On this day in music history - The album The Beautiful Voice, by Renée Fleming, Jeffrey Tate and the English Chamber Orchestra (1998)

The Beautiful Voice

by Renée Fleming, Jeffrey Tate and the English Chamber Orchestra

was released on January 7, 1998.

Track list:

Depuis le jour (Louise); Jewl song (Faust); Gavotte (Manon); Songs my mother taught me (Gypsy melodies); The last rose (Martha); Chi il bel sogno di Doretta (La rondine); Mariettas Lied (Die tote Stadt); In trutina (Carmina Burana); Morgen!; Vocalise; Csardas (Die Fledermaus); Vilja-Lied (Die lustige Witwe); Epilogo (Luna); Bailero (Chants d'Auvergne).

On this day in music history - The album Tonight: Welthits von Berlin bis Broadway, by Renée Fleming, Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann and Klaus Florian Vogt (2014)

Tonight: Welthits von Berlin bis Broadway

by Renée Fleming, Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann and Klaus Florian Vogt

was released on January 7, 2014.

Track list:

Lincke: Frau Luna: Berliner Luft (Live); Gershwin: Pardon My English: The Loreley (Live); Gershwin: Strike Up The Band: Overture (Live); Bernstein: West Side Story: Maria (Live); F. Loewe: My Fair Lady: I Could Have Danced All Night (Live); Weill: One Touch Of Venus: Foolish Heart (Live); Bernstein: West Side Story: Tonight (Live); Tauber: Der singende Traum: Du bist die Welt für mich (Live); Gershwin: Lady Be Good: Fascinating Rhythm (Live); Berlin: Annie, Get Your Gun: Anything You Can Do (Live); Tonight - Welthits von Berlin bis Broadway (Live).

 

On this day in music history - The album Connections, by Sherry Finzer (2022)

Connections

by Sherry Finzer

was released on January 7, 2022.

Track list:

Peace at Home; Through the Veil; Red Hawk Hill; A New Day; Connections; Bella's Moon; Highland Waterfall; Wind Spirit; Ever Same; Greatest Blessings; The Crossing Place; Journey With Spirit.

On this day in music history - The album Clouds Below, by 2002 (2023)

Clouds Below

by 2002

was released on January 7, 2023.

Track list:

Soulmate; Glimmering Hope; Landing; City Blue; First Light of Dawn; The Flight Home; Clouds Below; Air and Light; Riding the Current; Everyday Miracles.

Sylvia Plath, on being a writer and an introvert:

 

We stayed at home to write,

to consolidate our outstretched selves.
 
- Sylvia Plath.

Recommended reading - The Stop-motion Filmography

 

The Stop-motion Filmography

A Critical Guide to 297 Features Using Puppet Animation

by Neil Pettigrew.
 
2-Volume Set.
Published by McFarland & Company.
Published 2007.
Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0786431075
ISBN-13: 978-0786431076
 
Description:
 

This is a major McFarland reference work providing in-depth analyses of all puppet animation sequences in every film that has featured the process, including King Kong and Jason and the Argonauts. The focus is on how effective the sequence was and how it was executed. In addition to the analysis, each entry provides title, year of release, cast and production credits including producer, director, screenplay, director of photography, art director or production designer, music, stop-motion animators, armature builders, puppet makers, stop-motion cameramen, sequence supervisors, and more. Ratings of the film and of the effectiveness of its stop-motion sequences are also given.

 

“Gargantuan...an insightful and affectionate tribute to [puppet animation] films. Brilliant color photographs shine out alongside numerous black and white photos...recommended.” – Choice.
 
“Well-researched, well-written and a solid addition.” – Video Watchdog.
 
“Detailed…a ‘must have’.” – Famous Monsters of Filmland.
 
“Amazing...thousands of details...an important work.” – Association Internationale du Film d'Animation (ASIFA) / The International Animated Film Association.
 
“A mightily impressive tome...exhaustive...an essential book for stop motion fans.” – SFX Magazine.
 
“Staggeringly comprehensive study...provides shot-by-shot analysis of every stop-motion sequence in every known feature film that uses the process...Pettigrew’s thoroughness and accuracy border on the astounding...a work of impeccable scholarship.” – Scarlet Street.
 
“A treasure-trove of information.” – Ani-Mato.
 
“Superbly researched and informative text and illustrations...provides in-depth analyses of all puppet animation sequences...a valuable source of information...immaculately researched and written in a lucid and very readable manner” – Talking Pictures Magazine.
 

Born on this day – Florence Turner:

Florence Turner

Actress

January 6, 1885 – August 28, 1946

Credits:

