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31Bengali theatre — refers to plays in the Bengali language. There are some Hindi theatres which are accepted by the Bengali people (e.g. the productions of Rangakarmee, a group whose productions are directed mainly by Usha Ganguly; the productions by Padatik,… …
32Missa Papae Marcelli — Missa Papae Marcelli, or Pope Marcellus Mass, is a mass by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. It is his most well known and most often performed mass, and is frequently taught in university courses on music. It was always[citation needed] sung at… …
33Benedetto Pallavicino — (c. 1551 – November 26, 1601) was an Italian composer and organist of the late Renaissance. A prolific composer of madrigals, he was resident at the Gonzaga court of Mantua in the 1590s, where he was a close associate of Giaches de Wert, and a… …
34oratory — oratory1 /awr euh tawr ee, tohr ee, or /, n. 1. skill or eloquence in public speaking: The evangelist moved thousands to repentance with his oratory. 2. the art of public speaking, esp. in a formal and eloquent manner. [1580 90; < L oratoria, n.… …
35Gluck, Christoph Willibald — later Ritter (knight) von Gluck born July 2, 1714, Erasbach, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria died Nov. 15, 1787, Vienna, Austria German opera composer. Son of a forester, he ran away to study music in Prague. He traveled widely, writing operas for… …
36Kean, Edmund — born March 17?, 1789, London, Eng. died May 15, 1833, London British actor. He acted with a touring stage company from 1805, and in 1814 he won acclaim in London with his innovative portrayal of Shylock in The Merchant of Venice. He went on to… …
37Talma, François-Joseph — born Jan. 16, 1763, Paris, France died Oct. 19, 1826, Paris French actor and theatre manager. He made his debut at the Comédie Française in 1787. Influenced by the painter Jacques Louis David, he became an early advocate of historical costuming,… …
38epideictic oratory — ▪ rhetoric also called ceremonial oratory according to Aristotle, a type of suasive speech designed primarily for rhetorical effect. Epideictic oratory was panegyrical, declamatory, and demonstrative. Its aim was to condemn or to eulogize …
39Native American music — Introduction music of the indigenous peoples of the Western Hemisphere. The Americas contain hundreds of native communities, each with its own distinctive history, language, and musical culture. These communities although united in placing… …
40nonfictional prose — Introduction any literary work that is based mainly on fact, even though it may contain fictional elements. Examples are the essay and biography. Defining nonfictional prose literature is an immensely challenging task. This type of… …
