(Encyclopedia) Brain, Dennis, 1921–57, British horn player. Brain studied with his father, Aubrey, at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He played principal horn with first the Royal Philharmonic…
(Cornell Haynes, Jr.)rap artistBirthplace: Texas Nelly was born in Texas and lived the first three years of his life in Spain, where his father was stationed in the Air Force. The family eventually…
(Encyclopedia) hornpipe, English folk dance known since the 16th cent., when it obtained its name from the wind instrument that accompanied it. The hornpipes of the 17th and 18th cent. have moderate…
(Encyclopedia) Gill, Sir DavidGill, Sir Davidgĭl [key], 1843–1914, Scottish astronomer, educated at the Univ. of Aberdeen. He made observations of the transits of Venus and Mars and investigated the…
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(Encyclopedia) PhiloxenusPhiloxenusfĭlŏkˈsənəs [key], c.436–c.380 b.c., Greek dithyrambic poet, b. Cythera. Having fallen out of grace with the emperor Dionysius, he was imprisoned in Syracuse. There…
(George Ivan Morrison)singer, songwriterBorn: 8/31/1945Birthplace: Belfast, Northern Ireland Singer and songwriter known for his singular style that combines jazz, folk, rhythm and blues and rock…
(Encyclopedia) Ronstadt, Linda (Linda Maria Ronstadt), 1946–, American singer, b. Tucson, Ariz. She is known for the clarity and strength of her soprano voice and for the range of song genres in…
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violin, family of stringed musical instruments having wooden bodies whose backs and fronts are slightly convex, the fronts pierced by two ƒ-shaped resonance…
In 1953 Jacqueline Cochran became the first woman to break the sound barrier. She was the founder of the WASPs (Women's Airforce Service Pilots), a female military organization established during…
