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rock 'n' roll

(Encyclopedia)rock 'n' roll: see rock music.

Berkshire Festival

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

synthesizer, musical

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

Beastie Boys, The

(Encyclopedia)Beastie Boys, The: see Rap music. ...

signature

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

rest

(Encyclopedia)rest, in music: see note.

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...

Grinnell College

(Encyclopedia)Grinnell College, at Grinnell, Iowa; coeducational; incorporated 1847 as Iowa College, opened 1848 by Congregationalists at Davenport. The college moved to Grinnell in 1859, under the auspices of Josi...

American University in Cairo

(Encyclopedia)American University in Cairo, at Cairo, Egypt; English language; founded 1919. It has faculties of anthropology, computer science, economics and political science, engineering, English and comparative...

American University of Beirut

(Encyclopedia)American University of Beirut, at Beirut, Lebanon; English language; chartered by New York State in 1866 as Syrian Protestant College, rechartered 1920 as the American Univ. of Beirut. It has facultie...