![]() ![]() “Joie de vivre” means “joy of living” in French. “Tabula rasa” translates literally from Latin as “scraped tablet”. Tabula rasa (plural “tabulae rasae”) is the idea that people are born with a “blank, clean slate”, and that knowledge comes from experience and perception. Nash had over 500 such works published between 19. Ogden Nash was a poet from Rye, New York who is remembered for his light and quirky verse. He was only 38 years old when he died in 1937 from a brain tumor. Surprisingly, Porgy and Bess was a commercial failure, and so Gershwin moved to Hollywood and started composing very successful film scores. Another noted work is the opera “Porgy and Bess” that was first performed in 1935. ![]() Gershwin’s best known works for orchestra are the magnificent “Rhapsody in Blue” from 1924 and “An American in Paris” from 1928. George Gershwin was a remarkable composer in so many ways, not least in that he was respected for both his popular and classical compositions. I had the privilege of visiting Sax’s grave in the Cemetery of Montmartre in Paris a few years ago. Sax developed lip cancer at one point in his life, and one has to wonder if his affliction was related to his saxophone playing (I am sure not!). The saxophone was invented by Belgian musician Adolphe Sax, hence the name. 8 Pair sharing a <3 necklace, probably : BFFSġ2 Instruments in some Gershwin works : ALTO SAXES To wear more than one hat is to have more than one role. Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Across ![]()
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