MARCH 2009 BIRTHDAYS Andre Rieu Fans
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HAPPY MARCH BIRTHDAY | |
| MARCH 10 | Manoe Konings |
| March 11 |
Dot Van der vyver |
| MARCH 17 |
INGE COSSETTE |
| MARCH 19 | Marcel Falize |
| MARCH 22 | Jet Gelens |
| MARCH 22 | Moderator Bill |
| MARCH 23 | Barb Henderson |
| MARCH 29 | Mirusia Louwerse |
| MARCH 31 | Roland Lafosse |
*When is YOUR Birthday? Please share with us by posting your birthday on our main birthday page and/or right here.
Join us in wishing all Andre Rieu Fans & Friends Around The World a Very Happy Birthday!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL THE BIRTHDAY PEOPLE..HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY.....
My birthday is the 12th February
Joy
MY BIRTHDAY 12 JUNE
Haaaaaaaaaa, Gordon, what are you doing in March????Happy birthday to all the March Children, I am one of them, too: St. Patric, 17th of March!!!
Webmommie...<~~ had to move Gordon to the June page.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MANOE!!
HAVE A FANTASTIC DAY.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE LAUGHS AND
THE MUSIC. YOU ARE SO ENJOYABLE!
I ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUN
AND TALENT YOU SHARE WITH YOUR FANS.
I HOPE YOUR DAY IS EVERYTHING YOU
EVER DREAMED OF!!
Manoe Konings, a happy birthday. You are a fantastic girl and musician. I hope you will be the same hapy person forever. Thank you because you make us laugh and dream with your music and performance. I wish much success to you. Kisses, Ester
HAPPY 50th BIRTHDAY BARBARA MILLICENT ROBERTS
You gave my daughter and me much enjoyment.
To those who aren't familiar with this young lady, she is the Mattel doll, BARBIE.Today she is 50 years old. Inge, this was my only doll fetish, as I made clothes & decorated her house. I think I had as much fun as my daughter. I can understand your interest in your minis.
Shirley, I have still 2 Barbie dolls, Ken and Barbie from the 7Os, I also dressed them for my daughter, but she was more interested in handicraft and painting, she never played with the dolls, when we made her a doll house, she said later to me, I made it more for myself, still have now the dolls , dressed differently, in my room boxes, she never plaid with them, neither my younger daughter. I never plaid with dolls either, just dressed them, haaaaaaa!
I had a Barbie Doll and my neighbor Billy, had a Ken. We didn't play dolls very often, but when we did we would have our dolls go on dates and go to school.
Haaaaaaaaaaaa, Sally, did you marry them off?? My daughter Jutta had one from a friend, she cut her hair and a nice cut I must say, you know when the hair were in front longer than in the back?
I remember those hair cuts. I had 3 Barbies from Japan. They had wigs that came with them, and their bosoms were smaller.
Bill and I had our Barbie and Ken kiss once....we were so innocent. I think we both blushed and never did that again.
Barbie was born for me a few years too late, but also in Germany we met her much later. My Godchild in Germany was nuts about her . I sent her all the remaining ones from Jutta and Sabine, only the first pair I kept, Sabine said, they will be high priced one day in the Antics Roadshow, haaaaaaaaaaa!
I think that is so apt !!!..
Barbie and Manoe on the same day..!!!
Happy, Happy Birthday Manoe, I wish you a day filled with much happiness. You bring so much laughter with your little antics which you deliver at remarkable accuracy. You share your many talents with every audience you 'grace'. We all enjoy your musical talent, and for just being you. Hope you share your day with family, friends, cake, cupcakes, balloons and a little 'Vino'. Love you girl - CELEBRATE ALL DAY !!!
Happy Birthday Manoe! Thank you so much for the beautiful music.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MANOE KONINGS
Miss Personality Plus, multi-talented, funny,cute,
vivacious. You've got it all. Enjoy your day.
I will never forget when (San Jose, CA) Manoe asked me...What are you ... a NUT?? Bela, Manoe and I, laughed and laughed. I had a photo for her to sign and it appeared I had taken it that very night. All was in good fun, and Manoe and Bela both signed photos as we chatted.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MANOE!!!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MANOE
XXOOXXOO
CONSTANCE
I wish you to add my birthday date to the March list. My birthday is the 11th. Thank you for a wonderful website and newsletters!
SA greetings
Please add my birthday date, the 11th to your list.
