Composers of the day: October 30

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OCTOBER 30

NINA PEROVIC - SERBIA

Born 30 October

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MARIA POKRZYWINSKA - POLAND

Born 30 October

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30 OCTOBER 2019

JULIE RIVÉ-KING - USA

BORN 30 OCTOBER

Julie Rivé-King (30 October 1854 – 28 July 1937) was an American pianist and composer.

Julie Rivé-King was born on October 30, 1854 in Cincinnati, Ohio, of parents Caroline Staub Rivé and Léon Rivé. Her mother was a singer, teacher and composer who studied with Manuel Garcia in France, and her father was an artist and teacher.

Jullie took music lessons from her mother and appeared in recitals at age eight. She studied at the Cincinnati Conservatory with Henry Andrès and in 1870 in New York with Sebastian Bach Mills, William Mason, Francis Korbay and Dionys Pruckner. She also studied in Europe with Franz Liszt and Carl Reinecke and made her debut in Leipzig in 1873. She began a concert tour of Europe, but returned to the US when her father was killed in a railroad accident.

She made a debut in Cincinnati in 1874, officially debuted the next year with the New York Philharmonic and then toured the Eastern and Midwestern US. In 1876 she married Frank H. King, her manager, and began a career as a composer and teacher, though still working as a concert pianist. To enhance her reputation, King persuaded her to publish his own works under her name. During her lifetime six companies published compositions by King but bearing Rivé-King’s name. She moved to Chicago in 1990 and took a position at the Bush Conservatory.

Rivé-King composed mostly for piano. Her works are: Chopin's Introduction and Variations on 'La ci darem la mano', Op.2 transcription (1878); Gems of Scotland (1878); Hand in Hand (1878); On Blooming Meadows (1878); Pensées dansantes (1878); Domenico Scarlatti's Sonata in A major transcription (1879) and others.

Source: Wikipedia and Encyclopedia

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GRACE SLICK - USA
BORN 30 OCTOBER

Grace Barnett Wing Slick (born October 30, 1939) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, artist and former model, widely known in rock and roll history for her role in San Francisco's burgeoning psychedelic music scene in the mid-1960s. Her music career spanned four decades. She performed with The Great Society, Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship and Starship. She also had a sporadic solo career. Slick provided vocals on a number of well-known songs, including "Somebody to Love," "White Rabbit," "We Built This City," and "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now."

Slick, famous as a rock 'n roll diva, was one of the earliest female rock stars alongside her close contemporary Janis Joplin, and was an important figure in the development of rock music in the late 1960s. Her distinctive vocal style and striking stage presence exerted influence on other female performers, including Stevie Nicks, Patti Smith, and Terri Nunn (of "Berlin" fame).

Between 1985 and 1999, Slick was the oldest female vocalist on a Billboard Hot 100 chart-topping single. "We Built This City" reached number one on November 16, 1985, shortly after her 46th birthday. The previous record was age 44 for Tina Turner, with 1984's number-one smash, "What's Love Got To Do With It". Turner (who is one month younger than Slick) turned 45 two months after the song topped the charts. Slick broke her own record in April 1987 at age 47 when "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" topped the US charts. Her record stood for 12 years, but was ultimately broken by Cher, who was 53 in 1999 when "Believe" hit number one.

She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 as a member of Jefferson Airplane.

Source: Wikipedia and Steve Hoffmann

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