James Lawrence
James Lawrence 1781-1813, American naval hero, b. Burlington, N.J. He entered the navy in 1798 and saw his first important service in the Tripolitan War. In the War of 1812, as commander of the Hornet, he defeated and sank (1813) the British Peacock. He was promoted to captain and was given command of the Chesapeake at Boston. On his way out of Boston harbor he met, engaged, and was defeated by the British frigate Shannon, which had been blockading Boston. His words "Tell the men to fire faster and not to give up the ship" shouted as he was carried from the deck, mortally wounded, became the popular naval battle cry "Don't give up the ship!"
Bibliography: See biography by A. Gleaves (1904); P. Padfield, Broke and the Shannon (1968).
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Alessandro Stradella, 1639-1682: His Life and Music.
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly; 9/22/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...333 pp. $64. Alessandro Stradella (1639-1682) is...for a long time. Alessandro Stradella consists of two parts...period for the young Alessandro in Bologna. Chapter...begins in 1652 when Stradella's mother, widowed...
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Magazine article from: Fanfare; 7/1/2008; ; 700+ words
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Magazine article from: Fanfare; 11/1/2008; ; 700+ words
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Newberry group bends stereotypes
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In review: Wexford
Magazine article from: Opera News; 2/1/2002; ; 700+ words
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Lack of the Irish
Magazine article from: The Spectator; 10/27/2001; ; 700+ words
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Culture club: Opera feast for 50th anniversary; An insider's guide to the local arts scene...(Features)
Newspaper article from: The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland); 9/17/2001; 700+ words
; ...locomotive south. And the three principal reasons are: Alessandro Stradella; Jakobin and Sapho, plus I Capuleti e i Montecchi...The festival opens with Friederich Von Flotow's Alessandro Stradella, which echoes the festival's first foray into...
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Scarlatti: Sedecia, Re di Gerusalemme
Magazine article from: Opera News; 7/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Frisani; Cecchetti, Vinco; Alessandro Stradella Consort, Velardi. Text and...musical father to them both, Alessandro Scarlatti. Enter a wily and...period-instrument ensemble Alessandro Stradella Consort goes another step...
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Porpora: Dorindo, Dormi Ancor?
Magazine article from: Opera News; 1/25/1997; ; 391 words
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THE GREAT TENORS II
Magazine article from: Fanfare; 1/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...ALFANO Resurrection.11 BIZET Carmen.7 FLOTOW Alessandro Stradella.1 GOUNOD Faust. Romo et Juliette.7 HALV...doesn't preclude displaying some good metal in Alessandro Stradella. Ren Lapelletrie provides the audible equivalent...
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Alessandro Stradella
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Alessandro Stradella , 1642?-1682, Italian composer...Venetian nobleman with whose mistress Stradella had eloped. His life is the subject...by Friedrich von Flotow (1844). Stradella's music is generally lighthearted...
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Stradella, Alessandro
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
Stradella, Alessandro ( b Nepi, nr. Viterbo, 1639; d Genoa, 1682). It. composer...after involvement in adulterous affair. Flotow's opera Alessandro Stradella (Hamburg 1844) is a romanticized and inaccurate account of events...
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Friedrich von Flotow
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...were translated into English, French, or Italian for performances throughout Europe. The most successful were Alessandro Stradella (1844) and Martha (1847), which incorporates the Irish tune "The Last Rose of Summer."
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Flotow, Friedrich von
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
...Lived mostly in Paris and Vienna. Intendant, ducal court th. at Schwerin 1855–63. Wrote ballets, chamber mus., and 30 operas of which only Martha (1847) and Alessandro Stradella (1844) seem to have outlived him.
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opera
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Renaissance interest in antiquities was superseded by a trend toward lofty scenes punctuated by comedy and parody. Alessandro Stradella , a forerunner of the 18th-century Neapolitan school, wrote operas in this style. Early French Opera Officially...
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