Gioachino Rossini 220th anniversary

[Megan]

Good for Google today marking the anniversary of Gioachino Rossini’s birth.

The frog-adorned “Doodle” marks both Leap Day and the 220th anniversary of composer Gioachino Rossini’s birth

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...PNhR_blog.html


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[gprengel]

This fits to my latest discovery of great musical gems, which may be also for you an altogether new aspect of the work of Rossini: The fantastic final fugue from Rossini's Stabat Mater starting at 4:44 from:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XB3nR4aHQL8

Very moving is also the beginning of the work:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0II8d...eature=related

Gerd

[Michael]

Beethoven's 220th birthday was back in 1990 but everybody was too busy gearing up for Mozart 91 to give it a thought. And Google didn't acknowledge Beethoven's 240th.
And I have a toothache!

[Sorrano]

This fits to my latest discovery of great musical gems, which may be also for you an altogether new aspect of the work of Rossini: The fantastic final fugue from Rossini's Stabat Mater starting at 4:44 from:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XB3nR4aHQL8

Very moving is also the beginning of the work:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0II8d...eature=related

Gerd

I love the Stabat Mater! My brother sent me a recording of that this past Christmas.