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Bruckner, Anton
(Encyclopedia) Bruckner, AntonBruckner, Antonänˈtōn br&oobreve;kˈnər [key], 1824–96, Austrian composer. He was appointed organist at the Linz cathedral in 1856 before becoming court organist in…Yousafzai, Malala
(Encyclopedia) Yousafzai, Malala, 1997–, Pakistani advocate for girls' education. When Islamic militants took control of her native Swat in 2009, she wrote—with the encouragement of her father, an…William Shakespeare: In loving thee thou know'st I am forsworn
In loving thee thou know'st I am forswornIn loving thee thou know'st I am forsworn, But thou art twice forsworn, to me love swearing; In act thy bed-vow broke, and new faith torn, In vowing…William Shakespeare: My glass shall not persuade me I am old
My glass shall not persuade me I am oldMy glass shall not persuade me I am old, So long as youth and thou are of one date; But when in thee time's furrows I behold, Then look I death my days…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Song-"No Churchman Am I"
by Robert Burns Impromptu-"I'll Go And Be A Sodger"My Father Was A FarmerSong-"No Churchman Am I" Tune-"Prepare, my dear Brethren, to the tavern let's fly." No churchman am I…Waters, Ethel
(Encyclopedia) Waters, Ethel, 1896?–1977, African-American singer and actress, b. Chester, Pa. As a singer, she is noted for her sultry, sophisticated, and dramatic version of the blues, evinced in…modulation, in communications
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Modulation modulation, in communications, process in which some characteristic of a wave (the carrier wave) is made to vary in accordance with an information-bearing signal…innate ideas
(Encyclopedia) innate ideas, in philosophy, concepts present in the mind at birth as opposed to concepts arrived at through experience. The theory has been advanced at various times in the history of…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Thine Am I, My Faithful Fair
by Robert Burns Deluded Swain, The PleasureOn Mrs. Riddell's BirthdayThine Am I, My Faithful Fair Tune-"The Quaker's Wife." Thine am I, my faithful Fair, Thine, my lovely Nancy…Arthur Davison Ficke: "I am in Love with High Far-Seeing Places"
"I am in Love with High Far-Seeing Places"Arthur Davison FickeI am in love with high far-seeing places That look on plains half-sunlight and half-storm, — In love with hours when from the…