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Barrington, Daines
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
Barrington, Daines ( b London, 1727; d London, 1800). Eng. lawyer who wrote essays and books on mus. and musicians incl. Crotch , Mornington , Mozart , The Wesleys ; in 1773 pubd. Experiments and Observations on the Singing of Birds .
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Barrington, Shute
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
Barrington, Shute (1734–1826), Bp. successively of Llandaff , Salisbury , and Durham , he was one of the most influential...
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Eichler, Joseph L.
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
...houses designed by Archibald Quincy Jones (1913–79), including the US Gypsum Research House, Barrington Woods, Barrington, IL (1995), which employed steel in the construction, and expressed it. Other designs by Jones for Eichler...
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Temptations, The
Dictionary entry from: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990
...THE TEMPTATIONS Formed: 1961, Detroit, Michigan Members: Barrington Henderson, baritone vocals (born Washington, Pennsylvania...True," the high falsetto vocals of Ron Tyson interact with Barrington Henderson's rough baritone to create a mood of visceral...
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Zanuck, Richard D.
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
...Producer: 1956 The Sun Also Rises 1957 Island in the Sun 1962 The Longest Day Films as Executive Producer: 1973 The Sting 1987 Barrington (for TV) 1996 Chain Reaction Publications By ZANUCK: articles— Films & Filming, April 1983. Stills...
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Jekyll, Gertrude
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
...Hestercombe, Taunton, Som. (1903–6) ). One of her best gardens, designed independently of Lutyens, was Barrington Court, Som. (1916–17). Bibliography Bisgrove (1992); J. Brown (1982, 1986, 1996); Journal of Garden...
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fascism
Book article from: A Dictionary of Sociology
...stressed the contribution made to these difficulties by the belated passing of absolutism , as for example in the work of Barrington Moore (see his The Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy , 1966 ). By far the most sophisticated Marxist analysis...
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Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
...William Edward Burghardt (b. 23 Feb. 1868, d. 27 Aug. 1963). US sociologist and civil rights leader. Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, he graduated from Fisk University, Tennessee, in 1888 and in 1895 received a doctorate from Harvard...
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Kerry
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology
...Part of Kerry is coextensive with Corcu Duibne of early Christian centuries. Bibliography See T. Crofton Croker and and Sigerson Clifford , Legends of Kerry (Tralee, 1972); T. J. Barrington , Discovering Kerry (Dublin, 1976).
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Bounty Killer
Dictionary entry from: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990
...Wu-Tang Clan, assuring him of a wide audience. Nevertheless, the biggest hit on the album, with his fellow Jamaican Barrington Levy, is a pure dancehall concoction. The juxtaposition of Bounty Killer's gruff voice and the sing-songy Levy on...
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