SA greetings
WELCOME DOT!!
AND A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU.
I WISH YOU LOTS OF FUN AND HAPPINESS.
Play some André music and that
Makes for a very happy day!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DOT
MANY BEST WISHES FOR YOUR DAY!
XXOO XXOO
HAVE A HAPPY BIRTHDAY DOT
MAY YOUR DAY BE FILLED WITH FUN AND LOVE
Happy birthday Manoe! Your birthday I will never forget, because my youngest girl was born the same day. You are one of my all time favorite of the JSO. Good health and lots of returns to Montréal and where ever I see you in Germany.
BIRTHDAY GREETINGS DOT
I wish you a very special day,
a day to celebrate that fact that
you are still alive.
Do something that makes you happy
Allow yourself to feel special, pamper yourself.
Celebrate life.
Celebrate YOU.
Just like the 'JACK-IN-THE-BOX', I am poppin up to wish DOT a Very Happy Birthday, filled with Warmest Wishes and
Thoughts, celebrate the day and pamper your self, sneak that second piece of cake, giggling all the while you are doing this and feel like a naughty girl,
just laughing, giggling and enjoying your SPECIAL DAY - welcome to our 'happy' fan site, and dance in 3/4 time all day long, of course singing is
always a must, a little "bubbly" would be a great idea. Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy.
A very Happy Birthday to Dot! May you have a beautiful day and I hope you will enjoy this site. We enjoy having you! Hugs
Happy Birthday INGE: Thinking of You on your Birthday and hoping that life will
always be especially good to you with favorite people, favorite places, favorite memories of the past - these are the joys of a lifetime - these are the things that last. Happiness always!!
Happy Birthday to my good friend Inge! I hope life holds many beautiful days for you. Big Hugs
MANOE KONINGS, belated Happy birthday. I'm looking forward to seeing & hearing you on 23 June 2009 here in Phoenix, Arizona.
I have apersonal message from Renata that I required to deliver.
Hopefully, you will be 1 of the 3 JSo members that come to theMeet & Greet, so I can deliver the message.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY INGE!
I WISH FOR YOU TO HAVE A
BEAUTIFUL DAY FULL OF HAPPINESS
AND EVERYTHING THAT’S WONDERFUL!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY INGE
MAY ALL YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE !!!!
Happy Birthday Inge. Enjoy your cake!
XXOO XXOO Constance
Happy Birthday Inge
An Irish blessing for you:
MAY YOU LIVE AS LONG AS YOU WANT
AND NEVER WANT AS LONG AS YOU LIVE.
Thank you all for your good wishes, I am an old woman now, but young at heart with a cat that is even older than I.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARCEL FALIZE
Right from the start you won our heart
With your flirty wink and a charming smile
All the ladies like your style.
BIRTHDAY WISHES TO MARCEL FALIZE, you are a handsome talented guy, with much charm. You give so much of your self to others through your music which makes a differance in so many lives. You are very much admired and appreciated for being a "truly special person" - may you enjoy a WONDERFUL DAY YOU DESERVE. Party 'hearty' my friend !!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARCEL FALIZE!!
I SO ENJOY YOUR MUSICAL TALENTS!
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE ENJOYMENT
YOU BRING TO US AND ESPECIALLY WHILE
PLAYING THE INCREDIBLE "BOLERO".
IT’S JUST FANTASTIC.
HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY!
Happy Birthday, Marcel
I hope today is memorable in some small way.
Am looking forward to seeing & hearing you & Glen, here in Phoenix on 23 June, 2009. I have front row, center section seats
Thank you for your enjoyable musical contributions. The photo I took of you during Bolero in Dec 2007, is now enshrined on the front of my JSO photo T-Shirt that I wear to concerts
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JET GELENS!
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE BEAUTIFUL MUSIC!!
I HOPE YOUR DAY IS EVERYTHING YOUR
HEART DESIRES, FILLED WITH LAUGHTER AND
HAPPINESS, FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
ENJOY YOUR DAY TO THE FULLEST!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BILL!!
THIS IS SUCH AN APPROPRIATE
MONTH FOR YOU,
IT’S VERY
GREEN !! JI HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY!
Happy Birthday to my friend Bill! I hope your day will be as great as you are.
Have many more wonderful ones!!
Happy Birthday to Jet Gelens. Thank you so much for the beautiful music. The violin is my favorite! Hope you have many more!
