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Sanderson, Sibyl
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
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Sanderson, Sibyl (
b Sacramento, 1865;
d Paris, 1903). Amer. soprano. Début (as Ada Palmer) The Hague 1888 in title-role of
Manon. Massenet wrote
Esclarmonde (1889) and
Thaïs (1894) for her to exploit the extraordinary range of her v. (g–g″). Saint-Saëns wrote
Phryné (1893) for her. CG début 1891, NY Met 1895, but was never as successful as in Paris. Fine actress and very beautiful.
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Underground meeting with a real-life Delphic sibyl
Newspaper article from: Evening Standard - London; 4/11/2008; ; 639 words
; ...myself, it is the Libyan Sibyl, and began to stare...perfectly that of the Libyan Sibyl, but with the enormous...wholly Delphic. Two Sibyls for the price of one...nothing of any of the sibyls invented by Michelangelo...I saw her, not as a sibyl, but as a great hulk...
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The Sibyl Sanderson Story: Requiem for a Diva
Magazine article from: Opera News; 8/1/2005; ; 685 words
; The Sibyl Sanderson Story: Requiem for a Diva by Jack...Gilded Age opera novel, it would be The Sibyl Sanderson Story. The bare bones of Sanderson...that they throw jewels at her feet. But Sibyl is driven by demons as well, and her career...
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Anke Holdenried, The Sibyl and her Scribes: Manuscripts and Interpretation of the Latin 'Sibylla Tiburtina' c.1050- 1500.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Medium Aevum; 9/22/2007; ; 700+ words
; Anke Holdenried, The Sibyl and her Scribes: Manuscripts...Greek prophecy of the Tiburtine Sibyl (anonymous, ad c. 3 78...contemporary rulers' names to the Sibyl's list of kings involved in...sources of information about the Sibyls, most of which present them...
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Sibyl Hoffman
Newspaper article from: Yakima Herald-Republic; 3/12/2006; ; 385 words
; MONTEREY PENINSULA, CALIF - Sibyl (Nickolaus) was born on the family farm...Michael, Jr. and James). "Mike and Sibyl" were married for over 50 years until...1945. In addition to her nursing career, Sibyl was an active member of the Calvary Lutheran...
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Breakfast with the Cumaean Sibyl, or a poet's education
Magazine article from: Parnassus : Poetry in Review; 1/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...poetry go back at least to the Cumaean Sibyl, a crusty old gal who is supposed to have...proved unwilling to meet her price, the Sibyl destroyed three of the books and offered...Oracles were not uttered by the Cumaean Sibyl or any of her sister oracles but written...
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The Sibyl and her scribes; manuscripts and interpretation of the Latin Sibylla Tiburtina c. 1050-1500.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 11/1/2006; 509 words
; 0754633756 The Sibyl and her scribes; manuscripts and interpretation...one of the pagan prophetesses known as Sibyls, predicted the steady decline and apocalyptic...other sources of information about the Sibyl that were available during the five centuries...
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 "Birmingham Evening Mail (England)")
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Sibyl is Brum's new poet.
Newspaper article from: Birmingham Evening Mail (England); 11/20/1998; 374 words
; ...has been appointed - a 39-year-old part-time teacher. Sibyl Ruth will be commissioned by the city council and other organisations...his efforts over the past 12 months. Always a keen writer, Sibyl took up poetry during a long illness some years back. "I am...
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Sibyl is Brum's new poet
Newspaper article from: Evening Mail; 11/20/1998; 357 words
; ...has been appointed - a 39-year- old part-time teacher. Sibyl Ruth will be commissioned by the city council and other organisations...his efforts over the past 12 months. Always a keen writer, Sibyl took up poetry during a long illness some years back. "I am...
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 "Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)")
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Sibyl J. Lemke of Palatine.(Obituaries)(Obituary)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 8/12/2008; 386 words
; Sibyl J. Lemke of Palatine Visitation for Sibyl J. Lemke, 82, will be from 3 p.m. until the time of the funeral service at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 12, at Ahlgrim Family Funeral Home, 201 N. Northwest Highway, Palatine. Interment will...
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The Sibyl Sanderson Story--Requiem for a Diva, an Authorized Biography.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Newspaper article from: Reviewer's Bookwatch; 4/1/2005; 621 words
; The Sibyl Sanderson Story--Requiem for a Diva, An Authorized Biography Jack Winsor...ISBN 1574670948 $29.95 503+xiv pp. Born in 1864 in Sacramento, CA, Sibyl Sanderson was the first in a long line of celebrity opera singers running...
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Sibyls
Book article from: Myths and Legends of the World
Sibyls The sibyls were female prophets of Greek and Roman...Apollo* or other gods. The number of sibyls varied from 1 to 12. prophet one who claims...famous of these prophets was the Cumaean Sibyl. Apollo offered to grant her any wish...
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sibyl
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
sibyl a woman in ancient times supposed...in later times the number of sibyls was usually given as ten, living...Among them were the Erythraean Sibyl , who was said to have prophesied to Hecuba , and the Cumaean Sibyl , said in Virgil's Aeneid...
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Sibyl
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
Sibyl General term for a prophetess. The original Sibyl was believed to have lived in Asia...but three centuries later various sibyls were claimed in different parts...prophecies in hexameters ascribed to Sibyl were current in classical Greece...
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Sanderson, Sibyl
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
Sanderson, Sibyl ( b Sacramento, 1865; d Paris, 1903). Amer. soprano. Début (as Ada Palmer) The Hague 1888 in title-role of...
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Cuma
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
...references to the Cuma sibyl appear in ancient Greek...pronouncements of the successive sibyls were gathered and saved...carefully thought out. The sibyl of Cuma was closely related...away. It was the Cuma sibyl who referred Aeneas to...Say": A Sketch of the Sibyls and the Sibylline ...
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