Quote of the day
One of the first signs of the beginnings of understanding is the wish to die. This life appears unbearable, another unattainable. One is no longer ashamed of wanting to die; one asks to be moved from the old cell, which one hates, to a new one, which one will only in time come to hate.
Richard Taruskin

Born: April 2, 1945
Died: July 1, 2022 (aged 77)
Bio: Richard Filler Taruskin was an American musicologist and music critic who was among the leading and most prominent music historians of his generation
Known for:
- The Oxford History of Western Music (2005)
- Text and act (1995)
- Defining Russia Musically (1997)