Name an admired historical figure.Explain why.

[nosuchthing]

Jeff Spicoli

Spicoli is a surfer dude who enjoys smoking marijuana.

He is always short of money and does not have a job. When Hamilton asks him why he doesn't have one, Spicoli answers that all he needs are "some tasty waves and a cool buzz". He purportedly received a guitar pick from Mick Jagger, whom he claims to have met after a Rolling Stones concert in Anaheim, California. His closest pals are two unnamed surfer dudes played by Eric Stoltz and Anthony Edwards. He also owns a pair of Tortoise colored Ray-Ban Wayfarer sunglasses, which he wears occasionally in Mr. Hand's class.

He saved Brooke Shields from drowning, and was rewarded with a large amount of money. He then blew it all by hiring Van Halen to play at his birthday party.

[joemanf]

Jeff Spicoli

Spicoli is a surfer dude who enjoys smoking marijuana.

He is always short of money and does not have a job. When Hamilton asks him why he doesn't have one, Spicoli answers that all he needs are "some tasty waves and a cool buzz". He purportedly received a guitar pick from Mick Jagger, whom he claims to have met after a Rolling Stones concert in Anaheim, California. His closest pals are two unnamed surfer dudes played by Eric Stoltz and Anthony Edwards. He also owns a pair of Tortoise colored Ray-Ban Wayfarer sunglasses, which he wears occasionally in Mr. Hand's class.

He saved Brooke Shields from drowning, and was rewarded with a large amount of money. He then blew it all by hiring Van Halen to play at his birthday party.

lol... That's from a movie. "Happy days at blah blah blah" or something. Also...

To keep this controversy-free however, we should limit our choices to pre-1950.

You have to follow the rules. Sorry.

[Wildor]

Not a Hard and Fast rule Joe.

The object is to keep choices free of controversy. Notice I wrote: "probably should".

[joemanf]

Ah, alright. Sorry about that lol

[Wildor]

Ah, alright. Sorry about that lol

No sweat my man!

[nosuchthing]

Born to Antonio Albinoni, a wealthy paper merchant in Venice, he studied violin and singing. Relatively little is known about his life, especially considering his contemporary stature as a composer, and the comparatively well-documented period in which he lived. In 1694 he dedicated his Opus 1 to the fellow-Venetian Pietro, Cardinal Ottoboni (grand-nephew of Pope Alexander VIII); Ottoboni was an important patron in Rome of other composers, such as Arcangelo Corelli. Albinoni was possibly employed in 1700 as a violinist to Charles IV, Duke of Mantua, to whom he dedicated his Opus 2 collection of instrumental pieces. In 1701 he wrote his hugely popular suites Opus 3, and dedicated that collection to Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany.

In 1705, he was married; Antonino Biffi, the maestro di cappella of San Marco was a witness, and evidently was a friend of Albinoni's. Albinoni seems to have no other connection with that primary musical establishment in Venice, however, and achieved his early fame as an opera composer at many cities in Italy, including Venice, Genoa, Bologna, Mantua, Udine, Piacenza, and Naples. During this time he was also composing instrumental music in abundance: prior to 1705, he mostly wrote trio sonatas and violin concertos, but between then and 1719 he wrote solo sonatas and concertos for oboe.

Unlike most composers of his time, he appears never to have sought a post at either a church or noble court, but then he was a man of independent means and had the option to compose music independently. In 1722, Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria, to whom Albinoni had dedicated a set of twelve concertos, invited him to direct two of his operas in Munich.

Around 1740, a collection of Albinoni's violin sonatas was published in France as a posthumous work, and scholars long presumed that meant that Albinoni had died by that time. However it appears he lived on in Venice in obscurity; a record from the parish of San Barnaba indicates Tomaso Albinoni died in 1751, of diabetes.

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[joemanf]

No sweat my man!

Lol
Anyways, here's another - Abe Lincolin. He was head of the Union during the American Civil War, plus he was voted by the people of today as "The best president ever" or something like that.

[CandleLite]

k so aside from Arther and Odin. oh and Freya. the only other one i can think of is my Grandpa. now i know he's not historic and 1/2 of his life is post 1950, but perhapes i can get a way with adding him to the list.
he lived thru the depression, served as a navel officer in WWII, went to Harvard busniss school on a full ride scolership, but troped out befor he graduated. movied back west to start a busness with his brother that he eventualy bought. after he reitred he and his wife traveled up and down the contanent and spoiled the 4 with love and attention. when his wife died he sold his house and continued to travel visiting their siblings, nieces and nephews all over the US. Just as he had cared for his parents in thier old age he was talked into moving in with us for his. his will to live outlatsed his body and he refused to give up the ghost untill he knew all his family was taken care of.
aside from that breafe and understated history what i admire most is that when he died he only had 2 regrets. that he had droped out of college, and that he had perchased a moterhome he didnt get to use more then 3 times.

[abracax]

Born to Antonio Albinoni, a wealthy paper merchant in Venice, he studied violin and singing. Relatively little is known about his life, especially considering his contemporary stature as a composer, and the comparatively well-documented period in which he lived. In 1694 he dedicated his Opus 1 to the fellow-Venetian Pietro, Cardinal Ottoboni (grand-nephew of Pope Alexander VIII); Ottoboni was an important patron in Rome of other composers, such as Arcangelo Corelli. Albinoni was possibly employed in 1700 as a violinist to Charles IV, Duke of Mantua, to whom he dedicated his Opus 2 collection of instrumental pieces. In 1701 he wrote his hugely popular suites Opus 3, and dedicated that collection to Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany.

In 1705, he was married; Antonino Biffi, the maestro di cappella of San Marco was a witness, and evidently was a friend of Albinoni's. Albinoni seems to have no other connection with that primary musical establishment in Venice, however, and achieved his early fame as an opera composer at many cities in Italy, including Venice, Genoa, Bologna, Mantua, Udine, Piacenza, and Naples. During this time he was also composing instrumental music in abundance: prior to 1705, he mostly wrote trio sonatas and violin concertos, but between then and 1719 he wrote solo sonatas and concertos for oboe.

Unlike most composers of his time, he appears never to have sought a post at either a church or noble court, but then he was a man of independent means and had the option to compose music independently. In 1722, Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria, to whom Albinoni had dedicated a set of twelve concertos, invited him to direct two of his operas in Munich.

Around 1740, a collection of Albinoni's violin sonatas was published in France as a posthumous work, and scholars long presumed that meant that Albinoni had died by that time. However it appears he lived on in Venice in obscurity; a record from the parish of San Barnaba indicates Tomaso Albinoni died in 1751, of diabetes.

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So why is it you admired him? You put up a biography of someone in history yet you never explained why.

[nosuchthing]

I did, it's a link to his music. Listen to it, that's all that needs to be said =)