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Showing posts with label Edgar Allan Poe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Edgar Allan Poe. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 22, 2023

Wildest expectations soar at the Washington Cathedral

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Sergei Rachmaninoff, age 10 or 12,  St. Petersburg/ Wikimedia Commons The title of the program was  To the Wild Sky  and  m y favorites were...
Saturday, April 18, 2015

Rachmaninoff and Edgar Allan Poe star with the National Symphony Orchestra

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Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)/ Wikipedia Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)/ Wikipedia   My favorite composers were on the National Symp...
Thursday, August 8, 2013

Munch extended through Sunday at the National Gallery of Art

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Edvard Munch, The Vampire , 1895 (printed 1896/1902) lithograph and color woodcut with watercolor on thick china paper. National G...
Tuesday, February 12, 2013

The music premiere of Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Raven'

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Gustave Dore, The Raven, 1884. "And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor/Shall be lifted--nevermore!" W...
Sunday, January 11, 2009

Four Bicentennial Birthdays

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What is the significance of the bicentennial birthdays of Edgar Allen Poe , Charles Darwin , Felix Mendelssohn , and Abraham Lincoln in 20...
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