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On This Day:

The American composer, conductor, and arranger Henry Mancini  (Enrico Nicola Mancini) was born on this day in 1924. His best known works were the themes for The Pink Panther films and the television series Peter Gunn.

You can read more about Henry Mancini here.

Also have a listen to both of his well-known themes here and here.

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On This Day:

 

On this day in 1918, the composer Claude Debussy died in Paris aged 55.

 

(from: http://www.historyorb.com). 

 

You can watch Angela Hewitt play ‘Clair de Lune’ via YouTube here.