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Alejo Fernandez
Fernández, Alejo (b ?Germany, c.1475; d Seville, 1545). Spanish painter, probably of German origin, as he is referred to as ‘Maestro Alexos—pintor Aléman’. He married the daughter of a painter called Pedro Fernández at Córdoba and took her name, but he... Read more |
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Phil Collins
Phil Collins Singer, songwriter, drummer For the Record… St. Gabriel’s Replacement Finding His Face Value Both Sides of Fame On with the Show Selected discography Sources One could not have lived through the 1980s without hearing the ubiquitous voice of British... Read more |
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Christopher Parkening
Christopher ParkeningGuitarist Christopher Parkening is a renowned classical guitarist who has pursued dual paths during the course of his career. Initially, Parkening concerned himself with the mastery of his instrument; he was a pupil of maestro Andres Segovia, who, according to High Fidelity,... Read more |
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Serge Koussevitzky
Serge Koussevitzky (Sergei Aleksandrovich Koussevitzky) , 1874-1951, Russian-American conductor, studied in Moscow. He began his career as a double bass player. In 1908 he made his debut as a conductor in Berlin. In 1910 he and his wife, Natalie, formed an orchestra that Koussevitzky conducted... Read more |
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Salzburg Festival
Salzburg Festival annual festival of music and drama held in Salzburg, Austria, for five weeks starting in late July. The festival may be considered a descendant of the Salzburg Music Festival Weeks that the Vienna Philharmonic gave irregularly between 1877 and 1910. After World War I several... Read more |
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Antonio Stradivari
Antonio Stradivari , or Antonius Stradivarius , 1644-1737, Italian violin maker of Cremona; pupil of Niccolò Amati . He was apprenticed to Amati c.1658 and may have remained with him until Amati's death in 1684. Stradivari's earliest extant label is dated 1666 and his last 1737. His... Read more |
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Gabriela Sabatini
Gabriela Sabatini: 1970—: Tennis player, fragrance designer Over her 12-year pro career, tennis player Gabriela Sabatini won 27 career singles titles, including the 1990 U.S. Open and two season-ending Virginia Slims Championships. She came close to winning Wimbledon in 1991, and from age 15... Read more |
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Battle of the Atlantic
Atlantic, battle of the, popular name for the six-year struggle from 1939 to 1945 to secure the Atlantic routes vital to Allied victory. It was not, therefore, a battle in the traditional sense like Trafalgar, Jutland, or Midway, but rather a long fight to organize, protect, and manage the movement... Read more |
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Ne Win
Ne Win Ne Win (born 1911) was a Burmese general and political leader who twice seized power from elected premier U Nu and ruled Burma (now Myanmar) as a repressive and isolationist socialist government until he resigned in 1988. Born in Prome, Burma (now Myanmar), Ne Win was named Shu Maung... Read more |
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