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- Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
15: |'''Date of Birth'''
29: ... a vote of 85-13, and she was sworn in later that day.
34: ...s a high-school guidance counsellor, and was an ordained minister who preached on weekends; Rice's mot...
35: ...[http://www.wnyc.org/legacy/shows/madaboutmusic/madabout_transcript090701.html]
41: ...://www.publiceye.org/frontpage/OpEds/berlet_condi_dad.html] At age 15, Rice began classes with the goa... - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
9: ...oad through [[Gidon Kremer]]'s championing of her violin concerto ''[[Offertorium (Gubaidulina)|Offertoriu...
11: ...h and resurrection of Christ, her largest work to date.
18: * Quintet for piano, two violins, viola, and violoncello (1957)
22: *''Concordanza'' for chamber ensemble (1971)
42: *''Rejoice!'' (Sonata for violin and cello) - Clara Schumann (3372 bytes)
3: ...e Wieck Schumann''' ([[September 13]], [[1819]] – [[May 20]], [[1896]]), wife of composer [[Rob...
7: ...d until her death. Later that year, she also met violinist [[Joseph Joachim]] who became one of her frequ...
11: ...bility was considerably rarer than in the present day, she was herself the composer of a few songs and...
14: ...r violin and piano. Inspired by her husbands birthday, the three Romances were composed in 1853 and de... - Meryl Streep (12114 bytes)
2: ...sion]] and who, from the [[1980s]] to the present day, has been regarded as one of the best in her fie...
5: ...r Best Actress and 3 for Best Supporting Actress—making her the most-nominated actor of all time...
7: ...e days when even I think I'm overrated, but not today."
9: ...''— her first and only action film to date—and her noted comic turn in ''[[She-Devil]]''.
11: ...he Heart]]'', for which she learned to play the [[violin]]. - Woodworking (12397 bytes)
13: ...—such as flower pots, tables, altars, etc.—and also contains extensive instructions concer...
61: ...working to prevent cracking, splitting, and other damage due to drying
62: * shake: a crack or split in wood, caused by damage or drying
82: *[[carpentry]] – Originally a carpenter was a wagon maker but c...
83: *[[joinery]] – The joining of two or more pieces of wood toge... - Definitions of music (17609 bytes)
1: ... consists of is something that is still debated today.
8: ... major kinds: [[musica universalis]], [[musica mundana]], [[musica instrumentalis]]. Of those, only th...
12: ...h are very much in vogue in [[Western society]] today.
14: ...relatively new invention then, and it is understandable that the mathematical or physical relationship...
21: ...ical instrumental metric composition, and popular dance music are. However, from a European influenced... - Piccolo (2812 bytes)
3: In addition to the standard C piccolo, there is a piccolo pitched in D flat...
16: The piccolo, historically with no keys, today with keys but different to those of the classica...
20: *[[Violin#Related_instruments|Piccolo violin]] - Sackbut (3802 bytes)
4: ...e around [[1480]]. It evolved into what we know today as the '[[Trombone]]', but is often described as...
7: ...t-basses, as well as a contrabass. The common standards now are the alto in Eb, tenor in Bb, and bass ...
16: ...sic]]. Sackbuts also frequently played courtly [[dance music]].
18: ...ith [[continuo]], appeared. Composers included [[Dario Castello]], [[Giovanni Battista Fontana]], [[H... - Pipe organ (24478 bytes)
1: ... pipes. Many large installations will have a secondary set of pipes in the choir loft, at the opposite...
5: ...[pedalboard]]. Three, four or five manuals plus pedals is not uncommon for a larger instrument.
7: ...nly found in [[church]]es, and in some [[Reform Judaism|reformed synagogues]]. They are also found in ...
11: ...date the text of the heading in any way, please update the link too.-->
31: ...it played. In archaeological excavations near [[Budapest]] in Hungary (the ancient [[Pannonia]]) a Rom... - Banjo (6143 bytes)
10: ...classical banjo style. The two most common modern day banjos are the '''resonator banjo''' which has a...
22: ...(but an octave lower), and has become quite a standard instrument for [[Irish traditional music]]. - String instrument (8163 bytes)
22: ...ces a thin, "breathy" sound, emphasizing the [[fundamental frequency]].
32: ...resonating chamber, a soundboard, or both. On the violin, for example, the taut strings pass over a ''brid...
39: ... notes are obtained. With instruments such as the violin or guitar the player may press down on the string...
53: * [[Hardingfele|Hardanger]] ([[Norway]])
61: * [[Violin]] - List of musical instruments (9508 bytes)
14: ... the [[vocal cord]]s into [[oscillation]]. The fundamental frequency is controlled by the tension of t...
