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The first birdsong ever heard inside a symphony orchestra wasn't a flute imitating a bird. It was a real nightingale — playing on a gramophone record. In 1924, Italian composer Ottorino Respighi wrote an actual recording of a nightingale into "Pini di Roma" (Pines of Rome) — the first time a recording was ever placed inside a symphonic score. No instrument could fake that song. A quiet revolution in classical music. Today would have been his 147th birthday (born 9 July 1879, Bologna). His composition pupil Elsa became his wife in 1919 — and his greatest champion. After he died in 1936, she kept his music alive for almost 60 years, until her own death in 1996, so the world would never forget him. What we love doesn't vanish, as long as someone remembers. Send this to a musician or classical-music lover who keeps the great names alive. Follow @emoria.app for more lives worth remembering. #OttorinoRespighi #ClassicalMusic #PinesOfRome #Nightingale #Composer

Did you know? The screen's gentle giant was just as at home in the sky: Bud Spencer — born Carlo Pedersoli — earned a professional pilot's licence and logged over 2,000 flying hours. In 1984 he even founded his own airline, Mistral Air. Actor, Olympic swimmer, lawyer, inventor with his own patents — and a flight captain. All of that fit into a single life.

Today marks 13 years since James Gandolfini (1961–2013) passed away. American actor.