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Lambert, (Leonard) Constant

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Lambert, (Leonard) Constant (b Fulham, London, 1905; d London, 1951). Eng. composer, conductor, and critic. Ballet Romeo and Juliet commissioned by Diaghilev and prod. Monte Carlo 1926. Series of brilliant works est. him with Walton among leading younger Eng. composers. Influenced by jazz, esp. Duke Ellington. His biggest success was with The Rio Grande, a setting of Sacheverell Sitwell (1927). Took leading part in est. of British ballet, and made th. orch. version of Vaughan Williams's Job, 1931. Cond. Camargo Society ballet 1930 and ballet and opera at SW, being mus. dir. Vic-Wells ballet from its foundation in 1931 until 1947, then mus. adviser SW Ballet from 1948. Cond. Purcell's The Fairy Queen, in a vers. by him and E. J. Dent, at CG 1946, the first post-war prod. there. Brilliant writer, his book Music, Ho! (1934) being an important and idiosyncratic commentary on contemporary mus. at that date. Witty conversationalist. Notable narrator in Walton's Façade with Edith Sitwell. Champion of mus. of Boyce, several of whose works he arr. Also advocate for Liszt when it was unfashionable in Eng. to admire him. Prin. works:BALLETS: Romeo and Juliet (1924–5); Pomona (1926); Apparitions (orch. of Liszt) (1936); Horoscope (1937); Tiresias (1950–1).INCID. MUSIC: Jew Süss (1929); Salome (1931); Hamlet (1944).ORCH.: Champêtre (1926); Elegiac Blues (1927, orch. of pf. piece); Music for Orch. (1927); pf. conc. (1931); Aubade héroïque (1942); incidental mus. for Hamlet.CHORAL: The Rio Grande, pf., ch., orch. (1927); Summer's Last Will and Testament, bar., ch., orch. (1932–5); Dirge (from Cymbeline), ten., bar., male ch., str. (or pf.) (1940).VOCAL: 8 Poems of Li-Po, v., pf. or 8 instr. (1926–9).PIANO: Pastorale (1926); Elegiac Blues (1927, also orch.); sonata (1928–9); 2 pièces nègres pour les touches blanches, 4 hands (1949).

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Dent Blanche

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Dent Blanche , peak, 14,318 ft (4,364 m) high, Valais canton, S Switzerland, in the Pennine Alps.

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Newspaper article from: Telecomworldwire; 4/16/2008; 671 words ; ...base stations for the Glacier Patrol this year, on the Dent Blanche, on Barma and on the Mont Fort cable car, all of which...repeaters installed to route received signals on the Tete Blanche, the Bertol and La Rosablanche. In addition, the two...
High in the Alps: as the caretaker of a Swiss Alpine Club hut, Armin Rey, 58, has maintained the trails, initiated search parties for lost guests, and even found himself trapped alone for five days waiting out a snow storm--and that's on top of work-a-day jobs like cooking, waiting on guests, maintaining the hut and hauling in provisions. There are certainly easier ways to make a living.
Magazine article from: Swiss News; 6/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...location Sure, Albert Heim is not the oldest hut (Grunhorn hut, built in 1863), nor the highest (Cabane de la Dent Blanche at 3,507 metres). There are better-equipped huts (with running water in winter, for example), and huts with...
ALPINE TRAGEDIES THE SEARCH FOR SOLIHULL CLIMBER.
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 10/31/1998; 391 words ; ...killed yesterday. Gregson, said to be aged about 23, fell 3,000 feet. At the time he was nearing the summit of the Dent Blanche peak, and three Swiss guides fell with him. A search party has gone out. Miss Currant met her death within earshot...
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Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 3/9/1996; ; 672 words ; ...are scores of sharp peaks, from the Dom in the east, (Switzerland's highest at 4545m), past the Matterhorn, Dent Blanche, the Grand Combin and the aiguilles, to Mont Blanc. The view can be enjoyed from restaurant terraces , but is at...
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Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland); 2/25/2004; 300 words ; ...853ft 5 Weisshorn, Switzerland 14,780ft 6 Taschorn, Switzerland 14,734ft 7 Matterhorn, Italy 14,688ft 8 La Dent Blanche, Switzerland 14, 293ft 9 Nadelhorn, Switzerland 14,196ft 10 Le Grand Combin, Switzerland 14,153ft
Swiss bliss on the sunny side.
Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England); 2/20/2005; 700+ words ; ...exclusively Anglo-Saxon. THE summits which rim the valley - famous peaks such as the Weisshorn, Grand Cornier, Dent Blanche and Zinalrothorn - echo with the names of English pioneers such as Leslie Stephen, Geoffrey Winthrop Young, Dorothy...
travel: My ski way to heaven; Slope off to Switzerland for stunning views, great food and fun for all the family.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland); 9/13/2008; 700+ words ; ...We enjoyed the Swiss specialty Raclette - essentially melted cheese, boiled potatoes and pickles - at the cosy La Dent Blanche restaurant. While you're there, try one of the local wines made in the Valais region. Next day we woke up to beautiful...
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Magazine article from: Journal of the Geological Society; 11/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...Pennine domain; (3) the Helvetic nappes (Fig. 2). The continental Austroalpine units can be separated into the Dent Blanche Nappe and the Sesia Zone (Ballvre et al. 1986). The heterogeneous Combin Zone marks the boundary between the Austroalpine...
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Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 12/10/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...Chapel, before heading for the Alps. There they made the first British guideless ascent of the North Ridge of the Dent Blanche, first climbed in 1928 by the local guide, Joseph Georges, with Dorothy Pilley Richards and her husband, the celebrated...
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Newspaper article from: Energy Weekly News; 9/4/2009; 700+ words ; ...represents part of a Middle Jurassic underplate of mafic magma at the base of the continental crust of the Apulian plate (Dent Blanche-Sesia Lanzo system). Granulite-facies recrystallization during cooling at similar to 825 degrees C and 1 center...

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