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31sonority — /seuh nawr i tee, nor /, n., pl. sonorities. the condition or quality of being resonant or sonorous. [1515 25; < ML sonoritas < LL: melodiousness, equiv. to L sonor(us) (see SONOROUS) + itas ITY] * * * …
32Bach, Johann Christian — born Sept. 5, 1735, Leipzig died Jan. 1, 1782, London, Eng. German born British composer. Youngest son of Johann Sebastian Bach, he studied with his brother Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach in Berlin before moving to Italy. In 1762 he became composer to …
33Swinburne, Algernon Charles — born April 5, 1837, London, Eng. died April 10, 1909, Putney, London English poet and critic. After attending Eton and the University of Oxford, Swinburne lived on an allowance from his father. His verse drama Atalanta in Calydon (1865) first… …
34Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario — ▪ Italian composer born April 3, 1895, Florence, Italy died March 15, 1968, Hollywood, Calif., U.S. Italian born composer in the Neoromantic style. Castelnuovo Tedesco studied under Ildebrando Pizzetti and became widely known during… …
35Smashing Pumpkins — ▪ American rock group American band, one of the most popular and influential alternative rock groups of the 1990s. Founded by guitarist and songwriter Billy Corgan (b. March 17, 1967, Elk Grove, Ill., U.S.) in Chicago in 1988, the Smashing… …
36Sullivan, Sir Arthur — ▪ British composer born May 13, 1842, London died Nov. 22, 1900, London composer who, with W.S. Gilbert, established the distinctive English form of the operetta. Gilbert s satire and verbal ingenuity were matched so well by Sullivan s unfailing …
37Italian Literature — • The modern language of Italy is naturally derived from Latin, a continuation and development of the Latin actually spoken among the inhabitants of the peninsula after the downfall of the Roman Empire Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006.… …
38D. Iacobescu — D. (Dumitru) Iacobescu Armand Iacobsohn Born 1893 Craiova Died October 9, 1913 Bucharest Occupation poet Nationality Romanian Period ca …
39Dragutin Domjanić — The bust of Dragutin Domjanić at the Strossmayer s square in Zagreb Dragutin Domjanić (September 12, 1875 – June 7, 1933) was a Croatian Kajkavian poet.[1] Domjanić was born in Zelina. He became the first writer in Croatian literature to achiev …
40Mohanrao Palekar — Birth name Mohanrao Palekar Born September 13, 1898 Died June 6, 1962 Genres Hindustani classical music, Natya Sangeet Mohanrao Palekar (Devanagari: मोहनराव पालेकर) (1898–19 …
