Advanced search
- TITLES
- NAMES
- COLLABORATIONS
Search filters
Enter full date
to
or just enter yyyy, or yyyy-mm below
to
Only includes names with the selected topics
to
or just enter yyyy, or yyyy-mm below
to
1-48 of 48
- Music Department
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Gabriel-Urbian Faure was born May 12, 1845, in Pamires, Mid-Pyrenees, France. He was the youngest of 6 children born to Toussaint and Marie Faure. From the age of 9 he studied piano and organ with Camille Saint-Saëns at the Ecole Niedermeyer. Saint-Saene encouraged young Faure to play piano music by Franz Liszt. In 1865 Faure was awarded first prize for composition, for his 'Cantique de Jean Racine', opus 11. In 1870 he served in the army during the Franco-Prussian war, and during the Paris Commune he was a music teacher in Switzerland, where his school Ecole Niedermeyer was relocated. Back in Paris he became organist at Saint-Sulpice.
Faure became a regular at the salon of Camille Saint-Saëns and the salon of Pauline Garcia-Viardot. There he met many prominent Parisian intellectuals: writers Gustave Flaubert and Ivan Turgenev, composers Hector Berlioz and Georges Bizet. With those contacts Faure initiated the formation of the 'Societe Nationale Musique' around the figure of Camille Saint-Saëns. Faure also took over the position of organist at the Eglise de la Madeleine in 1877, when Saint-Saens retired. At that time Faure became engaged to Marianne Viardot, the daughter of Pauline Viardot, but the engagement was broken off by Marianne.
Faure was sincerely in love, but heartbroken and so depressed, that he could not stay in the same salon. He canceled all social obligations and left Paris for a long journey. He went to Weimar, where he met Franz Liszt and expressed his gratitude by playing his own compositions to Liszt. Then Faure traveled to Cologne to listen to the operas of Richard Wagner, whom he admired. Faure's impressions from 'Der Ring des Nibelungen' were strong, but not enough to influence his own compositions.
Back in Paris he renewed his activity at 'Societe Nationale Musique'. He married Marie Frement in 1883, and the couple had two sons. He had to support his family. The lack of any musical success kept him working as the organist at the Eglise de la Madeleine, and also teaching piano and harmony, which took up all his time. His own compositions were sold to his publisher at 50 francs per piece with thw copyright. At that time Faure composed the exquisitely delicate 'Requiem' (1888), his most important choral work. He could not find a venue to perform his large-scale compositions. That made him even more depressed.
After ten years of hardship, Faure finally got promoted to the government position of the Inspector of Music Conservatoires in the French provinces. In 1896 he became chief organist at the Eglise de la Madeleine. He also replaced Jules Massenet as professor of composition at the Conservatoire de Paris. His students there included Maurice Ravel, Nadia Boulanger, George Enescu, and Charles Koechlin, who later orchestrated Faure's popular suite 'Pelleas et Melisande'. In 1890s Faure wrote piano duet 'Dolly Suite' and a vocal piece 'La bonne chanson' for Emma Bardac, the wife of Claude Debussy.
From 1905 to 1920 Faure was the powerful director of the Conservatoire de Paris. He made some reforms and dismissed unnecessary stuff for the purpose of rational spending of the funding from the government. His song opera 'Penelope' (1913) is noteworthy. His works of the late years were affected by his hearing loss, which inevitably caused his retirement. He was the music critic at Le Figaro from 1903-1921. Faure died from pneumonia on November 4, 1924, and was laid to rest in the Cemetiere de Passy in Paris.- Novelist committed to social reform who introduced Naturalism and Realism to Portugal. He is often considered to be the greatest Portuguese novelist, certainly the leading 19th-century Portuguese novelist whose fame was international. The son of a prominent magistrate, Eça de Queiroz spent his early years with relatives and was sent to boarding school at the age of five. After receiving his degree in law in 1866 from the University of Coimbra, where he read widely French, he settled in Lisbon. There his father, who had since married Eça de Queiroz' mother, made up for past neglect by helping the young man make a start in the legal profession. Eça de Queiroz' real interest lay in literature, however, and soon his short stories - ironic, fantastic, macabre, and often gratuitously shocking - and essays on a wide variety of subjects began to appear in the "Gazeta de Portugal". By 1871 he had become closely associated with a group of rebellious Portuguese intellectuals committed to social and artistic reform and known as the Generation of '70. Eça de Queiroz gave one of a series of lectures sponsored by the group in which he denounced contemporary Portuguese literature as unoriginal and hypocritical. He served as consul, first in Havana (1872-74), then in England, UK - in Newcastle upon Tyne (1874-79) and in Bristol (1879-88). During this time he wrote the novels for which he is best remembered, attempting to bring about social reform in Portugal through literature