The Sei pezzi per pianoforte ('Six pieces for piano'), assigned catalogue number P 044, is a set of six solo piano pieces composed by the Italian composer Ottorino Respighi between 1903 and 1905. These predominantly salonesque pieces are eclectic, drawing influence from different musical styles and composers, particularly music of earlier periods. The pieces have various musical forms and were composed separately and later published together between 1905 and 1907 in a set under the same title for editorial reasons; Respighi had not composed them as a suite, and therefore did not intend to have uniformity among the pieces. Styles present in the set include Baroque, Impressionism, Classicism, and Romanticism. The set, under Bongiovanni, became his first published work. Five of the six pieces are derived from earlier works by Respighi, and only one of them, the "Canone", has an extant manuscript.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1915:

World War I: Hit by ground fire, French aviation pioneer Roland Garros landed his aircraft behind enemy lines and was taken prisoner. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Garros_%28aviator%29

1938:

Superman, created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster of DC Comics, made his debut in Action Comics #1, the first true superhero comic book. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_Comics_1

1949:

The Republic of Ireland Act 1948 came into force, declaring Ireland a republic and terminating its membership in the British Commonwealth of Nations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland

2019:

The United States Department of Justice released a redacted version of the Mueller report about the investigation to Congress and the public. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mueller_report

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

footbath: 1. The act of soaking or washing the feet. 2. A small basin or bath designed for soaking or washing the feet. 3. A liquid mixture, often medicinal, for soaking or washing the feet with. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/footbath

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

Russia calls it a "military operation", and not a war. But look what happened in Bucha. It's clear that is not even a war. It's a genocide. They just killed people, not soldiers, people. They just shot people in the streets. People were riding bicycles, taking the bus, or just walking down the street. There were corpses lying in the streets. These were not soldiers. They were civilians.   --Volodymyr Zelenskyy https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Volodymyr_Zelenskyy