rock band Grammy Award-winning progressive rock band whose lush arrangements and high production values set the band apart from other bands of the genre. Founded by lead singer Billy Corgan, the…
(Encyclopedia) Dürrenmatt, FriedrichDürrenmatt, Friedrichfrēˈdrĭkh dürˈənmät [key], 1921–90, Swiss playwright and novelist. Dürrenmatt's writings depict a world both comic and grotesque. As a young…
rock group The tumultuous off-stage life of lead singer and guitarist Courtney Love > her 1992 marriage to Nirvana's Kurt Cobain and the couple's well publicized drug problems—has sometimes…
(Encyclopedia) Raimund, FerdinandRaimund, Ferdinandfĕrˈdēnänt rīˈm&oobreve;nt [key], 1790–1836, Austrian actor and dramatist. From 1817 he was a popular comedian in Vienna, and in 1823 he began…
(Encyclopedia) QumranQumrank&oomacr;mränˈ [key], ancient village on the northwest shore of the Dead Sea, in what is now the Israeli-occupied West Bank. It is famous for its caves, in some of…
(Johann Hoelzel)singer, musicianBorn: 2/19/1957Birthplace: Vienna, Austria A classically trained child prodigy and an internationally successful pop artist, he is best known for his chart-topping…
(Encyclopedia) Dühring, Eugen KarlDühring, Eugen Karloigānˈ kärl düˈrĭng [key], 1833–1921, German philosopher and economist. He practiced law in Berlin until blindness threatened him and then became…
(Encyclopedia) SieboldSieboldzēˈbôlt [key], family of German scientists. It includes Karl Kaspar von SieboldSieboldkärl käsˈpär fən [key], 1736–1807, anatomist and surgeon, who was professor at the…
