Turnbull, William
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Turnbull, William (1801–1857) U.S. army officer and military engineer. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, William Turnbull graduated from
West Point in 1819. Though commissioned in the artillery, his earliest assignments dealt mostly with topographic engineering, and he was promoted to brevet captain of that branch in 1831. The next year he was given the challenging assignment to build a canal aqueduct across the Potomac River near Georgetown, District of Columbia. Using innovative cofferdams and pumps, he completed the project in 1843 and gained an international reputation. During the
Mexican War (1846–48) he was the chief topographical engineer on
Winfield Scott's staff. His maps were critical for the march on
Mexico City, and Turnbull was brevetted to lieutenant colonel and colonel for his conduct at the battles around the city. He was recalled from Mexico at the request of the Secretary of the Treasury to build a new customhouse in New Orleans. He soon moved on to other projects, including harbor improvements on the Great Lakes. He died suddenly in Wilmington, North Carolina while supervising efforts to improve navigation on the Cape Fear River.
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Daphnis et Chloé
Magazine article from: Fanfare; 5/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...eventual fracturing of the relationship. Daphnis of course sets a very different narrative...to an early Greek poet named Longus. Daphnis and Chlo, both orphaned in infancy on...raised by shepherds. They fall in love; Daphnis teaches Chlo to play the pipes he fashions...
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Nassos Daphnis. (Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio)
Magazine article from: Artforum International; 2/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...AMERICAN ART For the past forty years Nassos Daphnis' paintings have embodied a seemingly...power provides their animating energy. Daphnis' dedication to the ethereal substance...to the optical effects of color. For Daphnis, surfaces acquire a kind of pulsating...
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Nassos Daphnis and Ernest Briggs at Anita Shapolsky.(New York)(Opposing Forces)
Magazine article from: Art in America; 9/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...early Munich years. The lineage of Nassos Daphnis (b. 1914), by contrast, harks back...autumn foliage or a violently flayed body. Daphnis, on the other hand, exploits the resonance...bringing to mind Duchamp's Rotoreliefs. Daphnis has a knack for clever design and radical...
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DAPHNIS ET CHLOE BY THE BALLETS RUSSES (1914)
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 10/31/2008; 507 words
; ...performance in England of Maurice Ravel's Daphnis et Chloe, conducted by M. Monteux...But with the return to the sleeping Daphnis we get back to the main interest of the...fresh life. The dancing of M. Fokine as Daphnis matched that of Mme Karsavina in its grace...
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'DAPHNIS' BEST BSO RECORDING IN DECADE
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 8/12/1990; ; 700+ words
; ...Philips Records' release of Ravel's "Daphnis and Chloe" under the direction of Bernard...Seiji Ozawa and Sir Colin Davis, this "Daphnis" is the best BSO recording of the last...title of Favorite Guest Conductor. "Daphnis" is not a piece one would necessarily...
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J.R. Morgan: Longus: Daphnis and Chloe.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Ancient Narrative; 1/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; J.R. MORGAN: Longus: Daphnis and Chloe Pp. 253. Oxford: Aris...Paperback, -16.50 ISBN 0856685631 Daphnis & Chloe (hereafter D&...sexual mores of their times: poor Daphnis has sometimes found himself cut off...
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Nassos Daphnis at Leo Castelli and Andre Zarre.(New York, New York)(Review of Exhibitions)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Art in America; 1/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...simultaneous exhibitions commemorated Nassos Daphnis's 35th anniversary with Leo Castelli...precision and meticulousness that have become Daphnis's trademark. Circles and squares are...holding it steady - for the moment. Nassos Daphnis continues to pursue the intricacies of...
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Daphnis et Chloé.1/Les biches2
Magazine article from: Fanfare; 9/1/2008; ; 573 words
; RAVEL Daphnis et Chlo.1 POULENC Les biches2 * Michael Gielen, cond;1 Marcello Viotti...with energy and wit. I'm not as familiar with this score as I am with Daphnis, but for me this is equal in its own way to the marvelous performance...
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`DAPHNIS' EXCELS UNDER FRUEHBECK
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 5/5/2004; ; 645 words
; ...central to its repertory since the 1920s, Ravel's ballet "Daphnis et Chloe." Credit for the glorious performance goes to the...simply staggering - it is possible to imagine a different "Daphnis," but not a better one. The program opened with an early...
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Iberia/Le tombeau de Couperin. Daphnis and Chloe/Bacchus and Ariadne
Magazine article from: Fanfare; 5/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; DEBUSSY Iberia. RAVEL Le tombeau de Couperin. Daphnis and Chloe: Suite No. 2. ROUSSEL Bacchus and Ariadne...broadcasts are pretty impressive too. While Ravel's two Daphnis and Chloe Suites amount to a bit more than half of the entire...
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Daphnis and Chloe
Book article from: Myths and Legends of the World
Daphnis and Chloe The romantic tale of Daphnis and Chloe, told by the Greek author Longus, deals with the...peaceful lives of shepherds in the country. A young boy named Daphnis and a girl named Chloe are abandoned by their parents and raised...
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Daphnis
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Daphnis , in Greek mythology, shepherd, the son of Hermes and a nymph. He was unfaithful...melancholy songs upon the shepherd's pipes, and his friends lamented for him in song. Daphnis was revered as the inventor of pastoral music.
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Daphnis and Chloë
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Daphnis and Chloë see Longus .
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Daphnis et Chloé
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
Daphnis et Chloé. Ballet (choreographic sym.) by Ravel in 3 scenes, choreog. Fokine, comp. 1909–12 to commission...
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Daphnis of Miletus
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Daphnis of Miletus (d. c. 300 bc). Architect (with Paeonius of Ephesus) of the Ionic temple of Apollo at Didyma (begun c. 313 bc), one of the largest temples in Asia Minor. Bibliography Dinsmoor (1950); Vitruvius Pollio (1955–6)
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