Louis Armstrong was born in New Orleans on 4 August 1901 In 2016 his and Bobby Darin’s versions of “Mack the Knife” were inducted by the Library of Congress in the National Recording Registry. The song “Die Moritat von Mackie Messer” from “Die Dreigroschenoper” (“The Threepenny Opera”) by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill , was… Read More Louis Armstrong 🎺
Emily Brontë, born 30 July 1818 is famous for her only novel, “Wuthering Heights” (1847). But she was also a poet and left behind some beautiful poems she wrote before dying of tuberculosis, at just 30 years of age. Here is an eight-line poem, about a heart filled with pain, close to falling apart. She… Read More Emily Brontë’s Tears
💙 Un caro saluto e un abbraccio a tutti i miei amici 💙 Oggi in particolare, perché il 30 luglio, ricorre la Giornata Internazionale dell’Amicizia (International Day of Friendship) , istituita dall’Assemblea Generale delle Nazioni Unite nel 2011 – anche se alcune nazioni la celebrano in date diverse. L’ Assemblea Generale riconoscendo l’importanza dell’amicizia… Read More 💜 Amicizia 💙 Friendship 💜
“If you make people think they’re thinking, they’ll love you; but if you really make them think, they’ll hate you.” ~ Don Marquis ~ American humourist, journalist, and author, born on 29 July 1878 “Se fai credere alle persone che stanno pensando, ti ameranno; ma se le fai davvero pensare, ti odieranno.” Image: Michelangelo –… Read More Don Marquis & Thinking
Thomas Cromwell (1485 – 28 July 1540), was an English lawyer and statesman who served a principal secretary and chief minister to King Henry VIII from 1534 to 1540, after holding numerous offices in the King’s service Cromwell’s downfall started after the death of the king’s third wife, Jane Seymour, in 1537, a few days… Read More Cromwell’s Botched Execution
Stanley Kubrick, one of the greatest filmmakers of the 20th Century, was born in in The Bronx, New York City, on 26 July 1928. In 1969 he directed “2001: A Space Odyssey” based on Arthur C. Clarke’s short story “The Sentinel”.In both the opening and closing scenes of the film, Kubrick plays “Also Sprach Zarathustra”… Read More Kubrick and Strauss
Eric Hoffer, self-educated moral and social philosopher. and longshoreman, was born on 25 July (or 15 July) 1902 in The Bronx, New York. His parents were immigrants from Alsace, then part of Imperial Germany.Of his early life, Hoffer wrote: “I had no schooling. I was practically blind up to the age of fifteen. When my… Read More The Longshoreman Philosopher
Amy Winehouse died exactly ten years ago, on 23 July 2011. She was only 27, at the peak of her career, but her voice still echoes in the hearts of those who appreciated her . Here is a tribute to Amy I found on YouTube The song in this video is not hers, but it… Read More Ten Years Without Amy 🎶
When 15 year old King Edward VI (Henry VIII’s son) was dying, he nominated his cousin Lady Jane Grey as his successor on the throne of England.He had been persuaded to do so by the Duke of Northumberland, his trusted adviser, who was fiercely Protestant and knew he would be punished by Mary for his… Read More The Nine Days’ Queen (1)
Fernanda Pivano, chiamata affettuosamente Nanda, nata a Genova il 18 luglio 1917, è stata una grande traduttrice, scrittrice, giornalista e critica .musicale italiana (vedi qui)E’ grazie alle sue traduzioni che in Italia si conobbero i grandi romanzieri americani e gli scrittori della beat generation. La sua prima traduzione di “Addio alle armi” di Hemingway le… Read More Nanda ♫ ♪
