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The son of a dealer in old books, Hamilton was born in London. He taught himself from books in his father's shop, acquiring a knowledge of languages and music. He translated major works in foreign languages, as well as compiling instructional and music theory books. [1] Hamilton sold his copyrights, drank, and died in poverty on 2 August 1845. [2]
Hamilton and his older brother, James Jr., [7] were born out of wedlock to Rachel Lavien (née Faucette), [b] a married woman of half-British and half-French Huguenot descent, [c] [16] and James A. Hamilton, a Scotsman who was the fourth son of Alexander Hamilton, the laird of Grange, Ayrshire.
Hamilton made outstanding contributions to classical mechanics and optics. His first discovery was in an early paper that he communicated in 1823 to John Brinkley, who presented it under the title of Caustics in 1824 to the Royal Irish Academy. It was referred as usual to a committee, which recommended further development and simplification ...
In mid-1953, Hamilton was discovered singing in a Newark, New Jersey night club, The Caravan, by Bill Cook, who became his manager. [8] Cook was the first African American radio disc jockey and television personality on the East Coast. [9] Cook made a demo tape of Hamilton's singing and brought it to the attention of Columbia Records.
The pro-immigration message of Hamilton is at the forefront, as the show revolves around the life of one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, Alexander Hamilton, and how he made his mark in American politics as an immigrant.
Lin-Manuel Miranda (/ m æ n ˈ w ɛ l /; born January 16, 1980) [1] is an American songwriter, actor, singer, filmmaker, rapper, and librettist.He created the Broadway musicals In the Heights (2005) and Hamilton (2015), and the soundtracks for the animated films Moana (2016), Vivo, and Encanto (both 2021).
Hamilton was born on April 14, 1788, [1] the fourth child of American founding father Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton. [2] Hamilton later wrote of his childhood: [Alexander] Hamilton's gentle nature rendered his house a joyous one to his children...His interaction with his children was always affectionate and confiding, which ...
"But that music is a language by whose means messages are elaborated, that such messages can be understood by the many but sent out only by the few, and that it alone among all language unites the contradictory character of being at once intelligible and untranslatable—these facts make the creator of music a being like the gods and make music itself the supreme mystery of human knowledge."