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Lullaby superstar Irish Fest group assembling Bing Crosby collection
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He was perhaps the most important pop singer of the 20th century,
but you seldom hear him anymore unless it's snowing.
Bing Crosby was the first musical superstar. They don't make
boxed sets big enough to encompass his career. The tally of his
Billboard hits runs to 317. To put that in some kind of context,
Elvis Presley had 104, the Beatles 49.
He was a remarkably durable performer who broke in singing with
Paul Whiteman and closed his career performing a duet with David
Bowie. And his "White Christmas" is one of the bestselling
recordings of all time. He was a major film star with a ...
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How the salons of Paris made social life an art
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune
; ...important salon at the hotel de Rambouillet around 1610 to the Revolution...the magnificent figure of Catherine de Vivonne, Marquise de Rambouillet. For four decades, in...useless.''Madame de Rambouillet's daughter, Julie d...
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Edmund Waller, English Precieux.(Critical Essay)
Magazine article from: Philological Quarterly
; ...already been fought and won at the hotel de Rambouillet.(6) In order to recognize the precieux...and speech.(7) Its central figure was Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet, who regularly entertained a group of French...
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CONVERSATION STARTER
Magazine article from: Artforum
; ...humanism. Although Catherine de Mediis had been...context in which Catherine de Vivonne, grandniece of Pope...altogether. But Catherine was no retiring invalid...Thenceforward, the new marquise de Rambouillet entertained at the...
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