I'm going to the air show out at Luke AFB tomorrow. I will, of course be wearing my highly visable Chartreuse colored top, shorts, & socks
The F22 Raptor will be flying, I'll have my camera & plan to take a bunch of photos.
Thank you, EVERYONE, for your birthday wishes.
A Very Happy Chartreuse Birthday Mr Bill
Another candle on your cake?
Well, that's no cause to pout.
Be glad that you have strength enough
To blow the darn things out.
Remember, blowing out all those candles
is good excercise for your lungs.
Remembering the BIRTHDAY BOY MR BILL:
Wishing you a fantastic Birthday Bill, I
see you have finally descended from the
heights of the mountains. Last time we had words, you were on your follow up trip back up to challenge the peaks; as I haven't heard from you in all that time, figured you made your mark, fell in love with the wilderness, but came back down to celebrate your big day with friends and family. So, Mr Bill, our very own "Mountain Man", you party hearty, pass the cake and cookies, maybe a little 'vino' or beer and welcome back to terra firma. HAPPIEST BIRTHDAY WISHES ALL COLORED IN YOUR VERY
SHADE OF CHARTREUSE.
Sending 'Jet Gelens' many, many Across the Miles HAPPY BIRTHDAY WISHES. May your day be filled with lots of laughter
and joy as you celebrate and make all the wishes that I hope all come true for
you. Many thanks for sharing wonderful
musical moments with all your followers.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY WISHES TO BARB HENDERSON,
wishing you a wonderful day filled with
lots of happiness, tastie cakes, friends
and family galore, partying into the wee
hours of the night and may all your wishes come true.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Composer and Organist. One of the acknowledged giants of Western music and the greatest composer of the Baroque era. Bach's work represents the culmination of all the musical ideas of his era. He brought such techniques as counterpoint and fugue to their heights of expressiveness, and wrote masterpieces in every existing genre except opera.
Bach was born in Eisenach, Germany, into a family that boasted seven generations of musicians. His parents died before he was 10 and he went to live with an older brother, a church organist who treated him harshly but nevertheless gave him some instruction in the harpsichord. As a choirboy in Luneberg he received a good musical education, but he learned the most through independent study. Young Bach had an insatiable curiosity about music. He walked hundreds of miles throughout Germany to hear musicians like Buxtehude and Reinken, and memorized published scores from all over Europe, acquiring a comprehensive knowledge of current styles. Bach's exceptional abilities as an organist led to his first major appointments, at the New Church at Arnstadt from 1703 to 1707, in Mulhausen from 1707 to 1708, and as Court Organist for the Duke of Weimar from 1708 to 1717.
In 1707 he married his cousin, Maria Barbara Bach. They had seven children before she died in 1720. His first surviving son, Wilhelm Friedemann, was musically gifted but squandered his talent with dissolute living; his second, Carl Philipp Emanuel, became a great composer on his own. Bach was a devoted family man but outside the home he could be short-tempered when faced with incompetence or opposition. His relations with his employers were often combative. When the Duke of Weimar passed him over for a promotion Bach risked royal censure to become Music Director for Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Cothen, a position he held for six years. In 1721 he married Anna Magdalena Wilcken, a professional singer. They had 13 children, including future composer Johann Christian (later famous as "The London Bach").
Bach moved to Leipzig in 1723 and remained there the rest of his life, serving as Music Director of the St. Thomas Church and Choir School, which provided music for all the city's principal churches. In his last years Bach began to lose his eyesight. He was persuaded to undergo two operations in early 1750, but the procedures left him blind and ruined his health. He died of a stroke and was buried in the churchyard of St. John's in Leipzig. His grave went unmarked for nearly 150 years. In 1894 his coffin was finally discovered and reburied in a vault within the church. St. John's was destroyed by Allied bombing during World War II, and in 1949 Bach's remains were taken to their present resting place at Leipzig's Church of St. Thomas.
