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111Cello Concerto No. 1 (Saint-Saëns) — Camille Saint Saëns composed his Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, op. 33 in 1872, when the composer was age 37. He wrote this work for the Belgian cellist, viola de gamba player and instrument maker Auguste Tolbeque. Tolbeque was part of a… …
112Silvije Strahimir Kranjčević — (February 17, 1865 – October 29, 1908) was a Croatian poet. His reflexive poetry, reaching its zenith in the 1890s, was a turning point that ushered modern themes in Croatian poetry.Early lifeKranjčević was born in Senj. Rebellious as a teenager …
113Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel — The Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel , Op. 24, is a work for solo piano written by Johannes Brahms in 1861, a set of twenty five variations and a concluding fugue based on a theme from George Frideric Handel s Harpsichord Suite No. 1 in… …
114Desperate Bicycles — The Desperate Bicycles were an English punk group who released a series of independent recordings in the late 1970s and inspired many other bands to do likewise. The Desperate Bicycles pioneered the do it yourself ethic of punk, adopting a… …
115Mario Sammarco — (Giuseppe) Mario Sammarco (December 13, 1868, although some sources say 1867 January 24, 1930) was an Italian operatic baritone noted for his histrionic ability. Biography Sammarco was born in Palermo, Sicily, and studied locally with Antonio… …
116Francis Aickin — (died 1805), Irish actor, first appeared in London in 1765 as Dick Amlet in John Vanbrugh s The Confederacy at Drury Lane . He acted there, and at Covent Garden, until 1792. His repertory consisted of over eighty characters, and among his best… …
117John Keston — (born Francis Douglas Arthur Caston, December 5, 1924) is a British born actor and singer, and a world record holding runner.ArtistKeston s best known acting performance may be his portrayal of Gehn, the complex villain from the video game Riven …
118Ivan Dmitrevsky — Ivan Afanasievich Dmitrevsky ( ru. Иван Афанасьевич Дмитревский; 1734 ndash; 1821) is generally regarded as the most influential actor of Russian Neoclassicism and Russia s first great tragedian [The Cambridge Guide to Theatre, ed. by Martin… …
119Schelomo — is a composition for cello and orchestra written by Ernest Bloch. This Rhapsodie hébraïque pour violoncelle et grand orchestre was completed during Bloch s Jewish Cycle, which lasted from 1912 ndash;1926. Bloch claimed that he wrote music as an… …
120Phylarchus — (in Greek Φυλαρχoς; lived 3rd century BC) was a Greek historical writer whose works have been lost, but not before having been considerably used by other historians whose works have survived.LifePhylarchus was a contemporary of Aratus, in the 3rd …
