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- Condoleezza Rice (23116 bytes)
12: |'''Predecessor'''
21: |'''[[Profession]]'''
22: |[[Professor|University Professor]]
25: |[[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
27: ...inistration of [[President of the United States|President]] [[George W. Bush]]. She is the first [[Afr... - Sofia Kovalevskaya (3306 bytes)
1: ...]], the third woman in [[Europe]] to become a professor.
3: ... managed to convince the Russians to list him as descended of aristocracy, a Hungarian king in particu...
5: ...stronomer of the [[St Petersburg Academy of Sciences]]) via [[Fyodor Fyodorovich Schubert]] (another A...
7: ...tion]]s (the [[Cauchy-Kovalevskaya theorem]]) and essentially completed the study of [[rotating solid]...
9: ...s [[Piano Sonata No. 8 (Beethoven)|''Pathetique'' Sonata]], to get his attention, but he was focused on th... - Martha Argerich (3384 bytes)
5: ...lzano within a few weeks, and her career as a professional pianist was launched.
7: ...es|Hungarian Rhapsody]]'' remain yardsticks for these works. Although she has been criticised over her...
9: ...ductor]] [[Charles Dutoit]], with whom she continues to record and perform.
11: ...nger pianists, through her annual festival, and does frequently appear as member of the jury of import...
16: '''[[Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance]]''': - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
3: ...in 1954. In [[Moscow]] she undertook further studies at the Conservatory with Nikolay Peyko until 1959...
5: ...s in [[Soviet]] Russia, her music was labeled "irresponsible" for its exploration of alternate [[music...
7: ...roup with fellow composers Victor Suslin and Vyacheslav Artyomov.
11: ... on the death and resurrection of Christ, her largest work to date.
15: ...he legato of life. Life divides man into many pieces...There is no weightier occupation than the recom... - Ingrid Bergman (5216 bytes)
1: ...my Award]]-winning [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[Actor|actress]].
3: ...rmezzo]] ([[1939]]). The film was an enormous success and "Sweden's illustrious gift to [[Hollywood]]"...
5: ...'' ([[1945]]). She would receive another Best Actress nomination for ''[[Joan of Arc (movie)|Joan of A...
7: ...ini's and Bergman's children is the model and actress [[Isabella Rossellini]].
9: ... It is considered to be among her best performances. - Bassoon (11661 bytes)
2: ...rly the [[dulcian]], the bassoon is a part of orchestral, concert band, and chamber music literature. ...
6: ...t the end. However, there were only six finger-holes and two keys.
8: ...[Henry Purcell]]'s call for a "bassoon" in ''Dioclesian'' (1690) referring to the wooden double reed, ...
10: ...ased sophistication both in manufacturing techniques and acoustical knowledge made possible great impr...
14: ...=red>(2)</font>, a crooked metal tube which attaches wing joint to reed <font color=red>(1)</font> ({{... - Clarinet (18825 bytes)
2: ...ument]] in the [[woodwind]] family. The name derives from adding the suffix ''-et'' meaning ''little''...
4: ...t uses a single [[reed (music)|reed]] which vibrates to generate the instrument's sound. (See ''Charac...
11: ...d the instrument to be very agile; there are few restrictions to what it is able to play.
12: ...rge orchestras and bands rather than small ensembles.
15: ... is an octave above high C. This last range of notes is generally only used rarely, to achieve particu... - Timpani (31735 bytes)
3: ...[[17th century]]. Today, they are used in many types of [[musical ensemble]]s including [[Concert band...
5: ...] word ''tympanum'', from which the Italian word descends. A [[musician]] who plays the timpani is kno...
9: | description = The [[scherzo]] from [[Ludwig van Beeth...
18: ...pening of a bowl typically made of copper or, in less expensive models, [[fiberglass]]. The drumhead i...
20: ...le [[Parabola|parabolic]] bowls produce darker tones. Another factor that affects the timbre of the dr... - Johann Sebastian Bach (31106 bytes)
5: ...d, and is universally regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time. His works, noted for thei...
7: ...ns, as well as numerous other more distant relatives, while his sons [[Wilhelm Friedemann Bach]], [[Ca...
11: ... In an era when sons were expected to be apprentices to their fathers, we can assume J. S. Bach began ...
13: ...oung Sebastian playing some of the distinctive tunes from his private library, at which point the elde...
19: - European-influenced classical music (18917 bytes)
1: ... articles on classical music of non-Western cultures, see: [[List of classical music traditions]], For...
4: ...or rooted in the traditions of, European art, ecclesiastical and concert music, particularly between 1...
8: ...y, for many this is essential to fully enjoying these works. The major time divisions are:
11: ...er use of instrumentation and multiple melodic lines
12: ... and growing popularity of keyboard music and orchestral music - Igor Stravinsky (26622 bytes)
1: ...d everything from symphonies to [[piano]] miniatures.
3: ...shown here conducting the [[Columbia Symphony Orchestra]] through ''[[Petrushka]]''.]]
5: ...famously claimed that music was incapable of "expressing anything but itself". Craft also transcribed...
7: ...century]] music, both in the [[Western countries|West]] and in his native land. He was named by [[Time...
12: ...intemps''. As he himself said, with these premieres his intention was "<nowiki>[</nowiki>to send<nowi...
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