For August we had two competing themes: World Cup a Day and Czech a Day. The votes were pretty evenly divided among the two themes, and by mid-day Friday, July 30th several participants tweeted that they'd be up for both.
So here it is: for August, we'll actually be using three hashtags. For general comments about August, or if you want to talk about both themes, use #Classicsaday.
If you're cycling through the classical music of the World Cup participating countries, use #WorldCupaday for your tweet -- and if possible, include the country of the composer.
EX: Listening to Peter Schulthorpe's 1st String Quartet #WorldCupaDay Australia
If you're going to be listening to music by Czech composers, use the #Czechaday.
Below are more details about each theme. And away we go!
#WorldCupADay
The challenge is to listen to classical music from each of the countries that fielded a team in the World Cup. Each day you should listen to music from a different country. There were 32 countries represented, and 31 days in the month of August, so you legitimately skip at least one country -- it may be a real challenge to find classical music from countries like North Korea. The FIFA list of participating countries.
#CzechADay
The challenge is to listen to classical music composed by a native son (or daughter) from the area now known as the Czech Republic. The music can be from any style period, the composers living or dead. In addition to major composers such as Antonin Dvorak, Bedrich Smetana, Janos Janacek and Bohislav Martinu, there are many others to choose from. For example, there's Zdenek Fibich, Jan Ladislav Dusek, Adalbert Gyrowetz, Johann Zelenka, Heinrich Iganz Franz von Biber, Franz Krommer, and many, many more.
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