Jewelry Talk and Diamond Rings

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Classical Music lovers, are you attending a gala concert and you need a special jewelry? Or perhaps, you’re a performer yourself wanting something beautiful as a diamond ring?  So you shop around for something dazzling and beautiful. The first thing that catches your eye is a diamond necklace or emerald ring. You want to take it home. Please, don’t do …Read more text

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Carl Maria von Weber and "Euryanthe"

COMPOSITION HIGHLIGHTS
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October 25, 1823.  Carl Maria von Weber’s opera Euryanthe opened in Vienna.  It starred Henrietta Sontag.

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Buying gold bullion

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That’s right, we are still here in the Classical Music Lounge. This is a general chatter folks. On occasion, I feel it necessary to deviate conversation away from the classical music mainstream or even about Mozart — a drift to other reality-talk. This time it’s about gold. For centuries, buying gold has been recognized as one of the best ways to preserve one’s wealth …Read more text

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Books by and about Mozart

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Books by and about Mozart including vol.1 of his letters in English are available to download free from http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/ (Provided by Michael Walker, from one of my Mozart groups.  Thanks Michael.)

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Alexander Scriabin and his Piano Concerto

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October 23, 1897.   Alexander Scriabin was soloist in the premiere of his Piano concerto, in Odessa. Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin (Russian: Александр Николаевич Скрябин; sometimes transliterated as Skryabin) (6 January 1872 – 27 April 1915) was a Russian composer and pianist.  For more of Scriabin, please visit Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scriabin

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