Anne of Cleves (German: Anna von Jülich-Kleve-Berg) (22 September 1515 – 16 July 1557) was a German noblewoman and the fourth wife of Henry VIII of England and as such she was Queen of England from 6 January 1540 to 9 July 1540. The marria…

Catherine Howard (c. 1520-1525 – 13 February 1542), also spelled Katherine or Katheryn, was the fifth wife of Henry VIII of England, and sometimes known by his reference to her as his "rose without a thorn".Catherine's birth date and place…

Jane Seymour (1508 – 24 October 1537) was Queen consort of England as the third wife of King Henry VIII. She succeeded Anne Boleyn as Queen Consort following the latter's execution for high treason and adultery in May 1536. She died of pos…

Anne Boleyn (1501/1507 – 19 May 1536) was Queen of England from 1533 to 1536 as the second wife of Henry VIII of England and the 1st Marquess of Pembroke in her own right for herself and her descendants. Henry's marriage to Anne, and her s…

Catherine Parr (Katherine, Kateryn or Katheryne; 1512 – 5 September 1548) was Queen consort of England and Ireland and the last of the six wives of King Henry VIII of England. She married Henry VIII on 12 July 1543. She was the fourth comm…

As George Martin described it, 'To be accepted by the film people entails having film credits. You have to go from one success to another, and that means doing nothing but film music. John Williams is a good example. He wrote the music for…

As George Martin described it, 'But although today I can write music like that myself, I didn't do it first. The real wonder of music and orchestration is that you can actually paint sound, yet modern artist worth his salt tries to imitate…

As George Martin described it, 'Classical music was my first love, and I am often asked what I am doing working in the pop field, is the typical question. But the typical answerr is , for various reason.'

As George Martin described it, 'To start with, the classical music that people refer to when they use the term is old music, music that was written at least fifty and more often at least a hundred years ago.'

As George Martin described it, 'Of course, there is contemporary . But to most people it sounds extremely dissonant, and I personally don't know anyone outside the profession who really enjoys listening to it.'

Allons enfants de la Patrie, Le jour de gloire est arrivé ! Contre nous de la tyrannie, L'étendard sanglant est levé, L'étendard sanglant est levé, Entendez-vous dans les campagnes Mugir ces féroces soldats ? Ils viennent jusque dans nos b…

As George Martin described it, 'I had chosen the tunes for the mixture in the belief that they were all out of copyright. More fool me. It tuned out that although itself was out of copyright, the Glenn Miller arrangement of it was not. The…

As George Martin described it, 'I told the boys: ' Ringo says: I still believe All You Need is Love, you know. but I don't believe that just saying it is going to do it, you know. I still believe the fact that love is what we all need. And…

As George Martin described it, 'I started playing things like , and various Chopin pieces, by ear. Where that gift came from, I don't know. There were certainly no professional musicians anywhere in the family. They just assumed '.

As George Martin described it, 'I remember one in particular when the Squadronaires band came to play, I hung around the stage, and when one of them asked if I was a musician mysself, I seized my chance and said airily, if brashly, I suppo…

As George Martin described it, 'If I had pinpoint one piece which really turned me on to music as a child, it wold be Debussy's . I was fifteen when I heard it played by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, with Boult conducting in my school hall. …