EOCM Programme for 14 June 2006

MUSIC & THE ZODIAC - Part 1

Could there be any shred of thruth in the idea that composers' styles are determined by the date they were born? Let's investigate...

14 June 2006: Part 1 (Aries - Cancer)

13 September 2006: Part 2 (Leo - Scorpius)

11 October 2006: Part 3 (Sagittarius - Pisces)

Aries (21 Mar - 20 Apr)

Self-assertive, pioneering, initiatory and with a significant capability for leadership

Johann Sebastian Bach (21 March 1685 – 28 July 1750)

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1 April 1873 – 28 March 1943)

Also: Mussorgsky, Schreker, Hasse, Bartók, d'Indy, Grofé, Walton, Haydn, Busoni, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Spohr,

Roussel, Tartini, d'Albert, Ginastera, Carissimi, von Suppé, Miaskovsky

Taurus (21 Apr - 20 May)

Patient, productive, sensual, comfort-loving and with a natural appreciation of beauty

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893)

Jules Massenet (12 May 1842 – 13 August 1912)

Also: Torelli, Prokofiev, Martini, Flotow, Millöcker, Léhar, Alfvén, Scarlatti, Soler, Moniuszko, Pfitzner, Graun,

Brahms, Stamitz, Gottschalk, Paisiello, Lyadov, Steiner, Fauré, Sullivan, MonteverdiSatie, Egk, Goldmark

Gemini (21 May - 21 Jun)

Mischievous, light-hearted, fond of mental companionship, great conversationalists

Richard Strauss (11 June 1864 – 8 September 1949)

Aram Khachaturian (6 June 1903 – 1 May 1978)

Also: Wagner, Moscheles, Rubbra, Françaix, Halévy, Raff, Albéniz, Korngold, Xenakis, Marais, Montemezzi, Glinka,

Elgar, Schumann, Nicolai, Nielsen, Albinoni, Grieg, Stravinsky, Bononcini, Gounod, Tubin, Stamitz, Zeller, Catalani,

Kraus, Offenbach

Cancer (22 Jun - 22 Jul)

Deeply caring (sometimes just a little over-sensitive), often noticeably dependent and visited by shifting emotions

Christoph Willibald von Gluck (2 July 1714 – 15 November 1787)

Gustav Mahler (7 July 1860 – 18 May 1911)

Also: Méhul, G Charpentier, Franz, Anderson, Benda, Janácek, Foster, Eisler, Grainger, Respighi, Wieniawski,

Orff, Finzi, Ysaÿe