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Albinoni, Tomaso

(Encyclopedia) Albinoni, TomasoAlbinoni, Tomasoälbēnôˈnē [key], 1671–1751, Italian violinist and composer. He wrote more than 50 operas, 40 cantatas, and instrumental works of many kinds. His…

gavotte

(Encyclopedia) gavottegavottegəvŏtˈ [key], originally a peasant dance of the Gavots in upper Dauphiné, France. A type of circle dance characterized by lively, skipping steps, it was introduced at the…

Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon

(Encyclopedia) Sweelinck, Jan PieterszoonSweelinck, Jan Pieterszoonyän pēˈtərsōn swāˈlĭngk [key], 1562–1621, Dutch organist and composer, called the “maker of German organists” because the succession…

cantata

(Encyclopedia) cantatacantatakəntäˈtə [key] [Ital.,=sung], composite musical form similar to a short unacted opera or brief oratorio, developed in Italy in the baroque period. The term was first used…

Parr, Catherine

(Encyclopedia) Parr, Catherine, 1512–48, sixth queen consort of Henry VIII of England. She was the daughter of Sir Thomas Parr, an officeholder at the court, and had been twice widowed before Henry…

Howard, Catherine

(Encyclopedia) Howard, Catherine, 1521?–1542, fifth queen consort of Henry VIII of England. She was the daughter of Lord Edmund Howard and the niece of the powerful Thomas Howard, 3d duke of Norfolk…

Deneuve, Catherine

(Encyclopedia) Deneuve, Catherine, 1943–, French film actress, b. Paris as Catherine Fabienne Dorléac. The daughter of actors and sister of actress Françoise Dorléac (1942–67), the cool and beautiful…

Breshkovsky, Catherine

(Encyclopedia) Breshkovsky, CatherineBreshkovsky, Catherinebrĕshkôfˈskē [key], 1844–1934, Russian revolutionary, called “the little grandmother (babushka) of the Russian Revolution.” Of a noble…

Katharine

(Encyclopedia) Katharine or Katherine. For some persons thus named, use Catherine.