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Cole Porter Cole Porter
Cole Porter 1891-1964, American composer and lyricist, b. Peru, Ind., grad. Yale, 1913. Porter's witty, sophisticated lyrics and his affecting melodies place him high in the ranks of American composers of popular music. He was an elegant and debonair man, in spite of a riding accident (1937) that... Read more
Lenox Lenox
Lenox town (1990 pop. 5,069), Berkshire co., W Mass., in the Berkshire Mts., 7 mi (11 km) south of Pittsfield. It is primarily a summer resort. The Berkshire Festival , one of the country's premier music festivals, is held annually on the Tanglewood estate, which spans Lenox and adjoining ... Read more
Robert Feke Robert Feke
Robert Feke , c.1705-c.1750, early American portrait painter, b. Oyster Bay, N.Y. He practiced in Newport, R.I., New York City, Philadelphia, and Boston. He probably studied in Europe for a time, but soon developed a very personal painting style. His best-known portrait of Isaac Royall and his... Read more
Alicia de Larrocha Alicia de Larrocha
Alicia de Larrocha Pianist Alicia de Larrocha (born 1923) has been much admired in the music world practically since her birth. She is known for her interpretations of Spanish music, and "for the elegance of her playing, for the fine details and for the distinctive colors that emerge particularly... Read more
Omara Portuondo Omara Portuondo
Omara Portuondo Cuban vocalist Omara Portuondo (born 1930), long a well-loved star in her native country, reached an international audience with the release of the Buena Vista Social Club album and film of the late 1990s. The elegant Portuondo, who was nearly 70 at the time, was the only woman... Read more
Gerard Schwarz Gerard Schwarz
Gerard Schwarz Conductor, trumpeter Widely known as the director, since 1984, of New York's popular Mostly Mozart festival, trumpet-virtuoso-turned-conductor Gerard Schwarz is a musician whose versatility matches his refinement, elegance, and sense of balance. Often hailed as... Read more
Kirsten Flagstad Kirsten Flagstad
Kirsten Flagstad When music lovers imagine a female opera singer of the Teutonic sort, they may imagine a performer like Norwegian soprano Kirsten Flagstad (1895-1962), who towered above other vocalists attempting the punishing soprano leading roles in the music dramas of German composer Richard... Read more
The Adventures of Augie March The Adventures of Augie March
Augie March, The Adventures of, novel by Saul Bellow, published in 1953.Augie March, a young Chicago Jew, leaves his charity‐supported mother, tyrannical grandmother, and mentally retarded brother George, and with his opportunistic older brother Simon ventures into the world to make a living.... Read more
Baldassare Conte Castiglione Baldassare Conte Castiglione
Baldassare Castiglione, Conte , 1478-1529, Italian soldier, author, and statesman attached to the court of the duke of Milan and later in the service of the duke of Urbino. His famous Libro del cortegiano (1528, tr. The Courtier, 1561), a treatise on etiquette, social problems, and intellectual... Read more
Baldassare Peruzzi Baldassare Peruzzi
Baldassare Peruzzi , 1481-1536, Italian architect and painter of the High Renaissance and mannerist periods. His outstanding architectural works are the Villa Farnesina (c.1505-c.1511) and the Palazzo Massimi (c.1535) in Rome. He also did architectural and painting projects for the Vatican and... Read more

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