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Auber, Daniel-François-Esprit

(Encyclopedia)Auber, Daniel-François-Esprit dänyĕlˈ fräNswäˈ ĕsprēˈ ōbĕrˈ [key], 1782–1871, French operatic composer. His greatest successes resulted from his collaboration with the librettist Scribe...

Cortona

(Encyclopedia)Cortona kōrtōˈnä [key], town, Tuscany, central Italy. It is an agricultural and tourist c...

Radin, Paul

(Encyclopedia)Radin, Paul rāˈdĭn [key], 1883–1959, American anthropologist, b. Poland, grad., College of the City of New York, 1902, Ph.D. Columbia, 1911. He was a student of Franz Boas and studied the Winneba...

Giambologna

(Encyclopedia)Giambologna: see Bologna, Giovanni. ...

Decameron

(Encyclopedia)Decameron: see Boccaccio, Giovanni. ...

Cinthio

(Encyclopedia)Cinthio: see Giraldi, Giovanni Battista. ...

Cinzio

(Encyclopedia)Cinzio: see Giraldi, Giovanni Battista. ...

Cyntius

(Encyclopedia)Cyntius: see Giraldi, Giovanni Battista. ...

Bologne, Jean

(Encyclopedia)Bologne, Jean: see Bologna, Giovanni. ...

Boulogne, Jean

(Encyclopedia)Boulogne, Jean: see Bologna, Giovanni. ...

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