Questo e Quello

Nous voulons explorer la bonté contrée énorme où tout se tait

Born on this day in 1880 poet Guillaume Apollinaire. 

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caligrammeBorn on this day in 1880 poet Guillaume Apollinaire. 
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRJSHLuyov8

Born on this day in 1913 tenor Gino Sinimberghi.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRAqM8XfdIM

Born on this day in 1915 soprano Gré Brouwenstijn.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7O7Evb8NSc

Born on this day in 1923 conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ht12m2Uua6o

Happy 77th birthday mezzo-soprano Gwendolyn Killebrew.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZQ9x-E10Gg

Also Happy 77th birthday conductor Nicholas Braithwaite.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=my0Pc7PCGTU

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