Questo e Quello

Peace with your cries of useless lament!

Born on this day in 1936 soprano Rita Shane.

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Born on this day in 1933 soprano Rita Hunter. 

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Lh_Y2rcsso

Born on this day in 1771 novelist Walter Scott.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpMWJVPWOTQ

Born on this day in 1872 composer Harold Fraser-Simson.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gn5LGlXJEv4

Born on this day in 1875 composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkqaSqwHlsw

Born on this day in 1890 composer Jacques Ibert.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCU9aSYAkjM

Born on this day in 1895 tenor Ettore Parmeggiani.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cslvGVpz8Ho

Born on this day in 1922 composer Lukas Foss.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttLNvsN_BCg

Born on this day in 1924 soprano Elsie Morison.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYb6P26edck

Happy 92nd birthday baritone Robert Massard.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaEtyWjXyDg

Born on this day in 1936 soprano Rita Shane.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzYqnQ7-J9Y

Happy 74th birthday mezzo-soprano Hanna Schwarz.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WDbCTrnSM8

Happy 61st birthday tenor Bruce Ford.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wx4HUnVW14E

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