In 1708 John Blow died at about age in London, England. In 1733 Jean-Philippe Rameau’s opera “Hippolyte et Aricie” premiered in Paris at the Palais Royal Opéra. Henry Clay Work In 1832 Henry Clay Work was born in Middletown, Conn. A printer by trade, he wrote some famous popular songs, including “Grandfather’s Clock” (which led to the naming of a longcase clock), “Father, Come Home,” and “Marching Through Georgia” (which became the football fight song of Princeton University). Two of his piec [...]
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