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- 5851: Albert Einstein
- ... arms. In 1939 he sent a letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt that urged America to continue to develop an ATOMIC BOMB before the Germans did. This letter was one of many exchanges the White House and Einstein had. This contributed to Roosevelt's decision to fund what became the MANHATAN PROJECT. Until the end of Einstein's life he searched for a Unified Field Theory, by which the phenomena of ...
- 5852: George Bizek
- ... explanation for his obscurity would be the lack of scandal in his life. He had a happy childhood, was well awarded with musical scholarships, and a happy marriage. Georges Bizet grew up in a musical house. His father was a singing teacher and his mother was a well-known pianist who had attended the Paris Conservatory. His parents encouraged him in music. His father was confident that his son would become ...
- 5853: Aaron Copland
- ... piece was comprised of a similar hybrid of popular western themes, and used as a story line the universally known as "The Ugly Duckling". Rodeo had it's premiere in 1942 at the Metropolitan Opera House, and was judged as an unqualified success. Copland was clearly breaking down barriers with his "common" music. The Metropolitan Opera was known at this time for it's stuffy renditions of Verdi and Puccini's ...
- 5854: Robert Schumann
- ... arrived in Leipzig to take over as music director of the Gewandhaus. Still only twenty-six, Mendelsson was the director of the age, and Schumann felt an immediate attraction when they met at Wieck's house. Following the newcomer's debut in Leipzig, Schumann wrote praising him in the "Letters of an Enthusiast" column of his Zeitzcrift. Schumann did however venture to criticise Mendelssohn's use of the baton; he believed ...
- 5855: Leonard Bernstein
- ... caused him to burst into tears. When Leonard and his family would visit their friends, Leonard would sneak over to the piano and experiment. When he was eleven, his aunt sent her piano to his house for his family to keep for storage. “I made love to it right away” he recalled (Musicians p. 65). He could escape from all his frustrations and sadness by playing the piano. His parents didn ...
- 5856: Kurt Cobain
- ... break up. To add to the cancellation of their tour they also cancel all their involvement in Lollapalooza. Then on March 18,1994 a startling thing happens. Kurt locks himself in a room of his house. He will not come out and he has a 38 caliber revolver with him. He threaten to kill himself. Courtney Love once again calls the police. The police come and take control of the situation ...
- 5857: Jules Verne
- ... stopping this delinquency. He put Michel in jail in an attempt to stop the "madness". He was really unhappy over his son's behavior problem. Late 1879, Verne ended up throwing Michel out of the house. Michel ran off and married an actress. In 1887, he attended and recognized Michel's second marriage which helped in reviving the relationship between father and son. Jules Verne was an avid traveler and sailor ...
- 5858: Duke Ellington: An American Legacy
- ... people are on the go, will they listen to his music done by another artist and not realize that the artist they are listening to is not the author?13 Saying Tony Bennett wrote Satin Doll is like saying Disney wrote the Nutcracker. Duke Ellington had to go through a lot just to be heard when America was keeping their African American artists under a cover. Not only should Ellington be ...
- 5859: Carl Friedrich Gauss
- ... daughter of a tannery owner in Braunschweig. She was born in 1780 and was an only child. They were married on October 9, 1805. They were lived on in Braunschweig for a time, in the house which Gauss had occupied as a bachelor. On August 21, 1806, his first son Joseph was born. He received his name after Peazzi, the discoverer of Ceres. On February 29, 1808 a daughter followed, and ...
- 5860: Leonhard Euler
- ... St. Petersburg he boarded at the home of Bernoulli's son Daniel. He became professor of physics at the academy in 1730 and professor of mathematics in 1733, when he married and left Bernoulli's house. His reputation grew after the publication of many articles and his book Mechanica (1736-37), which extensively presented Newtonian dynamics in the form of mathematical analysis for the first time. In 1741, Euler joined the ...
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