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An Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.

By Doug Briscoe

What a day! Even with so many stars, however, it’s easy to pick the brightest—Duke Ellington—but another jazz meister, Toots Thielemans, was born on April 29, too. From the classical music world, we have no fewer than three prominent conductors, Thomas Beecham, Malcolm Sargent, and Zubin Mehta, along with composers Carl Millöcker and František Ondříček. We have the important Greek poet Constantine P. Cavafy, and just look at this roster of screen performers: Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Jerry Seinfeld, Tino Rossi, Uma Thurman, and Kate Mulgrew! And that still leaves us with perhaps the most important 18th-century Russian architect, painters from India and Hungary, a Czech writer, a Tamil poet, and Willie Nelson! So hold your breath.

Duke Ellington (29 April – May 24, ) needs no introduction, but classical music aficionados may not know that in the s he began composing longer pieces, leading eventually to his extended semi-symphonic Suites. The two US stamps—one of them from a set honoring vintage Black cinema—are joined by issues from Togo, Mali (x2), and France.
Coincidentally, two of the greatest English conductors, Sir Thomas Beecham ( – 8 March ) and Sir Malcolm Sargent ( – 3 October ) share an April 29 birthday. The similar design of the stamps is a clue that both of these come from the same set of four British conductor stamps issed by the UK in

Zubin Mehta turns 81 today. Born in Bombay (Mumbai), the son of a conductor and violinist, Zubin Mehta was named music director of the Montreal Symphony as long ago as , when he was just Since then, Mehta has been at the helm of the Philharmonic Orchestras of Los Angeles, New York, and Israel, as well as of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and Bavarian State Opera. In , Mehta appeared on a postal souvenir sheet issued by the Maldive Islands in commemoration of the anniversaries of the New York Philharmonic and of Linco

– album series by the Caretaker

Everywhere at the End of Time (commonly shortened to EATEOT) is the eleventh recording by the Caretaker, an alias of English electronic musician Leyland Kirby. Released between and , its six studio albums use degrading loops of sampledballroom music to portray the progression of dementia and related neurological conditions. Inspired by the success of An Empty Bliss Beyond This World (), Kirby produced Everywhere as his final major work under the alias. The albums were produced in Kraków and released over six-month periods to "give a sense of time passing", with abstract album covers by his friend Ivan Seal. The series drew comparisons to the works of composer William Basinski and electronic musician Burial, while the later stages were influenced by avant-gardist composer John Cage.

The series comprises over six hours of music, portraying a range of emotions and characterised by noise throughout. Although the first three stages are similar to An Empty Bliss, the last three depart from Kirby's earlier ambient works. The albums reflect the patient's disorder and death, their feelings, and the phenomenon of terminal lucidity. To promote the series, anonymous visual artist Weirdcore created music videos for the first two stages. At first concerned about whether the series would seem pretentious, Kirby thought of not creating Everywhere at all, but he ended up spending more time producing it than any of his other releases. The album covers received attention from a French art exhibition named after the Caretaker's Everywhere, an Empty Bliss (), a compilation of archived songs.

As each stage was released, the series received increasingly positive reviews from critics; its length and dementia-driven concept led many reviewers to feel emotional about the complete edition. Considered to be Kirby's magnum opus, Everywhere was one of the most praised music releases of the

Prefecture and commune in Corsica

This article is about the Corsican city. For the wine, see Ajaccio AOC. For the association football clubs, see AC Ajaccio and Gazélec Ajaccio.

Prefecture and commune in Corsica, France

Ajaccio (,, ; French: [aʒaksjo]; Italian: Aiaccio or Ajaccio[aˈjattʃo]; Corsican: Aiacciu[aˈjattʃu], locally:Aghjacciu[aˈɟattʃu]; Latin: Adiacium) is the capital and largest city of Corsica, France. It forms a French commune, prefecture of the department of Corse-du-Sud, and head office of the Collectivité territoriale de Corse (capital city of Corsica). It is also the largest settlement on the island. Ajaccio is located on the west coast of the island of Corsica, nautical miles (&#;km) southeast of Marseille.

The original city went into decline in the Middle Ages, but began to prosper again after the Genoese built a citadel in , to the south of the earlier settlement. After the C