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Greenwich palace Greenwich palace
Greenwich palace began life as Bella Court, built by Humphrey, duke of Gloucester, brother of Henry V, whose library housed the great collection which finished up in the Bodleian, Oxford. After passing to Margaret of Anjou, the palace came to Henry VII, who built extensively. Its position on... Read more
masque masque
masque courtly form of dramatic spectacle, popular in England in the first half of the 17th cent. The masque developed from the early 16th-century disguising, or mummery, in which disguised guests bearing presents would break into a festival and then join with their hosts in a ceremonial dance. As... Read more
Zuleika Zuleika
Zuleika ♀ Of unknown etymolgy. In Islamic and Renaissance Jewish tradition, Zuleika is the name of Potiphar's wife (not actually named in the Bible itself), who attempted to seduce Joseph and, when she failed, turned Potiphar against him (Genesis 39:7–20). In Max Beerbohm's... Read more
Shel Silverstein Shel Silverstein
Shel Silverstein Singer, songwriter Best known as the author of several popular children's books, Shel Silverstein was a comedic renaissance man: a poet who crossed Ogden Nash's playfulness with Mad Magazine irreverence; a cartoonist who jacked up Dr. Seuss style fantasies with Jules Feiffer's... Read more
Carl Michael Bellman Carl Michael Bellman
Carl Michael Bellman Swedish poet and musician Carl Michael Bellman (1740–1795), often recognized as one of Sweden's last great troubadours, remains a famous musical figure in his native Sweden to this day, despite having little notoriety elsewhere in the world. A colorful man who was the... Read more
Lazarus Lazarus
Lazarus [Gr.,=Heb., Eleazar ], in the New Testament. 1 Brother of Mary and Martha of Bethany who, after four days in the tomb, was brought back to life by Jesus. 2 Beggar in the parable who lay suffering and neglected at the rich man's gate. After death the rich man, parching in hell, pleads... Read more
Wavelength Wavelength
WAVELENGTH USA, 1968 Director:Michael Snow Production:Color, 16mm; running time: 45 minutes. Released January 1968. Filmed during one week of December 1966 in a loft in New York City. Producer:Michael Snow; screenplay and photography:Michael... Read more
Masques Masques
masques were a form of English courtly entertainment, involving dancing, speech, song, and instrumental music, that flourished from the later 16th cent. until 1640. In the later 17th and 18th cents. the term was also applied to self-contained musical entertainments, normally accompanying a spoken... Read more
Jonah Jones Jonah Jones
Jonah Jones 1909–2000 Jazz trumpeter Influenced by Louis Armstrong Gillespie Blamed for Jones Spitball Notched Strong Album Sales Selected discography Sources It was a rare collection of recorded instrumental music in the 1950s and 1960s that did not include one or more samples of trumpeter... Read more
Michael Feinstein Michael Feinstein
Michael Feinstein Pianist, singer, archivist Collected Records, Met Ira Gershwin Began Performing, Made First Album Style Emphasizes Music, Charm Selected discography Sources Show music aficionado Michael Feinstein is acclaimed as one of today’s brightest young cabaret artists. A popular... Read more

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