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soprano

(Encyclopedia) soprano [Ital.,=above], female voice of highest pitch. The three basic types of solo soprano are coloratura, lyric, and dramatic. The coloratura has a great range and impressive vocal…

Hart, Lorenz Milton

(Encyclopedia) Hart, Lorenz Milton, 1895–1943, American lyricist, b. New York City, studied at Columbia. Hart began collaborating with Richard Rodgers in 1919; their initial success was The Garrick…

Yogananda

(Encyclopedia) Yogananda (Paramahansa Yogananda)YoganandapärämhäNˈsä yōgänänˈdä [key], 1893–1952, Indian mystic. He was born Mukunda Lal Ghosh in Gorakhpur, India, of a Kshatriya (warrior caste)…

Bernstein, Walter

(Encyclopedia) Bernstein, Walter, 1919-2021, American screenwriter, b. Brooklyn, NY, Dartmouth College (BA, 1940). After attending high school,…

Andover

(Encyclopedia) Andover Andover ănˈdōvər [key], town (2020 pop. 36,569), Essex co., NE Mass.; inc. 1646. Chiefly a textile producer in the 19th cent., Andover now makes…

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Scouts

(Encyclopedia) Scouts or Boy Scouts, organization of boys and girls 11 to 17 years old, founded (1907) in Great Britain by Sir Robert (later Lord) Baden-Powell and originally for boys only; since the…

Cranbrook Educational Community

(Encyclopedia) Cranbrook Educational Community, at Bloomfield Hills, Mich.; est. and endowed by George G. and Ellen Scripps Booth in 1927. It includes the Cranbrook Academy of Art, with graduate…

Clements, Vassar

(Encyclopedia) Clements, Vassar, 1928–2005, American virtuoso fiddle player, b. Kinards, S.C. Self-taught, he played with Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys from 1949 to 1956. Though his roots were in…