Few Baroque composers were independent artists, and Bach's music reflected the nature of his employment at various times of his life. From the beginning of his professional career until 1717 he was primarily an organist, and all his greatest works for that instrument were written then. They include the famous Toccata and Fugue in D Minor (c.1710). At Cothen, were religious services required very little music, he concentrated on instrumental compositions. Among them are the six "Brandenburg Concertos" (1721), recognized as the finest examples of the concerto grosso form; seven harpsichord concertos and two violin concertos; four orchestral suites; the "Double Concerto" for two violins and orchestra; and the bulk of his keyboard music. Standing out from the latter are Book I of the "Well-Tempered Clavier" (1722); the Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue; the "English Suites" and "French Suites"; the Two and Three-Part Inventions; and "The Little Clavier Book of Anna Magdalena Bach," a set of instructional pieces written for his wife. Always searching for ways to perfect his technique, he also made several adaptations of Vivaldi concertos for different instruments. At Leipzig Bach was determined to improve the quality of church music and he worked with renewed energy and inspiration. The "St. John Passion" (1723), "Magnificat" (1723), "St. Matthew Passion" (1729), and the towering Mass in B Minor (1738) have grandeur, drama, and imaginative and spiritual depth that are unequaled in early 18th Century music. Bach also wrote most of his approximately 340 cantatas (about 200 of which survive) at Leipzig. They are seldom performed today but excerpts from some are well-known: "Jesus Christ, the Son of God" from Cantata No. 4 ("Christ Lay in the Bonds of Death"); "Sleepers Awake," from the same-named Cantata No. 140; and "Jesus, Joy of Man's Desiring," from Cantata No. 147 ("Heart and Spirit"). During his last years, weary of church officials' resistance to his attempted reforms, Bach directed his final thoughts to secular vocal (the "Coffee Cantata") and instrumental pieces. The latter group includes the magnificent "Goldberg Variations" (1742) for harpsichord; Book II of the "Well-Tempered Clavier" (1744); and the "Musical Offering" (1747), composed for Frederick the Great. Bach left his final work, "The Art of the Fugue," unfinished. It is a monumental summation of everything he knew about that complex form that he, above all others, had mastered.
For many years after his death, Bach and his music were forgotten. He lived through one of the great transitional phases of musical history, as the Baroque era gave way to the Classical movement, which stressed harmony instead of counterpoint. Devoted to Baroque forms, Bach never considered adapting his style to the new trend. For this he was called old-fashioned by his contemporaries and obsolete by his successors. (His own son, C. P. E. Bach, once referred to him as "That old wig"). Another reason for Bach's decades of obscurity stems from the man himself. A devout Lutheran, he saw himself as a humble craftsman whose sole purpose was to serve God to the best of his ability with his music. He wrote no operas, which might have brought him fame and fortune; personal glory was abhorrent to him. He never travelled outside of Germany and rarely performed his music beyond the cities where he lived. Of his over 1000 compositions, fewer than a dozen were published in his lifetime.
Bach was even excluded from an important 1740 encyclopedia of German musicians because he refused to supply the author with biographical information. What notoriety he had was for his virtuosity as an organist, and this died with him. A handful of discerning musicians (Mozart was one of them) greatly admired his music, but this was a minority opinion. It was not until 1829, when German composer Felix Mendelssohn triumphantly revived the "St. Matthew Passion" in Berlin, that the world began to recognize his genius. In 1850, the Bach Gesellschaft was formed with the task of collecting and publishing all of Bach's music. The project took 50 years and resulted in 60 huge volumes. The riches they yielded go a long way to justifying Richard Wagner's claim that Bach represented "the most stupendous miracle of music."
Cause of death: Stroke
What a genius he was!I enjoy so much of his music. I think my favorite is Air on a G string, but then there's the Brandenburg concertos, another favorite.I even liked the weird cd called Switched On Bach, it's done on a synthesizer. But however you listen you have to recognize the genius of this man.His music is like a chest full of treasures to be discovered.
Thank you, Sally, for all the information about Bach. this is the kind of stuff that makes this website so interesting
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO JET GELENS
Wherever you are, whatever you do
I wish this day brings the best for you.
Happy Birthday to Johann Sebastian Bach. Though forgotten for many years, you are certainly appreciated today for all the music you composed and gave to the world. Thank you.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BARB HENDERSON!
I WISH YOU ALL THE HAPPINESS IN THE WORLD!
I HOPE YOUR DAY IS EVERYTHING YOU DESIRE IT
TO BE. ENJOY YOUR CAKE AND ENJOY SOME
WONDERFUL ANDRE MUSIC!
HAPPYHAPPYHAPPY BIRTHDAY BARBARA !
Happy Birthday Barb Henderson
To the lovliest Texas Rose I know.
You are someone special,
may your day be as special as you.
Happy Birthday Mr. Bill
21 and holding!
