President John Fitzgerald Kennedy - November 22, 1963

[ArrowMan]

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In solemn remembrance
of
President John F. Kennedy
who was assassinated fify years ago
this very day
on November 22, 1963 in
Dallas, Texas


President John Fitzgerald Kennedy
May 29, 1917 - November 22, 1963

Boston Symphony Orchestra Conductor Erich Leinsdorf
breaking the news of President Kennedy's assassination
while in a live performance of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
in Boston, Massachusetts
on the afternoon of November 22, 1963

Maestro Leinsdorf then and there suddenly decides to perform
Ludwig Von Beethoven's
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55
Second Movement -
Marcia Funebre: Adagio assai in C minor
or commonly known as
BEETHOVEN'S FUNERAL MARCH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVNKNz-lc6k#t=24
(please bear through the 15 second ad,
you really really HAVE to hear this totally HISTORIC MOMENT
in American and world history
and in the history
of
MUSIC itself .... PLEASE ..
once on the video, be SURE you start it at 0:00 to hear the annoucement and
the audience reaction)


Now this is my
musical contribution
to this very very tragic and sad sad day..

Frederic Chopin
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35
Third Movement -
Marche funebre: Lento
commonly known as
CHOPIN'S FUNERAL MARCH

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEX1dYyvmig
(be prepared, this is so so so so very powerful and moving)

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