Monthly Archives: July 2016

Alexis Emmanuel Chabrier

Posted on July 9, 2016 by beaugrand

  Chabrier at the piano, Adolphe Julien, Arthur Boisseau, Camille Benoît, Edmond Maître, Antoine Lascoux, Vincent d’Indy and Amédée Pigeon He was a French Romantic composer and pianist. Although known primarily for two of his orchestral works, España and Joyeuse … Continue reading →

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Joseph Maurice Ravel

Posted on July 9, 2016 by beaugrand

Joseph-Maurice Ravel was a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composers rejected the term. 1875-1937 age 62

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Johannes Brahms

Posted on July 9, 2016 by beaugrand

  Johannes Brahms was a German composer and pianist. Born in Hamburg into a Lutheran family, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna, Austria. In his lifetime, Brahms’s popularity and influence were considerable. Influenced by: Ludwig van Beethoven, … Continue reading →

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Claude-Achille Debussy

Posted on July 9, 2016 by beaugrand

Claude-Achille Debussy was a French composer. Along with Maurice Ravel, he was one of the most prominent figures associated with Impressionist music, though he himself disliked the term when applied to his compositions. Influenced by: Frédéric Chopin, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, … Continue reading →

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Madame C. J. Walker 1867-1919 age 51

Posted on July 9, 2016 by beaugrand

1867-1919 age 51 Madame C. J. Walker, Indianapolis entrepreneur and philanthropist and a political and social activist. Eulogized as the first female self-made millionaire in America, she became one of the wealthiest African-American women in the country. Walker made her … Continue reading →

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Compagnies Franches de la Marine, 1683-1760

Posted on July 9, 2016 by beaugrand

Jean Baptiste Monty né en France en 1702 et mourut en Nouvelle France (Québec) sur 1755 dans l’affaire Chambly à l’âge de 53 ans. Mon côté maternel de ma famille descend de Jean B. Monty. J’ai trouvé qu’il y a … Continue reading →

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Nouvelle France / New France 1554-1764 and the Louisiana purchase to the United States 1803

Posted on July 9, 2016 by beaugrand

For nearly two and a half centuries up to 1763, the term “New France” designated those regions of the Americas claimed in the name of French kings or occupied by their subjects. Early in the eighteenth century, New France reached … Continue reading →

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Patrice Émery Lumumba

Posted on July 5, 2016 by beaugrand

  Patrice Émery Lumumba was a Congolese independence leader and the first democratically elected leader of the Congo as prime minister. Quote – “Without dignity, there is no liberty, without justice there is no dignity, and without independence, there are no … Continue reading →

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Blue jeans

Posted on July 4, 2016 by beaugrand

  Blue jeans. In the late 16th century the cotton cloth used to make jeans was called Genoa fustian after Genoa, Italy, where it was first woven. Genoa was shortened to Gene and then Jean by Englishmen, fustian was dropped, and the … Continue reading →

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L’histoire de Eve / The history of Eve

Posted on July 4, 2016 by beaugrand

The History of Eve So we have a small group that was isolated from other hominid species and eventually evolved (as a group) to Homo-Sapiens. This group proliferated and gave rise to the variability of humans across the globe but … Continue reading →

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