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Olivia's birthday is May 19th, and we are throwing her a party! This isn't just to celebrate another year; this is to celebrate her historic election victory!

Olivia still has some campaign debt, and we hope you will help her retire that as her birthday gift this year!

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Congratulations to Bowers’ client Olivia Hill for her appointment as chair!

If you live in Davidson County and were impacted by the storms on December 9th. You can request assistance here.

Nashville VOAD Nashville Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD) supports Davidson County residents during times of crisis. Our member organizations work together to coordinate services and resources.

For those impacted by the storms last night:

The Nashville Jam Company is offering free breakfast for anyone in Clarksville, Hendersonville and beyond.

Pawster Nashville is available to help if someone has been displaced and needs temporary care for their pet. They can be reached at [email protected] or 615-434-4912.

Nashville VOAD (Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster) is ready to help if anyone needs assistance. Visit NashvilleResponds.com to fill out the Assistance request form. They are in the very early stages of responding, so it will take 72-96 hours to hear back about specific requests.

Nashville VOAD Nashville Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD) supports Davidson County residents during times of crisis. Our member organizations work together to coordinate services and resources.

Today in history: Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92 was composed in 1811-12, more than three years after the premiere of the Fifth and the Sixth Symphonies. Although Beethoven did not compose any symphony during the intervening years, he remained productive in other genres, especially keyboard and chamber music, and produced some of his most important works, including the “Emperor” Piano Concerto, the “Lebewohl” (Farewell) Piano Sonata, and the “Archduke” Piano Trio. The vacancy of symphonic work did not imply that Beethoven was no longer interested in being publicly recognized as a symphonic composer (Lockwood, Beethoven’s Symphonies, 146). In 1809, he noted some short ideas marked “Sinfonia” in his sketchbooks, though some of them were not used in the later symphonies. Beethoven finally started working on the A major Symphony in earnest in the fall of 1811 in the Bohemian spa town of Teplice, where he had travelled to improve his health, and completed it in April 1812.

The Seventh Symphony was premiered in the great hall of the University in Vienna on December 8, 1813, as part of a charity concert for soldiers wounded in the Battle of Hanau. This concert was probably the most successful in Beethoven’s lifetime. The program also included the first performance of the “Battle Symphony” Wellington’s Victory, an anti-Napoleon patriotic showpiece which celebrated the British victory over the French at the Battle of Vitoria in Spain (Steinberg, The Symphony: A Listener’s Guide, 38-43). Unlike some of Beethoven’s other symphonies such as the Third and the Fifth, which we now regard as great works but were initially resisted to some degree by the composer’s contemporaries, the Viennese audience immediately embraced the Seventh Symphony, and considered it among their favorite orchestral works. Its huge popularity led to three performances in the ten weeks following its premiere. The second movement—Allegretto—was particularly loved, leading to outbreaks of applause before the third movement during a number of early performances. The Allegretto remained widely popular throughout the nineteenth century, and even today is often performed separately. According to a reviewer three years after the first performance, “the second movement…which since its first performance in Vienna has been a favorite of all connoisseurs…is still demanded to be repeated at every performance.” (Lockwood, Beethoven’s Symphonies, 159.) Not only did the audience enjoy the “rustic simplicity” of the work, the artistic value of the Seventh Symphony was also well-received by critics and composers such as Hector Berlioz who considered it “a masterpiece – alike of technical ability, taste, fantasy, knowledge, and inspiration.” (Lockwood, Beethoven’s Symphonies, 166.)

What has made the Seventh Symphony exceptional in the minds of critics since its earliest performances is its rhythmic vitality and momentum. Richard Wagner exalted the lively rhythm with this often-quoted poetic description:

All tumult, all yearning and storming of the heart, become here the blissful insolence of joy, which carries us away with bacchanalian power through the roomy space of nature, through all the streams and seas of life, shouting in glad self-consciousness as we sound throughout the universe the daring strains of this human sphere-dance. The Symphony is the Apotheosis of the Dance itself: it is Dance in its highest aspect, the loftiest deed of bodily motion, incorporated into an ideal mold and tone.

Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92 (1812) - Beethoven Symphony Basics at ESM The Basics General Information Composition dates: 1811-12. Dedication: Count Moritz von Fries (portrait). Instrumentation: Strings, 2 Fl, 2 Ob, 2 Cl, 2 Bsn, 2 Hn, 2 Tr, Timp. First performance: 8 Dec. 1813, Akademie at University Concert Hall, Vienna. Orchestra size for first or early performance: 1...

Happy Holidays! I want to wish you a very Happy Holiday season! May your days be filled with laughter, love, and lots of good cheer. Enjoy the festivities, indulge in some delicious treats, and make wonderful memories with your loved ones. May the New Year bring you nothing but peace, prosperity, and happiness!

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I hope you can join us for a lovely meet and greet next Thursday in the Belmont-Hillsboro neighborhood! My great friend, Barbara Moss, is opening her home at 6 PM to our community, and I hope to see you there!

Everyone is welcome. If you can, we're suggesting a $25 contribution to help us get our message out to Nashville, and you can contribute here: secure.actblue.com/donate/5-25-moss

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Afternoon snack

A Tennessee Waltz 29th Annual Gala

That beautiful Tennessee Waltz.

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It has been said before that nice girls don’t file lawsuits. Nice girls don’t speak up. Nice girls don’t make demands...

Luckily for us, by these standards, Lynne Ingram is not a nice girl.

Lynne is a tireless advocate for justice, a leader with a lifelong passion for service, a brave, strong, and independent woman, a loving, devoted mother and friend, and a fair and unbiased judge.

I am lucky and honored that she allowed me to work with her and to call her a friend.

Here's to you, Lynne! Rather than nice, let us describe you as incredible, kind, and amazing.

Wells and I are proud to support his mommy today as she takes the bench as the Eighth Circuit Court Judge.

What a wonderful and historic event hosted by WPCTN at the

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I love the Highlands and I love 🦞 lobster. So happy.