Ornithorhynchidae
Ornithorhynchidae (platypus; subclass Prototheria, order Monotremata) A monospecific family (
Ornithorhynchus anatinus) of nocturnal monotremes that are highly adapted for aquatic life. They are now known to be related more closely to the marsupials than to the echidnas. The digits are webbed, the webs of the fore limbs being folded when the animal is not swimming; those of the hind limbs bear strong claws. The snout is covered in thick skin and is shaped like the bill of a duck. A spur on the inside of the hind leg carries venom. The animal feeds on aquatic invertebrates. Breeding takes place in spring, with one to three eggs being laid and incubated in a nest built in a burrow beside water. The animals are distributed throughout southern and eastern Australia and Tasmania. Fossil genera are
Obdurodon, from the early
Miocene of Queensland, and
Monotrematum, from the
Palaeocene of Patagonia.
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Music of Farwell, Hadley, Herbert, MacDowell and Parker: American Orchestral Compositions (1890-1916)/Edward MacDowell: The Symphonic Poems/William Grant Still: Afro-American Symphony; Amy Beach: "Gaelic" Symphony
Magazine article from: Strings; 8/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Herbert, MacDowell and Parker: American Orchestral...cond. (Bridge, 9089) William Grant Still: Afro...Symphonic Poem "Vathek" by Horatio Parker (1863-1919...Beach (1867-1944) and William Grant Still (1895...with violin cadenzas. William Gra
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Vistas of American Music: Essays and Compositions in Honor of William K. Kearns.(Review)
Magazine article from: Notes; 6/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...American Music: Essays and Compositions in Honor of William K. Kearns. Edited by Susan L. Porter and John Graziano...Nicholas Tawa on the long friendship of George Chadwick and Horatio Parker; Mary DuPree on the town bands of Pocatello, Idaho...
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PINEL CONCERT ON ROUND LAKE ORGAN FEATURES UNUSUAL.(Show)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 7/27/1986; 700+ words
; ...the American composer Horatio Parker. Conducting the orchestra...will be Glenn Soellner. Horatio Parker? He's mostly...and of its builders, William H. Davis and Richard...from the Organ Sonata of Horatio Parker, three pieces...
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RARE CONCERTOS FOR NONSTANDARD INSTRUMENTS
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 3/7/1989; ; 700+ words
; ...hard to realize that Horatio Parker (1863-1919) was once...last word is not in on Horatio Parker quite yet. Who...premiere -- ho hum -- of William Marx's "Images" for...orchestra (1982). William, a professionally trained...
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From Psalm to Symphony: A History of Music in New England. (Book Reviews: National Musics).
Magazine article from: Notes; 9/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...straddling well-known topics such as William Billings, Lowell Mason, George Whitefield Chadwick, Horatio Parker, Amy Beach, Charles Ives, Carl...Chadwick; chapter 7, the music of Horatio Parker, Arthur Foote, and Edward MacDowell...
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Notes for notes.
Magazine article from: Notes; 9/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Converse, Henry Lee Higginson, Helen Hopekirk, Horatio Parker, Carl Stoeckel, George Templeton Strong, and...portraits of other individuals such as Carl Muck, William McCoy, Horatio Parker, and Templeton Strong. Chadwick's personal...
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Anniversaries
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 12/18/1998; 683 words
; ...Kazynski, composer, 1812; Dr William Moon, inventor of "blind...palaeontologist, 1892; Sir John William Alcock, aviator, killed in an air crash 1919; Horatio Parker, composer, 1919; Sir William Hamo Thornycroft, sculptor...
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MEMORABLE MOMENTS FOR THE MUSICAL MUSE.(Show)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 8/31/1986; 700+ words
; ...neglected music of American composer Horatio Parker, whose Organ Concerto and Sonata...Auditorium. The Albany Symphony exhumed Parker's lovely Northern Ballad last...Symphony was presented at SPAC (William Smith, conducting). There's...
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Seymour to leave Boston Conservatory
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 6/6/1997; ; 700+ words
; William Seymour has announced his resignation as president of...for the tour includes music by American composers from William Billings to Daniel Pinkham, including Horatio Parker, who was organist at Trinity from 1893-1902; the concert...
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ASO PREMIERES THORNE SYMPHONY.(PREVIEW)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 5/2/1996; 700+ words
; ...essentially tonal music that forms a direct line back to Horatio Parker, Charles Ives, Aaron Copland, and Peter Mennin...McClatchy. McClatchy, a poet, had provided librettos for William Schuman's opera ``A Matter of Taste'' and for...
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Horatio William Parker
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Horatio William Parker Horatio William Parker (1863-1919) was one of the most respected American composers of the late 19th century and professor of music at Yale University. Horatio Parker was born on Sept. 15, 1863, in Auburndale, Mass...
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Parker, Horatio (William)
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
Parker, Horatio (William) ( b Auburndale, Mass., 1863; d Cedarhurst, NY, 1919). Amer. composer, organist, and teacher. Held org. posts in...
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Horatio Nelson
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Horatio Nelson The English admiral and naval hero Horatio Nelson, Viscount Nelson...seafaring nation. Horatio Nelson was born at...where he met Sir William Hamilton, the English...command to Sir Hyde Parker on an expedition to...
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Horatio Nelson Nelson, Viscount
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Horatio Nelson Nelson, Viscount 1758...the duke of Clarence (later William IV) and married (1787...in command, under Sir Hyde Parker, of the fleet sent against...Danes at Copenhagen, ignoring Parker's order to cease action...
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Nelson, Horatio
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
Nelson, Horatio (1758–1805). Emphasis...educative influence; Sir Peter Parker, who in June 1779 eased Nelson...exceptional dedication. Prince William Henry, the future William IV, to whom Nelson became a trusted...
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