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Luigi Nono Luigi Nono
Luigi Nono , 1924-90, Italian composer, b. Venice. Nono studied with Hermann Scherchen and Bruno Maderna. He adopted the twelve-tone method of composition (see serial music ), and his first major work, the Canonic Variations (1950), is based on a tone row from Arnold Schoenberg's Ode to... Read more
Elijah Elijah
Elijah or Elias [both: Heb.,=Yahweh is God], fl. c.875 BC, Hebrew prophet in the reign of King Ahab . He is one of the outstanding figures of the Bible. Elijah's mission was to destroy the worship of foreign gods and to restore exclusive loyalty to God. His zeal brought about a temporary... Read more
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Rhabdomancy Rhabdomancy
Rhabdomancy Term for divination by divining-rods. Deriving from Greek words meaning "a rod" and "divination," it was thus alluded to by Sir Thomas Browne (1605-82): "As for the divination or decision from the staff, it is an augurial relic, and the practice thereof is accused by God himself:... Read more
Myths Myths
MYTH. The study of myth across the disciplines is united by the questions asked. The main questions are those of origin, function, and subject matter. Origin in this context means why and how myth arises; function, why and how myth persists. The answer to the why of origin and function is usually a... Read more
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fire fire
fire the phenomenon of combustion as seen in light, flame , and heat; it is one of the basic tools of human culture. In ancient Greece and later, fire was considered one of the four basic elements, a substance from which all things were composed. Its great importance to humans, the mystery of... Read more
Revelation Revelation
Revelation or Apocalypse , the last book of the New Testament. It was written c.AD 95 on Patmos Island off the coast of Asia Minor by an exile named John, in the wake of local persecution by the Emperor Domitian (AD 81-96). Tradition has identified John with the disciple St. John , but many... Read more
Diet of Worms Diet of Worms
Diet of Worms 1521, most famous of the imperial diets held at Worms, Germany. It was opened in Jan., 1521, by Holy Roman Emperor Charles V . After disposing of other business, notably the question of the Reichsregiment , the diet took up the question of the recalcitrant behavior of Martin Luther... Read more

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