Wednesday, October 4, 2017

ABC Wednesday—M is for "Monteverdi"


Claudio Monteverdi, Italian composer, string player,
and choirmaster, died in 1643, and is buried
here in the church of the Frari, in Venice.  Even now,
almost four centuries later, I've never seen his
gravesite without flowers left by a fan.

[To see more ABC photos, go here.]

Posted by Alexa at 00:01
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5 comments:

  1. Taken For GrantedOctober 4, 2017 at 8:46 AM

    We still greatly enjoy his music. Good photo.

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  2. italiafinlandiaOctober 5, 2017 at 3:25 AM

    Interesting and unusual photo.

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  3. Roger Owen GreenOctober 6, 2017 at 5:32 AM

    How sweet!
    ROG, ABCW

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  4. ABC-WednesdayOctober 6, 2017 at 5:56 AM

    Wonderful entry... how impressive he was, still is.

    Have a ♥-warming ABC-Wesnes-day / -week
    ♫ M e l ☺ d y ♫ (abc-w-team)
    http://melodymusic.nl/21-m/

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  5. DeepaOctober 9, 2017 at 6:57 AM

    Lovely post
    Thanks for sharing

    Click Here to see what Mrs. Dash Says

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