18: ...; most keyboard instruments have extra means ([[pedal]]s for a piano, [[Organ stop|stops]] for an orga...
22: ...n inscriptions and the [[Bible]], and probably predate recorded history. The human body, generating bo...
162: * [[Hardingfele|Hardanger]]
183: * [[Vertical viola]] (and other members of the [[violin octet]] family) - Albert Einstein (43065 bytes)
3: '''Albert Einstein''' ([[March 14]], [[1879]] – [[April 18]], [[1955]]) was a [[Germany|German...
7: ...show through in his work and philosophy. To this day Einstein receives popular recognition unpreceden...
14: ...and, at the insistence of his mother, was given [[violin]] lessons.
20: ... a friendly doctor, but this meant he had no secondary-school certificate. {{an|1}}
22: ... his friend [[Michele Besso]] married their other daughter Anna.{{an|1}} Einstein subsequently enrolle... - Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (14006 bytes)
2: ...of the Bath|KCB]]''' ([[February 22]], [[1857]] – [[January 8]], [[1941]]) was a soldier, writer...
7: ...us artist of some talent, and enjoyed acting. Holidays were usually spent on yachting or canoeing expe...
17: ...umbered, the garrison withstood the siege for 217 days, and much of this is attributable to some of th...
31: ...s late marriage to a woman young enough to be his daughter in order to deflect persistent rumours abou...
49: ...aden-Powells had three children - one son and two daughters (who gained the courtesy titles of [[The H... - Polka (2768 bytes)
2: ...ype of [[dance]] and [[musical genre|genre]] of [[dance music]]; it originated in the middle of the [[...
4: ...h]] roots); cf. also [[polka-mazurka]]. A related dance is the [[redowa]].
9: ...Thirties Collection''; performed by John Selleck (violin) on October 2, 1939 in [[Camino, California]]
18: * [[Walter Ostanek]], [[Canada]], three-time [[Grammy Award]] winner -- Sloven...
24: * Those Darn Accordions - Guitar (36953 bytes)
15: ...estor of the Guitar. Excavated in Susa, [[Iran]]. Dated 3rd Millennium BC.]]
18: ...Persian lute which indeed had three strings but today has four. The Chitra Veena is depicted in Indian...
20: ..., the name moved into the English language. And today the guitar, or what it has evolved into, is used...
24: ...t produced electric guitars for the wider public. Danelectro also pioneered [[Tube Amp]] technology.
48: ...russ rod allows the neck to be adjusted to accommodate these changes -- tightening it will curve the n... - Brown recluse spider (5698 bytes)
5: {{Taxobox phylum entry | taxon = [[Arthropoda]]}}
6: {{Taxobox classis entry | taxon = [[Arachnida]]}}
8: {{Taxobox familia entry | taxon = [[Sicariidae]]}}
12: ...hor = [[Willis J. Gertsch|Gertsch]] & [[Mulaik]]| date = [[1940]] }}
15: .... Coloring varies from light tan to brown and the violin marking may not be visible. - Timpani (31735 bytes)
3: ...ssical]] [[orchestra]] in the [[17th century]]. Today, they are used in many types of [[musical ensemb...
14: ...|500px|[[Walter Light]] [[Timpani#Pedal timpani|pedal]] and [[Timpani#Chain timpani|chain]] timpani se...
20: ... tones while [[Parabola|parabolic]] bowls produce darker tones. Another factor that affects the timbre...
22: ...impani can play up into the [[treble clef]]. In [[Darius Milhaud]]'s [[ballet]] ''La cré¡´ion du monde...
30: ...– seen here on the left of the pedal – to change the pitch of the drum.]] - Johann Sebastian Bach (31106 bytes)
5: ...sh; [[July 28]], [[1750]] <small>[[Gregorian calendar|(N.S.)]]</small>){{an|birthanddeath}} was a Germ...
19: ...en]]. Some of Bach's earliest extant compositions date to this period (including, according to some sc...
22: ...ble by their slight differences from each other — available to keyboard musicians when their ins...
24: ...otables as [[Johann Friedrich Agricola]]. Still today, students of nearly every instrument encounter B...
28: ...for Solo Violin'', and the ''Orchestral Suites'', date from this period. - European-influenced classical music (18917 bytes)
17: ...composed in the late 20th century through present day
20: ...Some authorities subdivide the periods further by date or style. However, it should be noted that thes...
51: ...sidered by many a serious composer) or Billie Holiday's 'facile'." (light?) (Middleton, 1990)
59: ...ructural layers, and thus much depth. However, Lerdahl's theories explicitly exclude "associational" d...
65: ...municate a quality of emotion which has a transcendant quality, expressing universals of the human con...
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