Whistling in Brooklyn (1943); Thousands Cheer (1943); One Rainy Afternoon (1936); Hollywood on Parade (1934); He Couldn't Take It (1933); The Animal Kingdom (1932); The Sign of the Cross (1932); Sinners in the Sun (1932); The Trial of Vivienne Ware (1932); Taxi (1931); The Ridin' Fool (1931); King of Jazz (1930); The Rampant Age (1930); The Iron Mask (1929); The Kid's Clever (1929); The Pace That Kills (1928); Jazzland (1928); Walking Back (1928); The Road to Ruin (1928); Marry the Girl (1928); The Law and the Man (1928); Sally in Our Alley (1927); The Cancelled Debt (1927); The Chinese Parrot (1927); Stranded (1927); College (1927); The Broken Gate (1927); The Overland Stage (1927); Padlocked (1926); Flame of the Argentine (1926); The Last Alarm (1926); The Gilded Highway (1926); The Dark Angel (1925); The Price of Success (1925); Never the Twain Shall Meet (1925); The Mad Marriage (1925); Janice Meredith (1924); Women and Diamonds (1924); The Boatswain's Mate (1924); Sally Bishop (1923); Hornet's Nest (1923); Was She Justified? (1922); The Street Tumblers (1922); The Lights o' London (1922); The Little Mother (1922); The Old Wives' Tale (1921); All Dolled Up (1921); Passion Fruit (1921); Three Men in a Boat (1920); Blackmail (1920); The Ugly Duckling (1920); Thirty Minutes in Havana (1920); Old Dials for New (1920); The Brand of Lopez (1920); Oh, It's E.Z. (1919); Fool's Gold (1919); East Is East (1916); Grim Justice (1916); Doorsteps (1916); A Welsh Singer (1915); Far from the Madding Crowd (1915); Lost and Won (1915); My Old Dutch (1915); Alone in London (1915); As Ye Repent (1915); Snobs (1914); Shopgirls: or, The Great Question (1914); One Thing After Another (1914); Polly's Progress (1914); Through the Valley of Shadows (1914); The Shepherd Lassie of Argyle (1914); For Her People (1914); Flotilla the Flirt (1914); Daisy Doodad's Dial (1914); The Murdoch Trial (1914); Creatures of Habit (1914); The Harper Mystery (1913); The Lucky Stone (1913); The Younger Sister (1913); Pumps (1913); Rose of Surrey (1913); Jean's Evidence (1913); Up and Down the Ladder (1913); Counsellor Bobby (1913); The Deerslayer (1913); A Window on Washington Park (1913); Let 'Em Quarrel (1913); Checkmated (1913); The House in Suburbia (1913); Sisters All (1913); The One Good Turn (1913); Under the Make-Up (1913); Stenographer Troubles (1913); The Skull (1913); Cutey and the Twins (1913); Everybody's Doing It (1913); What a Change of Clothes Did (1913); The Wings of a Moth (1913); While She Powdered Her Nose (1912); The Signal of Distress (1912); Susie to Susanne (1912); The Servant Problem; or, How Mr. Bullington Ran the House (1912); Una of the Sierras (1912); The Face or the Voice (1912); When Persistency and Obstinacy Meet (1912); She Cried (1912); The Irony of Fate (1912); A Vitagraph Romance (1912); The Loyalty of Sylvia (1912); Two Cinders (1912); Flirt or Heroine (1912); Wanted... a Grandmother (1912); Aunty's Romance (1912); Her Diary (1912); Mrs. Carter's Necklace (1912); Indian Romeo and Juliet (1912); Jean Intervenes (1912); The Path of True Love (1912); A Red Cross Martyr; or, on the Firing Lines of Tripoli (1912); One Touch of Nature (1911); Hypnotizing the Hypnotist (1911); Auld Lang Syne (1911); Wig Wag (1911); The Answer of the Roses (1911); Forgotten; or, an Answered Prayer (1911); Cherry Blossoms (1911); Florence Turner in Jealousy (1911); The Thumb Print (1911); The Wrong Patient (1911); Birds of a Feather (1911); Intrepid Davy (1911); The Stumbling Block (1911); Proving His Love; or, the Ruse of a Beautiful Woman (1911); The Sacrifice (1911); The Show Girl (1911); Prejudice of Pierre Marie (1911); The Spirit of the Light; or, Love Watches on Through the Years (1911); For His Sake; or, the Winning of the Stepchildren (1911); Captain Barnacle's Courtship (1911); A Tale of Two Cities (1911); The New Stenographer (1911); Jean Rescues (1911); Where the Winds Blow (1910); Dixie Mother (1910); The Winning of Miss Langdon (1910); A Tin-Type Romance (1910); Love, Luck and Gasoline (1910); Francesca da Rimini (1910); Jean Goes Fishing (1910); In the Mountains of Kentucky (1910); Auld Robin Gray (1910); Brother Man (1910); Renunciation (1910); Jean the Match-Maker (1910); Rose Leaves (1910); The Men Haters' Club (1910); Back to Nature; or, the Best Man Wins (1910); Her Mother's Wedding Gown (1910); Peg Woffington (1910); Uncle Tom's Cabin (1910); Davy Jones and Captain Bragg (1910); Wilson's Wife's Countenance (1910); Over the Garden Wall (1910); Sisters (1910); St. Elmo (1910); For Her Sister's Sake (1910); Ranson's Folly (1910); Twelfth Night (1910); Caught in His Own Trap (1910); A Pair of Schemers; or, My Wife and My Uncle (1910); A Midsummer Night's Dream (1909); A Gift from Santa Claus (1909); The Heart of a Clown (1909); Launcelot and Elaine (1909); Florence Turner in His Masterpiece (1909); The Three Kisses (1909); Fuss and Feathers (1909); King Lear (1909); Kenilworth (1909); A Daughter of the Sun (1909); An Unexpected Santa Claus (1908); The Merchant of Venice (1908); Miss Sherlock Holmes (1908); The New Stenographer (1908); Saved by Love (1908); Ex-Convict No. 900 (1908); Richard III (1908); Romance of a War Nurse (1908); Love Will Find a Way (1908); Romeo and Juliet (1908); Macbeth (1908); Tale the Autumn Leaves Told (1908); Francesca di Rimini; or, the Two Brothers (1908); The Last Cartridge, an Incident of the Sepoy Rebellion in India (1908); The Gipsy's Warning (1907); Cast Up by the Sea (1907); Bargain Fiend; or, Shopping à la Mode (1907); Athletic American Girls (1907); How to Cure a Cold (1907).