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Arthur Rubinstein
Arthur Rubinstein 1887-1983, Polish-American pianist, b. Łódź. Rubinstein studied in Warsaw and Berlin, making his debut in 1900 with the Berlin Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Joachim. He first played in the United States in 1906, achieving great acclaim there in 1937, especially... Read more
Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein
Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein , 1829-94, Russian pianist, composer, and educator. As a piano virtuoso he was celebrated for his perfect technique and emotional power, and was rivaled only by Liszt. He made his debut in Moscow at nine and later performed in Europe, where he won the admiration of Mend... Read more
Lev Nikolayevich Bakst
Lev Nikolayevich Bakst , 1868-1924, Russian scene designer and painter. His original, imaginative style and brilliant color exerted a wide influence on costume, stage setting, and the decorative arts. His set and costume designs made for Diaghilev's ballets Cleopatra and Scheherazade from 1910 t... Read more
Ossip Gabrilowitsch
Ossip Gabrilowitsch , 1878-1936, Russian-American pianist and conductor; pupil of Anton Rubinstein at the St. Petersburg Conservatory and of Leschetizky. His debut was made in Berlin in 1896. He was well-known both as a brilliant pianist and as conductor of the Munich Konzertverein Orchestra, 1910-1... Read more
James Jackson Jarves
James Jackson Jarves , 1818-88, American art critic and art collector, b. Boston. He spent some years in Honolulu, where he founded and edited a weekly newspaper, the Polynesia ; it became the official organ of the Hawaiian government. Jarves settled in Florence in 1852 and served (1880-82) as U.S.... Read more
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky , 1840-93, Russian composer, b. Kamsko-Votkinsk. Variant transliterations of his name include Tschaikovsky and Chaikovsky. He is a towering figure in Russian music and one of the most popular composers in history. The son of a mining inspector, Tchaikovsky studied music... Read more
Sir Frederick Ashton
Sir Frederick Ashton 1904-88, British choreographer and dancer, b. Guayaquil, Ecuador. He grew up in Peru and was drawn to dance after seeing (1917) a performance by Anna Pavlova there. Traveling to London in the early 1920s, he studied dance with Léonide Massine and Marie Rambert , sta... Read more
Mikhail Yurevich Lermontov
Mikhail Yurevich Lermontov , 1814-41, Russian poet and novelist. Given an extensive private education by his wealthy grandmother, Lermontov began writing poetry when he was 14. He first attracted public attention in 1837 with the inflammatory poem "On the Death of the Poet," written to protest t... Read more
multiple sclerosis
multiple sclerosis (MS), chronic, slowly progressive autoimmune disease in which the body's immune system attacks the protective myelin sheaths that surround the nerve cells of the brain and spinal cord (a process called demyelination), resulting in damaged areas that are unable to transmit nerve i... Read more
cosmetics
cosmetics preparations externally applied to change or enhance the beauty of skin, hair, nails, lips, and eyes. The use of body paint for ornamental and religious purposes has been common among primitive peoples from prehistoric times (see body-marking ). Ointments, balms, powders, and hair dyes h... Read more

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Rubinstein, Arthur
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Arthur Rubinstein Polish-born American pianist Arthur Rubinstein (1887-1982) was one of the foremost pianists of...Spain. A bon vivant and unrepentant ladies' man, Rubinstein lived his long life to the fullest. And music was...
Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein , 1829-94, Russian pianist, composer...Chopin, and Liszt. In 1872, Rubinstein founded the St. Petersburg Conservatory...His brother, Nicholas Grigoryevich Rubinstein, 1835-81, also a brilliant pianist...
Arthur Rubinstein
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Arthur Rubinstein 1887-1983, Polish-American pianist...321;ódź. Rubinstein studied in Warsaw and Berlin, making...ardent championship of Spanish works. Rubinstein's enormous popularity spanned many...
Emanuel Ax
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...American pianist, winner of the first Artur Rubinstein International Piano Competition, became...decisive breakthrough at the first Artur Rubinstein International Piano Competition in 1974. Rubinstein cultivated his young proteg é...
