March 6 is the birthday of Italian painter, sculptor, architect and poet MICHELANGELO (1475-1564).

"I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free."

"Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle."

"Genius is eternal patience."

Michelangelo " was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance. Born in the Republic of Florence, his work was inspired by models from classical antiquity and had a lasting influence on Western art. Michelangelo's creative abilities and mastery in a range of artistic arenas define him as an archetypal Renaissance man, along with his rival and elder contemporary, Leonardo da Vinci. Given the sheer volume of surviving correspondence, sketches, and reminiscences, Michelangelo is one of the best-documented artists of the 16th century. He was lauded by contemporary biographers as the most accomplished artist of his era." (Wikipedia)

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March 6 is the birthday of ANNIE FERAY MUTRIE (1826-1893).

Mutrie "was a British still-life painter. She exhibited regularly and she and her sister Martha were considered the best flower painters in oils." (Wikipedia)

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March 6 is the birthday of jazz guitarist WES MONTGOMERY (1923-1968).

"I never practice my guitar. From time to time I just open the case & throw in a piece of raw meat."

Montomber "was known for his unusual technique of plucking the strings with the side of his thumb, and for his extensive use of octaves, which gave him a distinctive sound.

Montgomery often worked with his brothers Buddy (Charles F.) and Monk (William H.) and with organist Melvin Rhyne. His recordings up to 1965 were oriented towards hard bop, soul jazz, and post bop, but around 1965 he began recording more pop-oriented instrumental albums that found mainstream success. His later guitar style influenced jazz fusion and smooth jazz." (Wikipedia)

March 6 is the birthday of Columbian author GABRIEL GARCÍA MARQUEZ (1927-2014).

"The heart's memory eliminates the bad and magnifies the good."

"I don't believe in God, but I'm afraid of Him."

García Márquez "started as a journalist and wrote many acclaimed non-fiction works and short stories. He is best known for his novels, such as One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967) which sold over fifty million copies, Chronicle of a Death Foretold (1981), and Love in the Time of Cholera (1985). His works have achieved significant critical acclaim and widespread commercial success, most notably for popularizing a literary style known as magic realism, which uses magical elements and events in otherwise ordinary and realistic situations." (Wikipedia)

March 6 is the birthday of French-American conductor LORIN MAAZEL (1930-2014).

"In these confused times, the role of classical music is at the very core of the struggle to reassert cultural and ethical values that have always characterized our country and for which we have traditionally been honored and respected outside our shores."

Maazel "began conducting at the age of eight and by 1953 had decided to pursue a career in music. He had established a reputation in the concert halls of Europe by 1960 but his career in the U.S. progressed far more slowly. He served as music director of The Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestre National de France, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the New York Philharmonic, among other posts. Maazel was well regarded in baton technique and had a photographic memory for scores. Described as mercurial and forbidding in rehearsal, he mellowed in old age." (Wikipedia)

March 6 is the birthday of New Zealand soprano KIRI TE KANAWA.

"Opera is for a lifetime, not just a minute."

Te Kanawa "received accolades in many countries, performing works composed in the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th centuries and singing in several languages. She was particularly associated with the music of Mozart, Verdi, and Puccini and Richard Strauss, and was often cast as an aristocrat.[6] Her extensive discography includes three albums which featured in the top forty in charts in Australia in the mid-1980s." (Wikipedia)