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clef

(Encyclopedia)clef, in music: see musical notation. ...

DJ Kool Herc

(Encyclopedia)DJ Kool Herc : see Rap music.

Grand Wizard Theodore

(Encyclopedia)Grand Wizard Theodore: see Rap music. ...

synthesizer, musical

(Encyclopedia)synthesizer, musical: see electronic music. ...

signature

(Encyclopedia)signature, in music: see musical notation. ...

Berkshire Festival

(Encyclopedia)Berkshire Festival: see Tanglewood Music Festival. ...

Niel, Adolphe

(Encyclopedia)Niel, Adolphe ädôlfˈ nyĕl [key], 1802–69, marshal of France under Napoleon III. He served with the corps of engineers in the Algerian campaigns, in the French intervention against the Roman repu...

Long Island University

(Encyclopedia)Long Island University, main campus at Brooklyn, N.Y.; coeducational; chartered 1926, opened 1927. It also includes C. W. Post College (est. 1954) at Brookville, Long Island, a campus at Southampton, ...

Korolev, Sergei Pavlovich

(Encyclopedia)Korolev, Sergei Pavlovich, 1907–66, Soviet rocket designer. His role as chief designer of the Soviet space program was revealed only after his death. After he successfully launched two intercontinen...

Fell, John

(Encyclopedia)Fell, John, 1625–86, English clergyman. He was dean of Christ Church, Oxford, and bishop of Oxford. While at Oxford, he initiated an extensive building program and promoted the development of the Ox...