Thomas Beecham (1879-1961)
Wallingford Riegger (1885-1961)
Sir Malcom Sargent (1895-1967)
Edward "Duke" Ellington (1899-1974)
Peter Sculthorpe (1929-2014)
Willie Nelson (1933)
Klaus Voormann (1938)
Leslie Howard (1948)
Eero Hämeenniemi (1951)
Gino Quilico (1955)
and
Constantine P. Cavafy (1863-1933)
William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951)
Robert Gottlieb (1931)
Yusef Komunyakaa (1947)
From the New Music Box:
On April 29, 1969, Duke Ellington was invited to the White House to
receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom on his 70th birthday. At the
event, U.S. President Richard Nixon played "Happy Birthday" on the piano
accompanied by the Duke Ellington Orchestra.
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