by exposing what he held to be the evils and the absurdities of the traditional order. His first novel, "O crime do Padre Amaro" (1875; "The Sin of Father Amaro", 1962), describes the destructive effects of celibacy on a priest of weak character and the dangers of fanaticism in a provincial Portuguese town. A biting satire on the romantic ideal of passion and its tragic consequences appears in his next novel, "O Primo Basílio" (1878; "Cousin Bazilio", 1953). Caustic satire characterizes the novel that is generally considered Eça de Queiroz' masterpiece, "Os Maias (1888; "The Maias", 1965), a detailed depiction of upper middle-class and aristocratic Portuguese society. His last novels are sentimental, unlike his earlier work. "A Cidade e as Serras" (1901; "The City and the Mountains", 1955) extols the beauty of the Portuguese countryside and the joys of rural life. Eça de Queiroz was appointed consul in Paris in 1888, where he served until his death. Of his posthumously published works, "Contos" (1902) is a collection of short stories, and "Últimas Páginas" (1912) includes saints' legends. Translations of his works persisted into the second half of the 20th century.
- American actor, long on the stage, who made a handful of film appearances. His 54-year career began in 1864 when he left his native Leicester, Massachusetts to join the Holman Opera Company. He progressed through juvenile roles to leading men and into character parts, in such plays as "David Harum," "The Henrietta," and "The Spenders." He appeared in a 1915 film version of "David Harum" as well. He retired in 1918 and lived in the Hollywood Hotel in Los Angeles. He died there in his room, at age 83, survived by his wife, the former Ella Chloe Myers.
- Czar Aleksandr III was born on 10 March 1845 in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]. He was married to Czarina Maria Fyodorovna. He died on 2 November 1894 in Livadiya, Taurida Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine].
- Anna Townsend was born on 5 January 1845 in Utica, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Grandma's Boy (1922), Daddy (1923) and A Marked Man (1917). She died on 11 September 1923 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Russell Bassett was born on 24 October 1845 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. He was an actor, known for Seven Keys to Baldpate (1917), Such a Little Queen (1914) and Nearly a King (1916). He was married to Lottie C. Sparrow and Florence Lillian Gillette. He died on 8 May 1918 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Isidor Straus was born on 6 February 1845 in Otterberg, Palatinate, Kingdom of Bavaria [now Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany]. He was married to Rosalie Ida Straus. He died on 15 April 1912 in North Atlantic Ocean.
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Ion Ivanovici was born on 28 September 1845. He is known for Four Ways Out (1951), Glada paraden (1948) and The Woman with a Broken Nose (2010).- Will Carleton was born on 21 October 1845 in Lenawee County, Hudson, Michigan, USA. He was a writer, known for Over the Hill to the Poorhouse (1920), Over the Hill (1931) and Jeo eondeokeul neomeoseo (1960). He died on 18 December 1912 in Brooklyn, New York, USA.
- King George of Greece was born on 24 December 1845 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was married to Queen Olga. He died on 18 March 1913 in Thessaloniki, Greece.
- Frank Chapman was born on 6 May 1845 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for The Defeat of the City (1917), A Departmental Case (1917) and Carew and Son (1916). He was married to Stella F. Congden. He died on 9 January 1940 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
- Baltimore native William J. Ferguson was primarily a stage actor, making less than twenty films. But he does hold an interesting place in American history. Born twenty years before the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, Ferguson worked as a printer's devil at the Baltimore Clipper newspaper at the outbreak of the Civil War. After leaving the paper, he took a job as a call boy at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. On the night of April 14, 1865, "Our American Cousin" was being presented at the theatre, with President Lincoln in attendance. When an actor failed to report for the performance, Ferguson was pressed into service to do a short scene. He witnessed John Wilkes Booth shoot the President, and later wrote a short book entitled "I Saw Booth Shoot Lincoln." Ferguson always claimed that Booth never uttered the phrase "sic semper tyrannis." However, Ferguson's account did have slight variations over the years, so one should take his stories with a grain of salt. Shortly before retirement, he went to Los Angeles to appear in the 1922 film The Yosemite Trail (1922). He suffered a hip injury which eventually forced him into retirement in 1924. In 1930, he moved to Pikesville, Maryland, to live with his nephew. He was working on his memoirs, entitled "Sixty Years on the New York Stage," when he died on May 3, 1930. At his passing, he was the last surviving cast member of the company who had witnessed Lincoln's assassination.