We all got together and made you a cake!
Can you identify all the ingredients?
a Hershey bar for the windshield
Life Saver for the rear tires
M&M for the headlights & tail lights
Licorice for the front bumper & the antenna
Krispy creme filled sandwish for the rear spoiler
Chocolate mint for the front tires
I'm trying to figure out what the wire in the background was used for or why it is in the photo
I like the paint job, color
sooooooo, how did I do?
thank you for remember my 64th birthday
HEY BILL, LAST TIME I HEARD YOU WERE LIKE 70? WHAT IS THE REAL AGE OF YOURS? MAN DOES NOT AGE, YOU KNOW? YOUNG AND FIT, AND NATURALLY MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS!
Green color, haaaaaaaaa!
IT IS REALLY CHARTREUSE!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BARBARA H!
Happy Birthday to Barbara. Hope your day is filled with happiness and lot of love and music!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BILL
I HOPE THIS IS THE HAPPIEST DAY FOR YOU .. EVER...
CONSTANCE XX OO
A very happy and healthy birthday and lots of André concerts this year, for Bill from Inge
JET, Belated Happy Birthday wishes
We share the same birthday, however I was born 3 or 4 decades before you.
Am looking forward to seeing & hearing you at the 23 June 2009 concert here in Phoenix.
I have center seats, center section, FRONT ROW I'll be wearing my JSO photo t-Shirt & wearing plenty of chartreuse colored attire
Wishing Mirusia the HAPPIEST BIRTHDAY as
you travel and make music for all to enjoy. May the Angels bring you many, many flowers, may all your dreams come true, and may lots of health and happiness always follow you ~
May these last BIRTHDAY WISHES OF MARCH,
BUT ALL WISHES BEING JUST AS FRESH, may your "Happy Birthday" Wishes bring you
much joy, laughter, and lots of happiness Roland. Where ever you are on this Birthday, may smiles and hugs be
plenty as you celebrate in 'good company' ~
Dear MIRUSIA
"Happy Birthay to you MIRUSIA,thank you for all the beautiful music with ANDRE RIEU
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MIRUSIA, I'm sure you are wowing the people of Japan right now. I hope you find some time to celebrate your birthday.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROLAND LaFOSSE.
YOU ARE THE "SUPERMAN" OF THE JSO.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MIRUSIA!!
I SEND YOU MY BEST WISHES FOR A WONDERFUL DAY.
MAY IT BE FILLED WITH MUCH HAPPINESS AND
MAY THE JOY LAST A LIFETIME.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE MUSIC,
IT IS ALWAYS A JOY TO LISTEN TO YOU SING.
I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT OUR NEXT CONCERT!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROLAND LAFOSSE!
THANKS FOR THE WONDERFUL MUSIC ALWAYS!
I HOPE YOU HAVE A FANTASTIC DAY AND MAY
IT BE CARRIED OVER THROUGHOUT THE YEAR!
ENJOY YOUR CAKE AND EAT IT TOO! J
Happy Birthday Mirusia. Thank you so much for the beautiful singing! See you in Reading!
Happy Birthday Roland. Thank you for the music!! May you have many more.
Happy Birthday Roland!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MIRUSA; I HOPE YOU HAVE A SPECIAL BIRTHDAY OVER IN JAPAN WITH ANDRE AND THE JOHANN STRAUSS ORC. LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN VANCOUVER AND HEARING YOU SING. ELAINE BURCH.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROLAND
XXOO CONSTANCE
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MIRUSIA
XXOO CONSTANCE
HAPPY BIRTHDAY FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
Composer. Part of the so-called Viennese School, and an important influence on both Mozart and Beethoven. Most of his creative life was spent in the service of the Esterhazy family. By the 1780s, his music had been published all over Europe, and he was well regarded in the music world. Although he did not invent either the symphony or the string quartet, he was a central figure in their development. His symphonies (especially the "Paris" and "London" sets) show a complete mastery of form and substance, setting the stage for the works of Mozart and Beethoven. Haydn helped transform the genre to a type of chamber music in which all parts play an equal role. These ideas directly influenced Mozart, who responded with six quartets dedicated to Haydn.
Hello Everyone!
Thank you for the sweet Birthday wishes! I had a great Birthday in Tokyo and Andre even mentioned it when we were on stage which was funny!
See you all soon!
From Mirusia. xxx
It was very sweet of him! Concerts cannot come soon enough!