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1977 Gramophone Awards
ChamberShostakovich, String Quartets nos. 4 and 12, Fitzwilliam Quartet (Decca)ChoralElgar, Coronation Ode; Parry, I Was Glad, Philip Ledger conducting Kings College Choir and New…Biographies: Selected Opera and Concert Performers
Selected Opera and Concert Performers Placido Domingo See also Notable Women Musicians and Dancers Notable African-American Musicians Notable African-American Visual and…Schliemann, Heinrich
(Encyclopedia) Schliemann, HeinrichSchliemann, Heinrichhīnˈrĭkh shlēˈmän [key], 1822–90, German archaeologist, discoverer of the ruins of Troy. He accumulated a fortune in the indigo trade and as a…Biedermeier
(Encyclopedia) BiedermeierBiedermeierbēˈdərmīər [key], name applied, at first in a joking spirit, to a period of European culture and a style of furniture, decoration, and art originating in Germany…1999 Gramophone Awards
Opera (Record of the Year)Antonín Dvorák, Rusalka, Mackerras (Decca)Editor's ChoiceNaxos's British music series Baroque InstrumentalJacquet de la Guerre, Premiére livre, Carole Cerasi (…Sierra Leone: A Nation Collapses
// Cite Astronomers, astrophysicists, chemists, and physicists Jump to a category: AstronomersAstrophysicistsChemistsPhysicists Astronomers Adams, John Couch Al-…Brewer's: Æginetan Sculptures
Ægine′tan Sculptures Sculptures excavated by a company of Germans, Danes, and English (1811), in the little island of Ægina. They were purchased by Ludwig, Crown Prince of Bavaria, and are…1936 Olympic Greco-Roman Wrestling Results
Class Bantamweight (-123 1/4 lb) Márton Lörincz, HUN Egon Svensson, SWE Jakob Brendel, GER Featherweight (-134 1/4 lb) Yasar Erkan, TUR Aarne Reini, FIN …Brewer's: Dwarf Peter
(das Peter Manchen). An allegorical romance by Ludwig Tieck. The dwarf is a castle spectre that advises and aids the family; but all his advice turns out evil, and all his aid productive…Brewer's: Bettina
A mascotte who always brought good luck wherever she went. Though a mere peasant, she is taken to the Prince of Piombino's palace of Laurent, to avert his ill-luck; but by marrying Pippo (…Trending
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