This is the grave of Arthur Foote. Born in 1853 in Salem, Massachusetts, Foote went to Harvard and eventually moved to Boston. The family was ancient New England, Revolutionary War.
This is the grave of both Marian Anderson and James DePriest. Born in 1897 in Philadelphia, Anderson grew up in the Black working class. Her father sold ice and later.
This is the grave of Samuel Barber. Born in 1910 in West Chester, Pennsylvania, Barber grew up as part of the early 20th century elite. His family went back generations.
This is the grave of Sergei Rachmaninoff. Born in 1873 in Russia, Rachmaninoff came from one of the nation's oldest and most elite families. Many members of his family were.
This is the grave of Artur Rodzinski. Born in 1892 in Split, in what is today Croatia, Rodzinski grew up in the elite of the late Austro-Hungarian Empire. His father.
This is the grave of Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre Bernstein. Louis Bernstein was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts in 1918 to Ukrainian Jewish immigrant parents. The family was upwardly mobile.
I certainly don't care about the fate of most record labels, but streaming services increasingly make it difficult for musicians in less popular genres like jazz or classical to survive..
The great composer has passed at the age of 103. Here's a recording of his 1976 piece "A Symphony of Three Orchestras," performed by Pierre Boulez and the New York.
