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Boston Pops Orchestra
BOSTON POPS ORCHESTRA Formed: 1885, Boston, Massachusetts Genre: Classical, Pop The Boston Pops is one of the oldest and most venerable musical institutions in the United States. Founded in 1885 for a Promenade Series by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Pops promised Bostonians... Read more |
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Philip Hale
Philip Hale 1854-1934, American music critic, b. Norwich, Vt. He was music critic of the Boston Post (1890-91), Boston Journal (1891-1903), and Boston Herald (1903-34) and annotated the program notes of the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1901 until his death. A collection of his writings was... Read more |
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Arthur Fiedler
Arthur Fiedler 1894-1979, American conductor, b. Brookline, Mass. Fiedler, who ultimately became a grandfatherly American musical icon, studied violin with his father, a member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra . He continued his musical studies in Berlin (1909-15), becoming a violinist (and later... Read more |
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New England Conservatory of Music
New England Conservatory of Music at Boston, Mass.; coeducational; est. 1867, chartered and opened 1870. It is closely associated with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Berkshire Music Center at Tanglewood. Jordan Hall, its main auditorium, is noted for recitals and performances by outstanding... Read more |
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Lowell Mason
Lowell Mason 1792-1872, American composer and music educator, b. Medfield, Mass. While working as a bank clerk in Savannah, Ga., he helped compile an anthology that was published as The Boston Handel and Haydn Society's Collection of Church Music (1822). He went to Boston to direct the music in... Read more |
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Sir George Henschel
Sir George Henschel , 1850-1934, German-English conductor, composer, and baritone. His first appearance (1877) in England was as a singer, and there he and his wife inaugurated (c.1880) the song recital. In 1881 he became the Boston Symphony Orchestra's first conductor. He returned to England in... Read more |
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Epes Sargent
Sargent, Epes (1813-1880) Well-known American author, editor, and psychical investigator. He was born on September 27, 1813, in Gloucester, Massachusetts. He graduated from Boston Latin School in 1829 and joined the editorial staff of the Boston Daily Advertiser. He subsequently worked for the... Read more |
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Joseph Stevens Jones
Jones, Joseph Stevens (1809–77), playwright, actor, and manager. The “indefatigable Dr. Jones” was one of the most prolific of American dramatists. Estimates of his output range from a low of 60 plays to a high of more than 150. He was born in Boston, and after making his acting... Read more |
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Josiah Quincy (1744-75)
Josiah Quincy , 1744-75, political leader in the American Revolution, b. Boston. An outstanding lawyer, he wrote a series of anonymous articles for the Boston Gazette in which he opposed the Stamp Act and other British colonial policies. Nevertheless, Quincy, along with John Adams, defended the... Read more |
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Donna Summer
Donna Summer Singer, songwriter Queen of Disco Summer’s Golden Days Born Again in the 1980s Selected discography Sources Pop vocalist Donna Summer’s first U.S. release was, arguably, her most famous recording. The 17-minute disco anthem “Love to Love You Baby,” replete... Read more |
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This prodigal son's return cloaked in behind-the-scenes drama
...entertain the standing-room crowd with a canned, calypso-laced music video mocking the hype surrounding the Internet, Harvard authorities...hung up on industry hype," said Kathy Biro, president of the Boston-based Strategy Interactive Group. You might expect that an... |
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OFF THE RECORD; The Prodigal Son Returns
...state of the Irish music bar scene on theEast Coast...streets of New York and Boston, two cities whowear...Irish pub is its music, and a quickscan...the goodfight in Boston and the Jersey shore...was a sad day in Prodigals ... |
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AT LAST, THE BOSS RETURNS TO HIS HOME TURF.(ARTS & ENTERTA)
...year-old native son went on at 8:10...playing tough-guy scenes,'' the Jersey...waiting for the prodigal rocker to return to performing with...and listen to his music and know that I...Sal Fava, 21, of Boston. ``We've been... |
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`Baby' singer Shelton ain't crying about success.(Scene)
...ballad about a prodigal son who returns home too late to...road to country music stardom any easier...another country music elder, songwriter...respected country music journeyman such...ways Wednesday at ... |
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ON THE Fiddle: "An Historic Recording" Returns
...Irish Traditional Music from County Clare...Hayes'fiddling son Martin wrote that...Clare style of music." The titlechosen...experience the music of Paddy Canny...August 21 with The Prodigals, ahard-charging...the traditional ... |
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Coming to theaters near you: what's in store for the upcoming season.(Calendar)
...Preljocaj when it returns to the West...Academy of Music). Other parties...American dance scene for the 2008...June, the return of La Sylphide...premiere set to music by Elton John...and epochal music. In October...In May, ... |
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Oscar winner Fosters adventure.(Arts and Lifestyle)
...deleted scenes and star commentary...friends who return to their generic...additional scenes and home movies...evolution from prodigal son of one of...consciousness through music and steadfast...evolution of ... |
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