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| + | "I owe my [[soul]] to the [[company store]]."--"[[Sixteen Tons]]" (1946) by Merle Travis | ||
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| + | "[[Jazz]] is a lean and athletic music, unobsessed with romantic or commercial love. It shuns sentimentality and the languors of romantic desire. It demands monastic and arduous devotion from its practitioners, and when it deals with sex, does so frankly, without shame or furtiveness. While avoiding invidious comparisons, it is scarcely necessary to point out the erotic basis and quality of much revered [[Romantic music]]. There are examples like the ''[[Tristan und Isolde]]'' [[Liebestod]], the ''[[Verklärte Nacht]]'' of Schoenberg, and many a church Mass, in which the amorous content, enfolded in sensuous textures, even if unrecognized, is none the less gratefully and luxuriously yielded to by most listeners."--''[[Shining Trumpets, a History of Jazz]]'' (1946) by Rudi Blesh, p. 200 | ||
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| + | ""[[There's No Business Like Show Business]]" is an [[Irving Berlin]] song, written for the 1946 musical ''[[Annie Get Your Gun (musical)|Annie Get Your Gun]]'' and orchestrated by [[Ted Royal]]. The song, a slightly tongue-in-cheek salute to the glamour and excitement of a life in [[show business]], is sung in the musical by members of [[Buffalo Bill|''Buffalo Bill's Wild West'' Show]] in an attempt to persuade [[Annie Oakley]] to join the production."--Sholem Stein | ||
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| + | '''1946''' was the 946th year of the [[2nd millennium]], the 46th year of the [[20th century]], and the 7th year of the [[1940s]] decade. | ||
| == Art and culture == | == Art and culture == | ||
| ===Literature=== | ===Literature=== | ||
| + | ===Fiction=== | ||
| *''[[I Spit On Your Graves]]'' by Boris Vian | *''[[I Spit On Your Graves]]'' by Boris Vian | ||
| + | *[[On Exactitude in Science]], short story by Borges | ||
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| + | ===Non-fiction=== | ||
| + | *"[[Entomology of the Pin-Up Girl]]" by André Bazin | ||
| + | * ''[[Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature]]'' by Erich Auerbach | ||
| + | *"[[The Great Trouble with Art in This Country]]" by Marcel Duchamp | ||
| + | *''[[Shining Trumpets, a History of Jazz]]'' by Rudi Blesh | ||
| + | *''[[A Little Yes and a Big No]]'' | ||
| ===Art=== | ===Art=== | ||
| *''[[Wayward Landscape]]'' by [[Marcel Duchamp]] | *''[[Wayward Landscape]]'' by [[Marcel Duchamp]] | ||
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| *''[[Beauty and the Beast (1946 film)|Beauty and The Beast]]'' by Jean Cocteau | *''[[Beauty and the Beast (1946 film)|Beauty and The Beast]]'' by Jean Cocteau | ||
| *''[[The Strange Woman]]'' | *''[[The Strange Woman]]'' | ||
| - | ===Theory=== | + | ===Music=== |
| - | *"[[Entomology of the Pin-Up Girl]]" by [[Bazin]] | + | *[[July 29, 1946 Charlie Parker session|"Lover Man" Charlie Parker session]] |
| + | *[[Misirlou]] by Jan August | ||
| == Births == | == Births == | ||
| - | *[[Loleatta Holloway]] | + | * [[November 5]] - [[Loleatta Holloway]], American singer (d. 2011) |
| + | * [[December 14]] - [[Jane Birkin]], English actress, singer (d. [[2023]]) | ||
| + | * [[November 22]] – [[Aston "Family Man" Barrett]], Jamaican musician (d. 2024) | ||
| *[[Guillaume Bijl]] | *[[Guillaume Bijl]] | ||
| *[[Malcolm McLaren]] | *[[Malcolm McLaren]] | ||
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| *[[Andrea Dworkin]] | *[[Andrea Dworkin]] | ||
| *[[Joe Dante]] | *[[Joe Dante]] | ||
| - | *[[Marina Abramoviæ]] | + | *[[Marina Abramović ]] |
| *[[Jacques Tardi]] | *[[Jacques Tardi]] | ||
| - | *[[Jane Birkin]] | ||
| *[[Elfriede Jelinek]] | *[[Elfriede Jelinek]] | ||
| *[[Eric Kroll]] | *[[Eric Kroll]] | ||
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| *[[Jean-Pierre Bouyxou]] | *[[Jean-Pierre Bouyxou]] | ||
| *[[Paul Schrader]] | *[[Paul Schrader]] | ||
| - | + | *[[David Weiss]], Swiss artist (d. 2012) | |
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| ==Deaths == | ==Deaths == | ||
| *[[H. G. Wells]] (1866 - 1946) | *[[H. G. Wells]] (1866 - 1946) | ||
| *[[Gertrude Stein]] (1874 - 1946) | *[[Gertrude Stein]] (1874 - 1946) | ||
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"I owe my soul to the company store."--"Sixteen Tons" (1946) by Merle Travis "Jazz is a lean and athletic music, unobsessed with romantic or commercial love. It shuns sentimentality and the languors of romantic desire. It demands monastic and arduous devotion from its practitioners, and when it deals with sex, does so frankly, without shame or furtiveness. While avoiding invidious comparisons, it is scarcely necessary to point out the erotic basis and quality of much revered Romantic music. There are examples like the Tristan und Isolde Liebestod, the Verklärte Nacht of Schoenberg, and many a church Mass, in which the amorous content, enfolded in sensuous textures, even if unrecognized, is none the less gratefully and luxuriously yielded to by most listeners."--Shining Trumpets, a History of Jazz (1946) by Rudi Blesh, p. 200 ""There's No Business Like Show Business" is an Irving Berlin song, written for the 1946 musical Annie Get Your Gun and orchestrated by Ted Royal. The song, a slightly tongue-in-cheek salute to the glamour and excitement of a life in show business, is sung in the musical by members of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in an attempt to persuade Annie Oakley to join the production."--Sholem Stein |
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1946 was the 946th year of the 2nd millennium, the 46th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1940s decade.
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Art and culture
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Literature
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Fiction
- I Spit On Your Graves by Boris Vian
- On Exactitude in Science, short story by Borges
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Non-fiction
- "Entomology of the Pin-Up Girl" by André Bazin
- Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature by Erich Auerbach
- "The Great Trouble with Art in This Country" by Marcel Duchamp
- Shining Trumpets, a History of Jazz by Rudi Blesh
- A Little Yes and a Big No
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Art
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Film
- Beauty and The Beast by Jean Cocteau
- The Strange Woman
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Music
- "Lover Man" Charlie Parker session
- Misirlou by Jan August
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Births
- November 5 - Loleatta Holloway, American singer (d. 2011)
- December 14 - Jane Birkin, English actress, singer (d. 2023)
- November 22 – Aston "Family Man" Barrett, Jamaican musician (d. 2024)
- Guillaume Bijl
- Malcolm McLaren
- David Lynch
- John Waters
- Andrea Dworkin
- Joe Dante
- Marina Abramović
- Jacques Tardi
- Elfriede Jelinek
- Eric Kroll
- Steven Spielberg
- Bigas Luna
- Jean-Pierre Bouyxou
- Paul Schrader
- David Weiss, Swiss artist (d. 2012)
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Deaths
- H. G. Wells (1866 - 1946)
- Gertrude Stein (1874 - 1946)
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