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...enamored of music. He soon met the Rubinstein brothers, Anton and Nikolai; both...technically sound but not memorable. Anton Rubinstein was demanding and critical, often unjustly...Anton's harshness. In 1866 Nikolai Rubinstein invited Tchaikovsky to Moscow to live...
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography ...absorbed by music. He soon met the Rubinstein brothers, Anton (1829 –...well made but not memorable. Anton Rubinstein was demanding and critical, and when...Anton's harshness. In 1866 Nikolai Rubinstein invited Tchaikovsky to Moscow, Russia...
Piazzolla, Astor
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...knocked on the door of visiting piano virtuoso, Arthur Rubinstein. The star pianist came to the door with a plate of spaghetti and was impressed by Piazzolla's enthusiasm. Rubinstein arranged for Piazzolla to take composition lessons with...
Anna Hyatt Huntington
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...developed an affection for horses; as Charlotte Streifer Rubinstein related in American Women Artists, "[s]earching for her...style. First Major Commissions In American Women Sculptors, Rubinstein quoted Huntington as saying, "One ought to be perfectly...
Rodan, Mendi
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Council, and as conductor for several years for the Arthur Rubinstein Piano Master Competition and the Harp International Competition...soloists have performed under his baton, including Arthur Rubinstein, Mastislav Rostropovitch, JeanPierre Rampal, Isaac Stern...
Harwood, Gwen
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...At one point she auditioned for the great pianist Arthur Rubinstein when he was visiting Brisbane. The performance did not go well for Harwood. "Once she played / for Rubinstein, who yawned," she later wrote in a poem (according to the...

Dictionary entries related to "Rubinstein,"

Rubinstein, Benjamin B. (1905-1989)
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis RUBINSTEIN, BENJAMIN B. (1905-1989) American physician Benjamin B. Rubinstein was born on December 3, 1905, in Helsinki...American citizens in 1957; they had no children. Rubinstein had strong interest and talents in music, poetry...
Rubinstein, Nikolay (Grigorevich)
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music Rubinstein, Nikolay (Grigorevich) ( b Moscow, 1835; d Paris, 1881). Russ. pianist and composer, brother of Anton Rubinstein . Founded Moscow Cons. 1866, remaining dir. until his death. Notable teacher, pupils incl. Taneyev and Ziloti...
Rubinstein, Helena
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art Rubinstein, Helena. See NADELMAN .
Rubinstein, Anton (Grigorievich)
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music Rubinstein, Anton (Grigorievich) ( b Vikhvatinets, 1829; d Peterhof, 1894). Russ. pianist and composer. Début Moscow 1839...
Rubinstein, Arthur (Artur)
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music Rubinstein, Arthur [Artur] ( b Lódź, 1887; d Geneva, 1982). Polish-born pianist (Amer. cit. 1946). Child...
Tchaikovsky (Chaykovsky), Pyotr (Ilyich)
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music ...5 at mus. coll. instituted by A. Rubinstein which became St Petersburg Cons. Went...new Cons. under directorship of N. Rubinstein. During first 2 years there wrote 1st...in Russia (thanks to advocacy of N. Rubinstein), and in Brit. and USA but still...
Brooks, Romaine
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art ...fully in her eerily erotic, almost necrophiliac portrayal of the dancer Ida Rubinstein in The Voyage (National Museum of American Art, Washington, c. 1911): Rubinstein (with whom Brooks had an affair) is shown lying naked on a mysterious...
Tanner, Alain
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...a Double-edged Weapon," an interview with L. Rubinstein, in Cineaste (New York), vol. 6, no. 4, 1975...for Radical Change Alive," an interview with L. Rubinstein, in Cineaste (New York), Winter 1976/77...
Nadelman, Elie
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art ...and the Steins ), and his early patrons included Helena Rubinstein (1870–1965), the Polish-born cosmetics manufacturer...War he moved to London and then New York, helped by Madame Rubinstein, who commissioned him to make sleek marble heads for her...
