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Childe Roland Childe Roland
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Orlando (name) Orlando (name)
Orlando the Italian form of Roland, a hero of the romances of Charlemagne. Orlando Furioso is a poem by Ariosto, published in its complete form in 1532, designed to exalt the house of Este and its legendary ancestor Rogero ( Ruggiero). It continues the story of the love of Orlando (Roland in the... Read more
Roland Hayes Roland Hayes
Roland Hayes 1887-1976, American tenor, b. Curryville, Ga. The son of a former slave, Hayes studied at Fisk Univ. and with private teachers in Boston and in Europe. As one of the foremost interpreters of modern French songs, German lieder, and spirituals, Hayes was the first African-American singer... Read more
Roland Roland
Roland , the great French hero of the medieval Charlemagne cycle of chansons de geste, immortalized in the Chanson de Roland (11th or 12th cent.). Existence of an early Roland poem is indicated by the historian Wace's statement that Taillefer sang of Roland's deeds to inflame the men before... Read more
Sir Roland Penrose Sir Roland Penrose
Penrose, Sir Roland (1900–1984). British writer, collector, exhibition organizer, and artist, born in London, the son of a painter. As an artist he holds a distinguished place among British Surrealists (he produced collages and objects as well as paintings), but he is chiefly remembered for... Read more
Matteo Maria Boiardo Matteo Maria Boiardo
Matteo Maria Boiardo , 1441?-1494, Italian poet, count of Scandiano. A favorite at the Este court in Ferrara, he served on diplomatic missions and became ducal captain of Modena and later of Reggio. He wrote Latin eclogues and songs and lyric love poems, and he translated Herodotus, Xenophon,... Read more
Taillefer Taillefer
Taillefer , fl. 1066, Norman warrior and trouvère. According to medieval chronicles and evidence in the Bayeux Tapestry, he led the Norman army at Hastings into battle, singing of Roland at Roncesvalles; he was killed in the conflict.... Read more
Roland de Lassus Roland de Lassus
Roland de Lassus The enormous production of the Franco-Flemish composer Roland de Lassus (1532-1594), over 1,200 works in all categories, and their extraordinarily high quality, make him one of the greatest masters of Renaissance music. Roland de Lassus, also known as Orlando di Lasso, was... Read more
Girondists Girondists
Girondists or Girondins , political group of moderate republicans in the French Revolution , so called because the central members were deputies of the Gironde dept. Girondist leaders advocated continental war. Led at first by Jacques Brissot de Warville , the Girondists were known as... Read more
Kingis Quair Kingis Quair
‘Kingis Quair’. A poem now generally accepted to have been written by James I of Scotland following his return from imprisonment in England (1424), perhaps in the mid-1430s. Written in Scots, with English influences, it is an autobiographical account of the king's incarceration, his... Read more

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