Etan Boritzer
Etan Boritzer( born 1950) is an American writer of children ’s literature who is best known for his book" What is God?" first published in 1989.
His best selling" What is?" illustrated children's book series on character education and difficult subjects for children is a popular teaching guide for parents, teachers and child- life professionals.
Boritzer gained national critical acclaim after" What is God?" was published in 1989 although the book has caused controversy from religious fundamentalists for its universalist views.
The other current books in the" What is?" series include
What is Love?,
What is Death?,
What is Beautiful?,
What is Funny?,
What is Right?,
What is Peace?,
What is Money?,
What is Dreaming?,
What is a Friend?,
What is True?,
What is a Family?,
What is a Feeling?"
The series is now also translated into 15 languages.
Boritzer was first published in 1963 at the age of 13 when he wrote an essay in his English class at Wade Junior High School in the Bronx, New York on the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
His essay was included in a special anthology by New York City public school children compiled and published by the New York City Department of Education.
Boritzer now lives in Venice, California and maintains his publishing office there also.
He has helped numerous other authors to get published through" How to Get Your Book Published!" programs.
Boritzer is also a yoga teacher who teaches regular classes locally and guest- teaches nationally.
He is also recognized nationally as an erudite speaker on" The Teachings of the Buddha."
George Harrison
George Harrison (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English musician, singer-songwriter, and music and film producer who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles.
Sometimes called "the quiet Beatle", Harrison embraced Indian culture and helped broaden the scope of popular music through his incorporation of Indian instrumentation and Hindu-aligned spirituality in the Beatles' work.
Although the majority of the band's songs were written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, most Beatles albums from 1965 onwards contained at least two Harrison compositions.
His songs for the group included "TaxmanWithin You Without YouWhile
My Guitar Gently WeepsHere Comes the Sun" and "Something".
Harrison's earliest musical influences included George Formby and Django Reinhardt; Carl Perkins, Chet Atkins and Chuck Berry were subsequent influences.
By 1965, he had begun to lead the Beatles into folk rock through his interest in Bob Dylan and the Byrds, and towards Indian classical music through his use of the sitar on "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)".
Having initiated the band's embracing of Transcendental Meditation in 1967, he subsequently developed an association with the Hare Krishna movement.
After the band's break-up in 1970, Harrison released the triple album "All Things Must Pass", a critically acclaimed work that produced his most successful hit single, "My Sweet Lord", and introduced his signature sound as a solo artist, the slide guitar.
He also organised the 1971 Concert for Bangladesh with Indian musician Ravi Shankar, a precursor to later benefit concerts such as Live Aid.
In his role as a music and film producer, Harrison produced acts signed to the Beatles' Apple record label before founding Dark Horse Records in 1974 and co-founding HandMade Films in 1978.
Harrison released several best-selling singles and albums as a solo performer.
In 1988, he co-founded the platinum-selling supergroup the Traveling Wilburys.
A prolific recording artist, he was featured as a guest guitarist on tracks by Badfinger, Ronnie Wood and Billy Preston, and collaborated on songs and music with Dylan, Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr and Tom Petty, among others. "
Rolling Stone" magazine ranked him number 11 in their list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".
He is a two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee – as a member of the Beatles in 1988, and posthumously for his solo career in 2004.
Harrison's first marriage, to model Pattie Boyd in 1966, ended in divorce in 1977.
The following year he married Olivia Arias, with whom he had a son, Dhani.
Harrison died from lung cancer in 2001 at the age of 58, two years after surviving a knife attack by an intruder at his Friar Park home.
His remains were cremated and the ashes were scattered according to Hindu tradition in a private ceremony in the Ganges and Yamuna rivers in India.
He left an estate of almost £100 million.
Alonso Mudarra
Alonso Mudarra( c. 1510 – April 1, 1580) was a Spanish composer of the Renaissance, and also played the vihuela, a guitar- shaped string instrument.
He was an innovative composer of instrumental music as well as songs, and was the composer of the earliest surviving music for the guitar.
Theodred II (Bishop of Elmham)
Theodred II was a medieval Bishop of Elmham.
The date of Theodred's consecration unknown, but the date of his death was sometime between 995 and 997.
The Answer's at the End
" The Answer's at the End" is a song by English rock musician George Harrison, released in 1975 on his final album for Apple Records," Extra Texture( Read All About It)".
Part of the song lyrics came from a wall inscription at Harrison's nineteenth- century home, Friar Park, a legacy of the property's original owner, Sir Frank Crisp.
This aphorism, beginning" Scan not a friend with a microscopic glass", had resonated with Harrison since he bought Friar Park in 1970, and it was a quote he often used when discussing his difficult relationship with his former Beatles bandmate Paul McCartney.