- J.H. Deuntzer was born on 20 May 1845 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He died on 16 November 1918 in Denmark.
- King Ludwig III of Bavaria was born on 7 January 1845 in Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria [now Bavaria, Germany]. He was married to Maria-Theresia von Habsburg. He died on 18 October 1921 in Sarvar, Hungary.
- Charles D. Sigsbee was born on 16 January 1845 in Albany, New York, USA. He died on 13 July 1923 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Jakob Aljaz was born on 6 July 1845 in Zavrh pod Smarno Goro, Slovenia. Jakob was a composer, known for Laibach z gosti: Oj, Triglav, moj dom (Planica 2023) (2023) and Laibach featuring Severa Gjurin, Boris Benko & Tomi Meglic: O, Triglav, moj dom (2023). Jakob died on 4 May 1927 in Dovje, Slovenia.
- Hans Pagay was born on 11 November 1845 in Vienna, Austria. He was an actor, known for Die Herrin der Welt 8. Teil - Die Rache der Maud Fergusson (1920) and Die Herrin der Welt 1. Teil - Die Freundin des gelben Mannes (1919). He died on 21 January 1915 in Berlin, Germany.
- Elihu Root was born on 15 February 1845 in Clinton, New York, USA. He was married to Clara Frances Wales. He died on 7 February 1937 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Nicholas Pasic was born on 19 December 1845 in Zajecar, Serbia. He died in 1926.
- Mary Ann Walker was born on August 26, 1845 in Dawes Court, Shoe Lane, off Fleet Street (London, England) to blacksmith (former locksmith) Edward Walker and his wife Caroline. She was christened in or some years before 1851. She had a brother. Caroline died in 1852 aged 32 and was buried on 5th December at St Andrew Holborn.
Polly married William Nichols on January 16, 1864. She would have been about 22 years old. The couple had three children: Edward John, born on 4th of July 1866; Percy George, 1868 and Alice Esther, 1870. In 1877 they had their second daughter, Eliza Sarah, and their marital problems began. In 1879 their son Henry Alfred was born. Around 1880/81 William and Polly separated. William retained custody of the children. William paid Polly an allowance of 5/- (25p) a week. After the separation, Polly began a sad litany of moving from workhouse to workhouse (a place where those unable to support themselves were offered accommodation and employment). In 1882, William found out that his wife was living as a prostitute and discontinued support payments to her.
She went to the Lambeth Workhouse and stayed from 21st May to 2nd June 1883. From that day and until the 26th October 1887 she had been living with a man named Thomas Stuart Dew, a blacksmith.
On 12th May 1888 she left Lambeth to take a position as a domestic servant in the home of Samuel and Sarah Cowdry. This was common practice at the time for Workhouses to find domestic employment for female inmates. She worked for two months and then left while stealing clothing worth three pounds, ten shillings.
She was found murdered on August 31st 1888. Her murderer was not identified nor caught, and later was nicknamed as the serial killer "Jack the Ripper". She was believed to be his first victim according to many historians, although some other poor women and prostitutes were murdered in a similar way before. - Arthur MacArthur was born on 2 June 1845 in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA. He was married to Mary Pinkney Hardy. He died on 5 September 1912 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
- Ernst August Duke of Cumberland was born on 21 September 1845 in Hannover, Germany. He was married to Prinsesse Thyra. He died on 14 November 1923 in Gmunden, Germany.
- Actress
Hedwig Wiese was born on 6 June 1845 in Germany. She was an actress, known for Maria (1919), Herberts Sünde (1916) and Der verkaufte Schlaf (1916). She died on 14 March 1936 in Berlin, Germany.- Gilbert John Minto was born on 9 July 1845 in London, England, UK. He died on 1 March 1914 in Minto, Roxburgh, Scotland, UK.
- Mrs. Thomas Whiffen was born on 12 March 1845 in London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Barbara Frietchie (1915) and Hearts and Flowers (1914). She was married to Thomas Whiffen. She died on 26 November 1936 in Montvale, Virginia, USA.