Balbus
Balbus (Lucius Cornelius Balbus) , fl. 1st cent. BC, Roman statesman, b. Gades (now Cádiz, Spain). He won notice for brilliant service against Sertorius, and Pompey brought him to Rome and had him made a citizen. Balbus helped to bring about the creation of the First Triumvirate (Pompey, Caesar, and Crassus) in 60 BC and thereafter was a friend and protégé of Julius Caesar. In 56 BC the conservative party, to embarrass Pompey and Crassus in Caesar's absence, charged Balbus with obtaining citizenship illegally. When the case came to trial, Cicero , at Pompey's request, made a brilliant oration in Balbus' defense and secured an acquittal. Balbus at first was neutral, then openly favored Caesar in the struggle with Pompey. After Caesar's death he supported Octavian (later Augustus) and in 40 BC was made the first foreign-born Roman consul.
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Bringing Franz Joseph Haydn's masterful Creation to life.(FAITH)
Newspaper article from: Guelph Mercury (Guelph, Ontario); 5/2/2009; 700+ words
; Byline: Valerie Hill Franz Joseph Haydn's The Creation is poetry put to...says, so the world is going a little Haydn-crazy. The Creation was written...Enlightenment-inspired reason. Written when Haydn was in his late 60s, The Creation...
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Franz Joseph Haydn.(Symphonies 88-92: Sinfonia Concertante)(Sound recording review)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: Notes; 6/1/2009; 646 words
; Franz Joseph Haydn. Symphonies 88-92; Sinfonia concertante...Rattle. EMI Classics 3 94237 2, 2007. Haydn wrote his symphonies nos. 88 through 92...French audiences, and were marketed for Haydn in Paris by violinist Johann Tost. Each...
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Echoes from Calvary: Meditations on Franz Joseph Haydn's The Seven Last Words of Christ. (CDs included).(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 11/1/2005; 509 words
; 0742543846 Echoes from Calvary; meditations on Franz Joseph Haydn's The seven last words of Christ. (CDs included...known throughout the world for its performances of Franz Joseph Haydn's The Seven Last Words of Christ, in which the...
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Body and soul. (Franz Joseph Haydn's 'The Creation' performed as part of European surgeons' ceremony honoring John Hunter)
Magazine article from: History Today; 9/1/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...by the great Austrian composer, Joseph Haydn, forms the intriguing centrepiece...of his death. The performance of Haydn's choral work |The Creation...especially apt tribute as not only was Haydn a friend of Hunter, but the libretto...
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Franz Joseph Haydn. Keyboard Sonatas and Divertimenti.(Music: Classical and Christmas)(Brief Review)(Sound Recording Review)
Magazine article from: The Christian Century; 12/13/2003; 386 words
; Robert Hill. Ars musici 1283, $18. Six of Haydn's most tuneful pieces are played--using a double-manual harpsichord--with extraordinary rhythmic flexibility, sensitive touch and expressive changes.
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The String Quartets of Joseph Haydn.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Notes; 6/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; The String Quartets of Joseph Haydn. By Floyd and Margaret Grave. Oxford: Oxford...Grave published an indispensable handbook for Haydn scholars: Franz Joseph Haydn: A Guide to Research (New York: Garland...
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Fans Gear Up for Year Honoring Haydn
News Wire article from: AP Online; 1/24/2007; 467 words
; ...Move over, Mozart. Here comes Haydn. After a yearlong jubilee celebrating...two centuries since the death of Franz Joseph Haydn - a composer widely considered...composers use when they think about Joseph Haydn," said Walter Reicher, who will...
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November Concert to Feature Selections of Haydn
News Wire article from: Targeted News Service; 11/24/2008; 451 words
; ...Selections from the music of Franz Joseph Haydn will be featured at a Nov...most important composers. "Franz Joseph Haydn is best remembered for his symphonic...piano concerto. The music of Franz Joseph Haydn will be featured at 2 p.m...
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Choir ends season at the beginning: Haydn's `The Creation'.(Entertainment)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 5/4/2003; 700+ words
; ...big bang: "The Creation" by Franz Joseph Haydn. "This is just incredibly glorious...over the prospect of performing Haydn's great oratorio. "There are...Choir What: "The Creation" by Franz Joseph Haydn, conducted by Diane Retallack...
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Haydn: Classical Music's Cheerful Servant
Transcript from: NPR Weekend Edition - Sunday; 5/31/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...Sunday 05-31-2009 Haydn: Classical Music's...LIANE HANSEN, host: Franz Joseph Haydn died 200 years ago today...written for a cellist named Joseph Weigl. And the piece...Movement 3") HANSEN: Haydn, you said he's charming...
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Franz Joseph Haydn
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Franz Joseph Haydn The Austrian composer Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) in his instrumental music, especially the symphonies and string quartets, essentially founded and brought to first mature realization the formal and structural principles...
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Haydn, Franz Joseph (1732–1809)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH (1732 – 1809) HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH (1732 – 1809), Austrian composer considered the founder of Vienna classicism. Born in modest circumstances as the son of a wheelwright in the Lower Austrian town of...
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Haydn, Franz Joseph
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
Haydn, Franz Joseph ( b Rohrau, 1732; d Vienna, 1809...The son of a farmer-wheelwright, Haydn showed immediate mus. precocity and at...Mass. In 1797 he comp. his Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser , which was adopted as Austria...
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Michael Haydn
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Michael Haydn , 1737-1806, Austrian composer, younger brother of Franz Joseph Haydn . Haydn, largely self-taught, was noted especially for his sacred music...
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Haydn, (Johann) Michael
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
Haydn, (Johann) Michael ( b Rohrau, 1737; d Salzburg, 1806). Austrian-born composer, brother of Franz Joseph Haydn. Chorister, St Stephen's, Vienna, 1745–55, also deputy...
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