Harrison's adaptation of the verse for" The Answer's at the End" coincided with a period of personal upheaval, following the severe criticism afforded his 1974 North American tour by several influential reviewers.
In its plea for tolerance and a musical arrangement that includes orchestral strings, the song recalls Harrison's 1970 hit ballad" Is n't It a Pity".
The arrangement also bears the influence of Nina Simone's 1972 cover version of" Is n't It a Pity", specifically in a pair of codas performed by Harrison in the soul style.
Harrison recorded" The Answer's at the End" in Los Angeles, where he was overseeing projects relating to his Dark Horse record label during much of 1975.
The backing musicians on the recording include members of the Dark Horse Records band Attitudes, among them David Foster and Jim Keltner.
As with much of" Extra Texture", the song has received a varied response from music critics and Harrison's biographers.
On release," Rolling Stone" dismissed the track as" padded subterfuge" and overlong, while" Melody Maker" described it as" majestic" and one of Harrison's" most potent tracks ever, highly emotional and introspective".
Isn't It a Shame
" Is n't It a Shame" is a 1976 song written and composed by Randy Edelman.
The song was first recorded by the girl group Labelle for their sixth studio album" Chameleon"( 1976).
" Is n't It a Shame" charted at number 18 on the US Hot R&B/ Hip- Hop Songs chart.
The song was later covered by Patti Labelle live and included the song on her live album" Live in Washington, D.C."
Isn't It a Pity?
" Is n't It a Pity?" is a song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, written for the unsuccessful 1933 musical" Pardon My English".
It was introduced by George Givot and Josephine Huston.
Thomas Scott (diver)
Thomas Scott( 1907- date of death unknown) was an English diver.
Isn't It Romantic?
" Is n't It Romantic?" is a popular song and part of the Great American Songbook.
The music was composed by Richard Rodgers, with lyrics by Lorenz Hart.
It has a 32- bar chorus in A – B – A–C form.
Alec Wilder, in his book" American Popular Song: The Great Innovators 1900 – 1950," calls it" a perfect song."
It was introduced by Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald in the Paramount film" Love Me Tonight"( 1932).
It has since been recorded numerous times, with and without vocals, by many jazz and popular artists.
It has also since been featured in a number of other movies.
In" Love Me Tonight", the song is used in a sequence in which it is first sung by Maurice Chevalier, a tailor, and then taken up by others( his customer, a cabby, a composer, a troop of soldiers, a band of gypsies) and is finally heard and sung by a princess, played by Jeanette MacDonald.
The lyrics in the film are not the same as those in the published version.
In 2004 this version finished at# 73 in AFI's 100 Years ... 100
Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema.
The title is often used in headlines in" The New York Times", such as" The Recession.
Is n't It Romantic?
Italy: Is n't It Romantic?", and" In Madrid, Is n't It Romantic?".
Isn't It a Pity
"Isn't It a Pity" is a song by English musician George Harrison from his 1970 solo album "All Things Must Pass".
It appears in two variations there:
one the well-known, seven-minute version
; the other a reprise, titled "Isn't It a Pity (Version Two)".
Harrison wrote the song in 1966, but it was rejected for inclusion on releases by the Beatles.
In many countries around the world, the song was also issued on a double A-side single with "My Sweet Lord".
In America, "Billboard" magazine listed it with "My Sweet Lord" when the single topped the Hot 100 chart, while in Canada, "Isn't It a Pity" reached number 1 as the preferred side.
An anthemic ballad and one of Harrison's most celebrated compositions, "Isn't It a Pity" has been described as the emotional and musical centrepiece of "All Things Must Pass" and "a poignant reflection on The Beatles' coarse ending".
Co-produced by Phil Spector, the recording employs multiple keyboard players, rhythm guitarists and percussionists, as well as orchestration by arranger John Barham.
In its extended fadeout, the song references the closing refrain of the Beatles' 1968 hit "Hey Jude".
Other musicians on the recording include Ringo Starr, Billy Preston, Gary Wright and the band Badfinger, while the reprise version features Eric Clapton on lead guitar.
The song appeared as the closing track on Harrison's career-spanning compilation  (2009), and a live version, from his 1991 tour with Clapton, was included on "Live in Japan" (1992).
Clapton and Preston performed the song together at the Concert for George tribute in November 2002.
"Isn't It a Pity" has been covered by numerous artists, including Nina Simone, Matt Monro, Cowboy Junkies, Paul Young, Elliott Smith, Galaxie 500, Jonathan Wilson and Graham Nash, Tedeschi Trucks Band, and Roberta Flack.

Question: When did the composer of song Isn'T It A Pity die?
Answer: 29 November 2001