Ponte wrote the libretti of Mozart’s three best Italian operas.
Biography of Lorenzo Da Ponte’s life and times, Italian librettist who wrote three of Mozart’s four best operas.
Lorenzo da Ponte is a significant librettist of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. He wrote three texts of Mozart’s four most famous Italian operas – Le Nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni and Così fan tutte.
Full article of Lorenzo da Ponte’s Biography
Mozart’s music excerpted from Le Nozze di Figaro is captured here. Enjoy!
URL: Le Nozze di Figaro (Courtesy of YouTube)
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(Originally reposted Sept 28, 2007.)
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Songwriter Irving Berlin: Famous for White Christmas
Classical Music Datebook: May 11
Birthday of Irving Berlin, Composer Famous for “White Christmas”
Irving Berlin (May 11, 1888 – September 22, 1989), was born on Tyumen Russian Empire and migrated to the United States. He was a composer and lyricist of Jewish heritage, along with Cole Porter and Richard Rodgers, he is widely considered one of the greatest American songwriters.
His first hit song, “Alexander’s Ragtime Band”, became famous worldwide. Over the years he was known for writing music and lyrics in the American vernacular which was simple and direct that reached the hearts not only of ordinary Americans but simple people all over the world.
He wrote hundreds of songs that became bestsellers. During his 60-year career he wrote an estimated 1,500 songs, including the scores for many Broadways shows and Hollywood films, with his songs nominated eight times for Academy Awards. Many songs became ex[amazon_image id="B00123MBGU" link="true" target="_blank" size="medium" ]Irving Berlin In Hollywood[/amazon_image]tremely popular including “White Christmas”, Easter Parade” and “Happy Holiday” and “There’s No Business Like Show Business” – many of them still very popular to this day.
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Lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II
Oscar Hammerstein II, American lyricist, is born July 12 (1885) in New York City. He collaborated with Jerome Kern, Richard Rodgers, and others in producing musicals. His greatest partnership was with composer Rodgers, claimed to be the greatest partnership of all time.
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Songwriter Cole Porter
American Lyricist, Songwriter, Composer and Melodist
Porter, prominent Broadway composer of the 20th-century, was an inventive and witty lyricist, and an ingenious songwriter who produced sophisticated songs of American music, popular to this day. His unforgettable lovely songs linger on, like “Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye,” “In the Still of the Night,” “Begin the Beguine,” “Kiss Me Kate,” “I Love Paris,” and many more.
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