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- Madalyn Murray O'Hair (6271 bytes)
16: ...adquarters of American Atheists, leaving a note implying an absence for some time and a visit to [[San...
18: ...issing funds and murdered them. Waters eventually pled guilty to reduced charges and in January [[2001... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
14: ..., [[Dizzy Gillespie]], and the [[Tommy Flanagan]] Trio, she also sang together with the "other voice" of...
20: ...econd husband was the famous [[double bass|bass]] player [[Ray Brown]]. Together they adopted a child,...
68: *1965 ''[[Ella at Duke's Place]]''
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112: *[[Media:How High The Moon.ogg|Download sample]] of "How High the Moon" - Sofia Gubaidulina (8325 bytes)
1: ...]]) is a [[Russia]]n-[[Tatar]] [[composer]] of deeply religious music.
5: ..., her music was labeled "irresponsible" for its exploration of alternate [[musical tuning|tunings]]. S...
43: *String Trio (1988) - Fanny Mendelssohn (2047 bytes)
5: ...her composing. Subsequently, her works were often played alongside her brother's at the family home in...
7: ... public debut at the piano came in 1838, when she played Felix's piano [[concerto]] No. 1.
9: Her compositions include a [[piano trio]] and several books of solo [[piano]] pieces and ...
11: ...ndelssohn-Hensel died in [[Berlin]] in 1847 of complications of a [[stroke]] suffered while rehearsing... - Clara Schumann (3372 bytes)
7: ... [[Johannes Brahms]], at age twenty, met the couple in [[1853]] and his friendship with Clara lasted...
11: ...oachim, as one of the first executants who really played like composers. Besides being remembered for...
14: ... Germany who declared them a "marvelous, heavenly pleasure." - Horn (instrument) (19243 bytes)
2: ...least 1750, although this usage is uncommon among players of the instrument.
4: ...ed ''Horn'' ([[German language|Gr.]]), ''corno'' (plural ''corni'') ([[Italian language|It.]]), ''cor'...
6: ... its characteristic "mellow" tone. The typical [[playing range]] of a French horn goes from the writt...
12: ...cross his arm so that only one hand was needed to play and the other could be free to guide his steed....
14: ...nstrument. The [[Mozart Horn Concerti]], for example, were written for this type of horn, called the ... - Medieval music (31843 bytes)
7: The general trend in Medieval music is toward complexity in harmony, rhythm, text, and orchestration....
9: ... is weak, and rhythm cannot be specified. The simplicity of chant, with unison voice and natural decl...
11: ...s lines in a repeatable fashion. The use of multiple texts and instrumental accompaniment has develop...
17: ...out 1240), the treatise which defined and most completely elucidated the [[rhythmic modes]], a notatio...
19: ...t definitely identifiable scholar to accept and explain the mensural system was Johannes de Muris ([[J... - Chicago Cubs (25972 bytes)
5: ...ed and rebuilt the club with young, inexperienced players. The ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' tried to call ...
18: ... first openly professional team, led to a minor explosion of openly professional teams in [[1870]], ea...
20: ...ark, uniforms and other possessions. The club completed its schedule with borrowed uniforms, finishin...
22: ...the [[1875]] season, Chicago acquired several key players, including pitcher [[Albert Spalding|Al Spal...
26: ... Those two were fading by mid-decade, and were replaced by other strong pitchers, notably [[John Clar... - Pompey (25785 bytes)
8: ...fficer, [[Marcus Tullius Cicero]]. According to [[Plutarch]], sympathetic to Pompey, he was a popular ...
12: The young Pompey was placed high within Sulla's ranks, even so far as amo...
15: ...to recover the island and its invaluable grain supply from the Marians.
17: ...en the citizens complained about his methods he replied with one of his most famous quotes: Stop quoti...
29: ... Roman masses although many [[Optimates]] were deeply suspicious of his intentions. His primacy in the... - American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
10: ...t. Militia typically lacked the training and discipline of regular troops, but could be effective when...
23: ...diers fought as [[Patriot (American Revolution)|Patriots]]; about 1,000 fought with the British as Loyal...
33: ... militia at [[Concord, Massachusetts]]. Several Patriot riders—including [[Paul Revere]]—ale...
37: ... War of Independence)|Henry Clinton]]. They began plans to break out of the city.
39: ...siege was not broken, and General Gage was soon replaced by Howe as commander-in-chief for the British... - Phoenix, Arizona (34271 bytes)
5: ...[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] with 1.5 million people
13: Phoenix is called ''Hoodzo'' (lit. 'the place is hot') in [[Navajo language|Navajo]] (a lang...
16: {{Template:US City infobox|
46: ...tery. Prolonged drought may have destroyed or displaced them; or, they may be the ancestors of the mo...
49: ...est of Mesa, which was already a city of 1,000 people; and a few miles northwest of a similar farming ... - List of festivals (6550 bytes)
90: ...USA), Willem Breuker Kollektief (NL), Marc Ducret Trio (FR) and many others. Many international projects...
92: ...s. It has also to its credit helped develop local players who have then moved onto performing in other... - Duffy Lewis (1516 bytes)
1: ...was a [[left fielder]] and left-handed batter who played [[Major League Baseball]] for the [[Boston Re...
3: In Boston, Lewis belonged to the outfield trio which included [[Tris Speaker]] ([[Center fielder...
5: ...e (baseball)|doubles]], 68 [[triple (baseball)|triples]], and 113 [[stolen base]]s in 1459 games.
9: ...k. Duffy Lewis, Boston's first star left fielder, played the steep 10-foot embankment so well, it beca... - Johann Sebastian Bach (31106 bytes)
11: ... we can assume J. S. Bach began copying music and playing various instruments at an early age.
13: ... until Johann Christoph heard the young Sebastian playing some of the distinctive tunes from his priva...
17: ... a unique counterpoint to his unequalled skill in playing it; Bach was equally at home talking with or...
19: ...d Latin school when he was 18, an impressive accomplishment in his day, especially considering that he...
22: ... masterful use of [[counterpoint]] but also for exploring, for the first time, the full glory of keys ... - Aspects of music (7529 bytes)
19: ...o silently mimes playing instruments. In this example sound, a common element, is excluded, while gest...
21: ... rhythms no regular pulse (Johnson 2002), one example being the [[alap]] section of an [[Indian classi...
23: ...ferent pitches, and counterpoint arises from multiple melodies.
25: ... the 'concept of music ''nkwa'' combines singing, playing musical instruments, and dancing into one ac... - Roman economy (23678 bytes)
6: ...ntoninianus]] or radiate, which was then itself replaced during the monetary reform of [[Diocletian]] ...
18: ...the committee of [[moneyer|tresviri monetales]] ('trio of money men'), young statesmen who aspired to be...
20: ...ages that relate of their family history. An example of this are the coins of Sextus Pompeius Fostulu...
25: ...cative of the objective of many emperors in the exploitation of their portraits. While the emperor is...
27: ..." Although the writer did not seriously expect people to get rid of their coins, this quotation demons...
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