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1. Franz Joseph Haydn (March 31, 1732 ? May 31, 1809) was one of the most prominent composers of the Classical period, and is called by some the "Father of the Symphony" and "Father of the String Quartet".
2. Johann Sebastian Bach (21 March 1685 O.S. ? 28 July 1750 N.S.) was a prolific German composer and organist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity. He is regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time.
3. Arturo Toscanini (March 25, 1867 ? January 16, 1957) was an Italian musician. He is considered by many critics, fellow musicians, and much of the classical listening audience to have been the greatest conductor of his era. He was renowned for his brilliant intensity, his restless perfectionism, his phenomenal ear for orchestral detail and sonority, and his photographic memory which gave him extraordinary command over a vast repertoire of orchestral and operatic works, and allowed him to correct errors in orchestral parts unnoticed by his colleagues for decades.
4. Leopold Stokowski ( April 18, 1882 in London, England, died September 13, 1977 in Nether Wallop, England) was the conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the NBC Symphony Orchestra, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and the Symphony of the Air. He was the founder of the New York City Symphony Orchestra and The American Symphony Orchestra. He conducted the music for and appeared in Disney's Fantasia.
5. Norah Jones (born Geethali Norah Jones Shankar on March 30, 1979) is an American singer-songwriter and occasional actress. Jones's career was launched with her massively successful 2002 debut album Come Away with Me, a contemporary pop album with a sensual, plaintive soul/folk/country tinge, which sold over twenty million copies worldwide and received eight Grammy Awards, including Jones's award as "Best New Artist". Jones's second album, Feels like Home, was released in 2004 to high sales.
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6. Ravi Shankar(born April 7, 1920, in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India) is an Indian composer best known for his virtuosity on the sitar.
Pandit Ravi Shankar is arguably the best-known Indian instrumentalist and is well known for his pioneering work in bringing the power and appeal of the Indian classical music tradition, as well as Indian music and its performers in general, to the West. This was done through his association with The Beatles (especially George Harrison) as well as with his own personal charisma. His musical career spans over six decades and Shankar currently holds the Guinness Record for the longest international career.
7. Billie Holiday (April 7, 1915 ? July 17, 1959), born Eleanora Fagan and later called Lady Day, was an American singer known equally for her difficult life and her emotive, poignant singing voice. Holiday has long been considered one of the greatest jazz voices of all time.
8. Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE[1][2] (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947) is an English pop/rock singer, composer and pianist.
In a career spanning five decades, Elton John has sold over 250 million records[3] and has over 50 Top 40 hits, making him one of the most successful musicians of all time. John was one of the dominant commercial forces in the rock world during the 1970s, with a string of seven consecutive #1 records on the U.S. album charts, 23 Top 40 singles, 16 Top 10 ones, and six #1 hits. His success had a profound impact on popular music, and contributed to the continued popularity of the piano in rock and roll.
9. Frankie Laine, born Francesco Paolo LoVecchio (March 30, 1913 ? February 6, 2007), was one of the most successful American singers of the twentieth century. Often billed as America's Number One Song Stylist, his other nicknames include Mr. Rhythm, Old Leather Lungs, and Old Man Jazz.
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10. Marvin Gaye (born Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr.) (April 2, 1939 ? April 1, 1984) was an American soul and R&B singer-songwriter, instrumentalist, record producer and performer who gained international fame as an artist on the Motown label in the 1960s and 1970s.
11. Joscelyn Eve Stoker (born 11 April 1987), best known by her stage name Joss Stone, is a Brit Award- and Grammy Award-winning English soul and R&B singer, songwriter, and occasional actress who has sold over 9 million albums worldwide.[1]
12. Eric Patrick Clapton CBE (born March 30, 1945), nicknamed "Slowhand", is a Grammy Award winning English guitarist, singer and composer, who is one of the most respected and influential musicians of the 20th century, garnering an unprecedented three inductions into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Often viewed as one of the greatest guitarists of all time among critics and fans alike, he was ranked 4th in Rolling Stone's list of The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time and #53 on their list of the The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. And on that list, he was also listed the second greatest living guitarist, behind B. B. King.
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"we're going to have baby soon, i let her know that hurt, in not a too serious tone but made my point, and got up and walked away. i was offended she'd say that, how dare she make fun of me like that."
is this true or was she making up a story?
"i try to give as much as i take in, but i can only help in the libra's boards, i can't pretend i know all the ins and outs of all the other signs. but when possible."
lol..i can totally relate..i am lost on the other boards!! i feel at home here. i like to read the pisces board to understand him better..but i can't give advise there...here i can.
without the pisces board, i would have been LOST in my relationship...they taught me how to look at things differently..a great asset i now apply in all my interactions, not just my romantic one.
I am TOTALLY in LOVE and it is mutual..we are talking about getting married. we are soul mates.
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I found it! her book 'the rising sign' actually reads as the sun signs itself, the sun sign characteristics of people in general, from reading her literature I get the impression that Gemini comes in at a close second in terms of charismatic force second to Scorpio; 'Scorpio Rising' 'Gemini Rising.'
sorry for the sexism in here, her book while its unusual, captivating and engaging is not without criticism - www.amazon.com//
one of her extrapolations on Geminian duality
"If he understands his true nature, it can be through this very restlessness that the Gemini rising learns and grows. In esoteric terms, the symbol of the twins is truly the duality of the human condition. Each man is both body and soul. When the inner adventure begins, the true integration occurs, the Gemini rising becomes one. The pull of the pair of polar opposites can be intense, causing the Gemini rising to swing rapidly like a pendulum, until he understands the necessity of bringing the spiritual and the mundane together within himself. His spiritual needs become as strong as his need to experience life. He finally learns how to provide himself with what he truely requires to become whole and fulfilled. He realizes that his true yearning and searching is for union with his inner self and higher self. His spiritual growh becomes profound. True integration means never being bored again."
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Hmmm...quite insightful ...Gfox.
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if a cancer woman is in love you will know it...we say it..and mean it. we say it often..and you can see it in our eyes. cancer emotions are written all over our faces..we can't hide the way we feel about anything. we look for love in return. we need to hear it back and often. if we feel insecure or neglected, we will try to make you jealous..we want your attention, not others. if we are in a good solid relationship..we only have eyes for you.
many of us have close friendships with other males..rest assured we love them like a brother, nothing else. we like male friendship, we feel like we don't have to compete. in all girl friendships we are in a competition..who is prettiest, who is smartest..ect..with guy friendships, we don't feel like that, we can just be ourselves. our guy pals are no threat to you. infact, we go to them for advise, a guy perspective, about you.
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'ROFL'=right or fuking left.
LOMAO=list of my akward openions.
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I really don't.
they're still awesome though.I'm weirdly proud of them