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CLEF'S NOTES.
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April 23, 1999
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The Daily Classical Music Column from United Press International.
Today is April 26th.
FRIEDRICH VON FLOTOW
Friedrich von Flotow (FLOH'-toh) was born in Teutendorf, in the German state of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, on this day in 1812.
Flotow was rich, and his family sent him to Paris to study to be a diplomat. Instead he was drawn to the musical scene and became a friend of Jacques Offenbach.
Flotow's reputation rests entirely on one work...a ballet which he later turned into an opera called ``Martha.''
It's the only ...
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Boulevard plan for city 'could lead to a landmark unrivalled in Wales' pounds 28m scheme would give area feel of Barcelona's Las Ramblas.(News)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
; ...Mediterranean climate. SWANSEA Population 300,000. Founded by The Vikings - norse warlord Sweyn Forkbeard liked its commanding sea views and called it Sweyn's Ey (Sweyn's land). Famous for Dylan Thomas, Michael Heseltine, the Gower Peninsula...
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Some well-known names who could be chosen for a civic list for city.(News)
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; ...by aircrews home to people in Britain and the US. SWEYN FORKBEARD, the hard-drinking Viking chieftain whose...land around the River Tawe estuary (he called it Sweyn's Ey meaning Sweyn's territory) gave rise to the name Swansea. KINGSLEY...
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Has pounds 450m SA1 development transformed Wales' second city into 'Swindon-by-the-sea?' Council leaders outraged at poet's comment in new book.(News)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
; ...culturally rich cities in Europe but take away XTC from Swindon, they say, and you'd be left with, er, a bypass. SWANSEA Population: 225,000. People are known as: Swansea Jacks/Jills Got its name from: Its old name, Sweyn's Ey (Sweyn
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Event for real ale lovers.
Newspaper article from: Gainsborough Standard (Gainsborough, England)
; ...Gainsborough. The cask-conditioned beers on offer at The Sweyn Forkbeard in Silver Street, will include five from overseas...fun and I am looking forward to welcoming customers into The Sweyn Forkbeard during the festival." Customers will be able to...
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Pub offers cut-price drinks.
Newspaper article from: Gainsborough Standard (Gainsborough, England)
; ...sales frenzy by offering cut-priced drinks. Manager of the Sweyn Forkbeard, Tina Storey is cutting the price of a number of...the choice of a trip to a sale at the shops or a sale at The Sweyn Forkbeard, most people would prefer to visit the pub." The...
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On the move again ; Adam Postans discovers Swindon's future is set to be golden thanks to a billion-pound revamp
Newspaper article from: Western Daily Press (Bristol UK)
; ...Book it was called Suindune, derived either from the Anglo-Saxon words swine and dun, meaning pig hill, or Sweyn's hill, where Sweyn was the local landlord. The first recorded market in the town was held in 1259. Only last month, the 21st...
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 "Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)")
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Thank-you gift by doctor's widow.(News)
Newspaper article from: Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
; ...decided to mke the gift in memory of her husband, the late Sweyn Hobson, who was a doctor for 55 years. Dr Hobson died at Walsgrave...Holyhead Road, close to the city centre. Mrs Hobson said: "Sweyn didn't retire until 1982 when he was 79, which made him Coventry...
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You are cordially invited to join the 75th birthday party of Swansea Guildhall; Public tours of city landmark.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
; ...clock tower design features the prow of a Viking longboat, a reminder of Sweyn Forkbeard, the Norse warlord who is said to have founded Swansea (which he dubbed Sweyn's Ey) in the ninth century. In the summer of 1969, a young Prince Charles...
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WOMAN VISITING THE WORLD'S SWANSEAS IS STOPPING BY OURS: `WALK OF WALES' AT PARK AND PUBLIC RECEPTION WILL MARK VISIT BY REPORTER.(Metro)
Newspaper article from: St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO)
; ...she's going to learn from us," he said. Swansea in Wales is thought to have been established by Vikings as a trading post at the mouth of the River Tawe around the year 1000 and given the name Sweyn's Ey, or "the island of Sweyn."
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Folk column
Newspaper article from: South Wales Evening Post
; ...Thursday, it's plays host to an evening provided by The Men of Sweyn's Ey, who will be familiar to many of you as they dance each...would like more information about the evening or The Men of Sweyn's Ey, call 01792 843210. On Sunday, the Halfpenny Folk...
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