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gamut
gamut a complete scale of musical notes; the compass or range of a voice or instrument. Earlier, a scale consisting of seven overlapping hexachords, containing all the recognized notes used in medieval music, covering almost three octaves from bass G to treble E. The word comes from medieval Latin... Read more |
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John Leland
John Leland c.1506-1552, English antiquary. He was successively chaplain and librarian to Henry VIII. In 1533 he was appointed king's antiquarian, and in this capacity traveled through England, collecting a great mass of historical and geographical data for a proposed book to be entitled History... Read more |
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Ivan Lendl
Ivan Lendl , 1960-, Czech-American tennis player. After leading Czechoslovakia to its only Davis Cup championship (1980), he moved to the United States, and became one of the dominant singles players in professional tennis during the 1980s. Lendl was noted for his powerful forehand and serve and for... Read more |
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John Gadsby Chapman
John Gadsby Chapman 1808-90, American painter, b. Alexandria, Va. Chapman is noted for his colored etchings of the Roman compagna and the American landscape. His historical painting The Baptism of Pocahontas is in the Capitol in Washington, D.C.... Read more |
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John Greenwood
John Greenwood 1727-92, American artist, b. Boston, Mass. An engraver and painter, Greenwood executed some of the first genre paintings in America. He is also noted for his satirical works peopled with small, energetic figures reminiscent of Hogarth's.... Read more |
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Hubert de Givenchy
Hubert de Givenchy (James Marcel Taffin) , 1927-, French fashion designer. He established his house of couture in Paris. A disciple of Balenciaga and assistant designer to Schiaparelli , he opened his own house in 1952, selling it to Moët Hennessy-Louis Vuitton in 1988. He remained under... Read more |
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Sylvester
Sylvester Disco singer Disco-era vocalist Sylvester was one of the first openly homosexual performers to achieve bestseller status. More than that, he was enthusiastically, flamboyantly gay, with an elaborate cross-dressing stage presence that he maintained on many of his recordings and in... Read more |
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Fountains of Wayne
Fountains of Wayne Pop group Named for a garden shop in Wayne, New Jersey, Fountains of Wayne was formed as a duo by Adam Schlesinger and Chris Collingwood. The pair met in 1985 while they both attended Williams College, supposedly over learning chord progressions to an R.E.M. song.... Read more |
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Katy Moffatt
Katy Moffatt Singer In the liner notes to her 1996 album Midnight Radio, Katy Moffatt's longtime collaborator Tom Russell wrote: "Folk, Country, Blues, Rock … Roots? She erases the boundaries. They call the music 'Americana' now. Well, close your eyes and listen to The Voice. It's midnight... Read more |
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