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- King Arthur (22450 bytes)
2: [[Image:Arthur3487.jpg|right|framed|Victorian image of '''King Arthur''' in plate...
7: Some members of this school, most notably Geoffrey Ashe and Leon Fleuriot, have argued for identif...
19: ..., chief giver of feasts, with his tall blades red from the battle which all men remember."
25: ...r's soldiers; Arthur was awarded a herd of cattle from Cadoc as [[wergeld]] for his men; Cadoc deliver...
29: ...tury]] at Cadbury Castle, and in several parts of France. - Aretha Franklin (7875 bytes)
1: [[Image:aretha_franklin.jpg|thumb|200px|Aretha Franklin]]
2: ...itive [[Grammys]] (including 8 consecutive awards from 1968-1975) and she is normally ranked as the g...
6: ... jazz singer, the results never gave full rein to Franklin's talents. Her greatest and most innovativ...
8: ... of pride for the [[African American]] community. Franklin said herself of this period, "When I went t...
10: ..."), [[The Band]] ("[[The Weight]]"), [[Simon & Garfunkel]] ("[[Bridge Over Troubled Water (song)|Bridge ... - Clavichord (3295 bytes)
3: ... Arnold Dolmetsch at the end of the 19th century. From the mid-18th century it principally flourished ...
5: In the clavichord the strings run transversely from an anchorage at the left-hand end to tuning-peg...
7: ...te 18th century, clavichords were often built ''unfretted'', with a separate pair of strings for each ...
11: ...sichord]], [[piano]], and [[organ (music)|organ]] from the period circa 1400-1800 can be played on the...
15: The [[clavinet]]—used in funk and [[Rock and roll|rock music]]—is essenti... - Saxophone (14311 bytes)
1: [[Image:Baritonesax.jpg|right|frame|Saxophones of different sizes play in differen...
7: ...legated to military bands--this despite his great friendship with the influential Parisian composer [[...
16: ...instrument to learn, especially when transferring from other woodwind instruments, though a great amou...
20: ... number of saxophones being commercially produced from materials other than brass. Silver, copper and ...
28: ...3, for example. Some players make their own reeds from 'blanks', but as this is time-consuming and usu... - Alto saxophone (1789 bytes)
2: ...e fourth in size of the sax family which consists from smallest to largest of [[sopranissimo saxophone...
4: ...notes (the altissimo register), however, are less-frequently mastered.
8: ...ersatility and is used commonly in concert, jazz, funk, blues, pop, and rock music.
10: ...iter. New alto saxophones range greatly in price from hundreds of dollars to several thousands. - Trumpet (13239 bytes)
1: [[Image:USAFE Band trumpeter.jpg|frame|right|Trumpeter performing with the United Sta...
2: ...[euphonium]], [[trombone]], [[sousaphone]], and [[french horn]]. A person who plays the trumpet is cal...
6: ...pet player can select the [[pitch (music)|pitch]] from a range of [[overtone]]s or [[harmonics]] by ch...
11: ... [[Baroque]] trumpets. The modern trumpet evolved from earlier non-valved instruments, such as the Bar...
16: The B♭ trumpet's typical range extends from the written F♯ (concert E) immediately be... - Dictionary (22415 bytes)
8: ...ary]] (e.g. a dictionary containing the 2000 most frequently used words in the English language).
23: ...f the simplest meanings of the simplest concepts. From these, other concepts can be explained and defi...
31: ...agreement. But the softening of usage notations, from the previous edition, for two words, ''ain't'' ...
42: ...rovide the basis for all lexicographic decisions, from the selection of entry words, over the choice o...
47: ... words, whose usage was illustrated by quotations from early Roman authors. - January 2 (10888 bytes)
6: *[[366]] - [[Alamanni]] cross the frozen [[Rhine]] in large numbers, invading [[Roman ...
19: *[[1879]] - [[Fred Spofforth]] claims the first [[Hat-trick]] in [...
28: ... - [[DeYoung Museum]] in [[Golden Gate Park]] San Francisco opens.
33: ...ship]] program with a stated goal of building 200 freighters. Over 2,700 ships will eventually be con...
39: *[[1957]] - [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]] and [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angele... - Nutrition (42689 bytes)
4: Between the extremes of optimal health and death from [[starvation]] or [[malnutrition]], there is an...
10: ...hough the digestive process helps to release them from the matrix of the foods where they occur. Any u...
16: ...re hormonally and metabolically favourable than infrequent, haphazard food intake.
