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Weise, Christian

(Encyclopedia) Weise, ChristianWeise, Christiankrĭsˈtyän vīˈzə [key], 1642–1708, German didactic poet and dramatist. He wrote more than 60 plays, many of them written for production in schools.…

Thomasius, Christian

(Encyclopedia) Thomasius, ChristianThomasius, Christiankrĭsˈtyän tōmäˈzy&oobreve;s [key], 1655–1728, German jurist and philosopher. A lawyer, he lectured on natural law at Leipzig; he broke with…

Sinding, Christian

(Encyclopedia) Sinding, ChristianSinding, Christiankrĭsˈtyän sĭnˈdĭng [key], 1856–1941, Norwegian nationalist composer, best remembered for his lyrical, romantic piano works, including the popular…

Reuter, Christian

(Encyclopedia) Reuter, ChristianReuter, Christiankrĭsˈtēän roiˈtər [key], 1665–c.1712, German writer of satiric fiction and drama. Reuter's Schelmuffsky (1696, tr. 1962) was among the first…

Christian LOWER, Congress, PA (1740-1806)

LOWER Christian , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pa., January 7, 1740; attended school; worked as a blacksmith and was later proprietor of an iron…

Christian McBride/Nicholas Payton/Mark Whitfield

Fingerpaintings: The Music of Herbie HancockVerve Though many of Hancock's classic compositions were first popularized by quintets and sextets during the 1960s, this trio of jazz virtuosos…