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.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sei_pezzi_per_pianoforte>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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