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Ali Akbar Khan Biography

Ali Akbar KhanmusicianBorn: April 14, 1922Birthplace: Maihar, India Ali Akbar was born into a family steeped in the traditions of Indian court music. The family music ancestry dates back to…

Biographies of Notable U.S. Immigrants

Biographies of Notable U.S. Immigrants A-H | H-M | N-S | T-Z Charlize Theron, actor Chinua Achebe , writer Christiane Amanpour, TV news correspondent Elizabeth Arden,…

William Shakespeare: Othello, Act III

Act IIIScene IBefore the castleEnter Cassio and some MusiciansCassioMasters, play here; I will content your pains; Something that's brief; and bid 'Good morrow, general.'MusicEnter…

Compay Segundo 2003 Deaths

Compay SegundoAge: 95 Cuban musician who was an accomplished traditional balladeer in the 1920s, '30s, and '40s but gained wide fame in the late 1990s, after he formed a band, the Buena Vista…

Louis Satchmo Armstrong Biography

Louis “Satchmo” Armstrongjazz musicianBorn: 8/4/1901Birthplace: New Orleans Jazz musician known for his virtuosic skills on the cornet and trumpet. Armstrong popularized the scat style of…

Jerry Garcia Biography

Jerry GarciamusicianBorn: 8/1/1942Birthplace: San Francisco Arguably one of the most famous rock and roll musicians of all time as lead singer and guitarist of The Grateful Dead. Famous for…

Jimi Hendrix Biography

Jimi Hendrix(James Marshall Hendrix)rock musician, guitaristBorn: 11/27/1942Birthplace: Seattle, Washington Rock musician and guitarist best known for his masterful maneuvering of the…

Klaus Tennstedt Biography

Klaus TennstedtconductorBorn: 6/6/1926Birthplace: Merseburg, Germany A consummate interpreter of Romantic music, Tennstedt conducted the works of Mahler, Beethoven, and Bruckner with special…