The General
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Robinson, David, Buster Keaton, London, 1968. Brownlow, Kevin, The Parade's Gone By, London and New York, 1969. Rubinstein, E., Filmguide to The General, Bloomington, Indiana, 1973. Coursodon, Jean-Pierre, Buster Keaton, Paris, 1973...

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Rubinstein's heart of stone. (new cosmetics packaging)
Magazine article from: Cosmetics International; 4/10/1991; 700+ words ; On May 20th, Helena Rubinstein will transform its counters throughout...and 'in' will be a new austere Rubinstein, reflecting its more upmarket...positioning. The new 'stone look' of Rubinstein appeared in mainland Europe in the...
Rubinstein: 'Ha'aretz' targets me because of my kippa
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 11/23/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...Jerusalem Post 11-23-2003 Headline: Rubinstein: 'Ha'aretz' targets me because...2003 -- Attorney-General Elyakim Rubinstein on Friday lashed out at Haaretz for...Moshe Mizrahi, broke his silence over Rubinstein's recent recommendation to dismiss...
L'Oreal, Rubinstein: 5-year relationship. (L'Oreal purchases Helena Rubinstein Inc.)
Magazine article from: WWD; 10/21/1988; 700+ words ; L'OREAL, RUBINSTEIN: 5-YEAR RELATIONSHIP PARIS (FNS...Oreal officially purchased Helena Rubinstein, Inc., last week, the French pharmaceutical...spokesman, when the company acquired Rubinstein's Japanese and Latin American production...
All of Rubinstein.(The Rubinstein Collection, on 94 discs, documents career of pianist Arthur Rubinstein)
Magazine article from: National Review; 2/21/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...gratifyingly, we have, from BMG, The Rubinstein Collection, on 94 discs, documenting...the career of the pianist Arthur Rubinstein. There are worse ways to spend...winner would undoubtedly have been Rubinstein-and he would have received plenty...
MK Amnon Rubinstein to quit politics
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 7/2/2002; ; 495 words ; 00-00-0000 Headline: MK Amnon Rubinstein to quit politics Byline: NINA GILBERT...years in the Knesset, Meretz's Amnon Rubinstein announced yesterday that he is quitting...Center's law school in the fall. Rubinstein, 70, is to resign in November. Former...
Interview: John Rubinstein, Arthur Rubinstein's son, talks about his father and his music
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition; 1/6/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...Edition (NPR) 01-06-2000 Interview: John Rubinstein, Arthur Rubinstein's son, talks about his father and his music...influential name in American classical piano than Arthur Rubinstein. That's partly due to his protean talent and...
Obituary: Michael Rubinstein
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 1/15/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...Fifties until the Eighties, Michael Rubinstein was known as "the book trade's lawyer...him about libel. His partnership (Rubinstein, Nash & Co) was retained, in 1960...and former policeman C.H. Rolph, Rubinstein organised "the Defence with a monumental...
Interview: Amnon Rubinstein offers his views on what needs to happen before peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians resume
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 3/29/2001; ; 700+ words ; 00-00-0000 Interview: Amnon Rubinstein offers his views on what needs to happen...Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. Amnon Rubinstein is an Israeli member of parliament for...Yasser Arafat's shoulders. Mr. AMNON RUBINSTEIN (Israeli Politician): It's all...
Message to Amnon Rubinstein
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 3/8/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...08-2007 Headline: Message to Amnon Rubinstein Byline: DANIEL DORON Edition; Daily...Thursday, March 8, 2007 -- Amnon Rubinstein - constitutional scholar, media celebrity...last week's Haaretz. Shavit lauds Rubinstein as "secular, open, energetic, multidisciplinary...
ICT chief Rubinstein gets $6M pay deal. (International Cablecasting Technologies Inc. to pay chairman and founder Jerry Rubinstein in stock)
Magazine article from: Multichannel News; 2/24/1992; ; 700+ words ; ...to pay its chairman and founder Jerry Rubinstein stock worth more than $6 million. That...development. Others, however, said Rubinstein had earned it. "I think it is a lot," Rubinstein said. "However I think it is with merit...