20: ... Early diets were primarily [[vegetarian]] with infrequent game meats and fish where available.
27: ...ard reluctantly agreed to a trial. Daniel and his friends received their diet for 10 days and were the... - African American (19830 bytes)
1: ...t Africa|West]] and [[sub-Saharan Africa]]. Many African Americans also have [[Europe]]an and/or [[Nat...
6: ...e [[whites]], [[Asian|Asians]] or [[Semites]] of African origin.
10: ... metropolitan areas in 2000. With over 2 million African American residents, [[New York City]] had the...
12: ==African-American history==
13: ''Main article: [[African-American history]]'' - Thomas Aquinas (12692 bytes)
3: ...omas University]] in [[Fredericton, New Brunswick|Fredericton]], [[New Brunswick]], the [[University o...
9: ...d the [[Dominican order]], which along with the [[Franciscan]] order represented a revolutionary chall...
21: ... died at the monastery of [[Fossanova]], one mile from [[Sonnino]], on [[March 7]], [[1274]].
36: ...spel|Gospels]], constructed on numerous citations from the [[Church Fathers]]
92: Modern readers might also find the method frequently used to reconcile Christian and Aristotel... - Alchemy (42222 bytes)
8: ...ld and silver". The Arabic therefore could derive from a purely Greek word, not Coptic, and have been ...
11: ...f [[mysticism]] and [[magic (paranormal)|magic]]. From today's perspective, their endeavours and belie...
13: ...son to separate the chemical (material) dimension from the interpretive, symbolic or philosophical one...
17: ...uml;ve interpretations of some alchemists, or the fraudulent hopes fostered by others should not dimin...
19: ...istry, which provided a more precise and reliable framework for matter transmutations and medicine, wi... - Vitamin (5982 bytes)
1: ...nism cannot synthesize, and therefore must obtain from its [[diet (nutrition)|diet]]. The term vitami...
3: ...|Polish]] [[biochemistry|biochemist]] [[Kazimierz Funk]] in [[1912]]. ''Vita'' in Latin is ''life'' and...
9: ...re necessary to the human body. When [[Kazimierz Funk]] isolated the chemical that Fletcher had identif... - Musical genre (24851 bytes)
33: ...band]], [[bebop]], [[hard bop]], [[cool jazz]], [[free jazz]], [[jazz fusion]] and [[smooth jazz]].
37: ...h degree of technical skill and musical knowledge from the performers.
39: ...rm today is a widely varied one, using influences from all of the past styles, although the root of mo...
45: ...[rap]]") grew out of funk and reggae (see below). Funk and soul music evolved into contemporary [[R&B]] ...
49: ...[1950s]]. Its earliest form, rock and roll, arose from multiple genres in the late [[1940s]], most imp... - Music history of the United States (35788 bytes)
6: ...of [[West Africa]]n [[slavery|slave]]s. These [[African American]]s played a variety of instruments, ...
8: ...], [[music of Russia|Russian]], [[music of France|French]], [[music of Germany|German]], [[music of It...
10: ...innings of [[ragtime]] and [[minstrel]] songs, [[African American music]] has remained at the heart of...
12: ...ck|punk]] and [[funk]]. In the [[1970s]], urban African Americans in [[New York City]] began performi...
19: ... a melting pot of different peoples. Immigration from [[China]] began in large numbers in the 19th ce... - Music of the United States (1940s and 50s) (18910 bytes)
6: ...Europe]] and the rest of the world. This stemmed from a revival of [[hillbilly music]] early in the d...
8: ...own]] and his ever-evolving backing band invent [[funk]].
10: ... and social activism. [[Psychedelic rock]] arose from this subculture, which opposed the [[Vietnam Wa...
14: ...nton (funk musician)|George Clinton]]'s spacy [[P Funk]] extravaganzas. [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]] and the [[Al...
18: ...black vocalists like [[Little Richard]] ("[[Tutti Frutti]]"), [[Chuck Berry]] ("[[Johnny B. Goode]]"),... - Washington, D.C. (43465 bytes)
5: ...ody. The land forming the original District came from the states of Virginia and Maryland, but only t...
7: ...institutions. All of this has made Washington the frequent focal point of massive political demonstrat...
48: ...h their [[constituent]]s by distancing themselves from the negative image of an out-of-touch centraliz...
56: ...nce exempt from local property taxes, the city is frequently cash-strapped. Public services in the ci...
81: ... with work contributed by such noted figures as [[Frederick Law Olmsted]] and [[Daniel Burnham]]. Howe...
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