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Dido's Lament
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Dido's Lament. Aria for Dido at end of Act 3 of Purcell's
Dido and Aeneas, beginning with words ‘When I am laid in earth’. Orch. arr. is played annually at Remembrance Day service at Cenotaph, London.
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 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
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Dido aims to be more than a one-hit wonder
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 10/6/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Bergen County, NJ) 10-06-2003 Dido aims to be more than a one-hit wonder...Edition. Early Edition Biographical: DIDO No one, including her music producer brother, paid much attention to Dido when she made her first album. Twelve...
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Dido and Aeneas.
Magazine article from: The New Leader; 8/6/1990; ; 700+ words
; Dido and Aeneas "GRETA GARBO and Sarah Bernhardt...just seen Mark Morris in Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas. The comment suggests the adoration...where he performed the dual female roles of Dido and the Sorceress. This was the big event...
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DIDO GIVES THANKS EMINEM'S SAMPLING CHARGES CAREER OF AMBIENT-POP SINGER
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 7/28/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...Try this one: A new English singer named Dido suddenly gets a package in the mail from...Stan," complete with an added sample of Dido's voice lifted from her tune, "Thank...how he got a hold of the rec ord," says Dido. "The story I got is that [Eminem and...
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Dido STANds on her own with new album.(Arts and Lifestyle)
Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald; 9/30/2003; ; 700+ words
; Byline: LARRY KATZ Dido has discovered that success brings something...I sold a million copies." Actually, Dido sold an astonishing 12 million copies of...only need to make the music I love." Dido used that freedom to make "Life For Rent...
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Dido's voice simply spellbinding on her introspective third album.(ETC.)
Newspaper article from: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA); 1/18/2009; 700+ words
; ...Craig S. Semon COLUMN: TRACKS `Safe Trip Home' Dido (Arista) * * * Damaged goods have never been...Me' as the theme song for its Roswell series, Dido Armstrong (better known simply as Dido) proves she's no dodo when it comes to matters...
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Dido Follows Up Smash Success of Debut
News Wire article from: AP Online; 9/29/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Online 09-29-2003 Dateline: NEW YORK Dido performs for fans in Oxford Street's...Monday Sept. 29, 2003. Later on Monday, Dido flies to New York to perform at another...producer brother, paid much attention to Dido when she made her first album. Twelve...
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Reimagining `Dido and Aeneas' ; With Mark Morris now offstage, ritualistic choreography comes to the fore in this classic tale of love and loss
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 5/30/2008; ; 700+ words
; Dance Review Dido and Aeneas Mark Morris Dance Group At...through Sunday, with Bradon McDonald as Dido and Sorceress) In the beginning - 1989...Morris's magnificent opera-cum-dance "Dido and Aeneas" was Mark Morris. The then...
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Animated sensation Fido Dido to make national commercial debut for Lemon-Lime Slice; 'epitome of cool' spokesperson premieres on MTV.
PR Newswire; 6/14/1990; 700+ words
; ANIMATED SENSATION FIDO DIDO TO MAKE NATIONAL COMMERCIAL DEBUT FOR...America's newest animated star, Fido Dido, is starring in two new television commercials...Cola Company announced today. Fido Dido (pronounced FI-doe, DEE-doe...
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preview Legend of Dido alive and well Three different productions are on offer this spring
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 3/15/2009; ; 690 words
; Fans of the Dido and Aeneas legend are in for a good wallow this spring. The story of how Queen Dido falls in love with Trojan refugee Aeneas...Christopher Marlowe's rarely performed drama Dido Queen of Carthage (1584), written when...
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`Stan' sample helps Dido
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 8/2/2000; ; 700+ words
; Dido 7 p.m. Thursday Vic Theatre, 3145 N...sources. Try this one: An English singer named Dido suddenly gets a package in the mail from chart...Stan," complete with an added sample of Dido's voice lifted from her tune, "Thank You...
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Dido
Book article from: Myths and Legends of the World
Dido In Greek mythology, Dido was the founder and queen of Carthage, a city on the northern coast...a king of Tyre in Phoenicia *, and the sister of Pygmalion. Dido is best known for her love affair with the Trojan hero Aeneas...
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Dido's Lament
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
Dido's Lament. Aria for Dido at end of Act 3 of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas , beginning with words ‘When I am laid in earth’. Orch. arr. is played annually at Remembrance Day service at Cenotaph, London.
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Dido and Aeneas
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
Dido and Aeneas. Opera in prol. and 3 acts by Purcell to lib. by Nahum Tate...as standard. Another important version was found at Tatton Hall, Cheshire. Dido's Lament , When I am laid in earth , occurs in Act 3.
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Dido Queene of Carthage, The Tragedie of
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
Dido Queene of Carthage, The Tragedie of, written by Marlowe and Nashe , published in 1594. It is closely based on Virgil's Aeneid (Bks 1, 2, and 4), depicting Dido's failure to persuade Aeneas to stay with her in Carthage and her subsequent suicide.
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dido
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
di·do / ˈdīˌdō / • n. ( pl. -does or -dos ) (in phrase cut/cut up didoes ) inf. perform mischievous tricks or deeds.
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