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81rubato — /rooh bah toh/; It. /rddooh bah taw/, adj., n., pl. rubatos, rubati / tee/, adv. Music. adj. 1. having certain notes arbitrarily lengthened while others are correspondingly shortened, or vice versa. n. 2. a rubato phrase or passage. 3. a rubato… …
82Art and Art Exhibitions — ▪ 2009 Introduction Art The art market enjoyed an astonishing run of record breaking sales through the first nine months of a volatile 2008. In May Lucian Freud s Benefits Supervisor Sleeping (1995), a candid portrayal of a corpulent female …
83McCorkle, Susannah — ▪ 2002 American jazz singer (b. Jan. 4, 1946, Berkeley, Calif. d. May 19, 2001, New York, N.Y.), brought fresh meaning to popular songs through subtle inflections, rhythmic wit, and a sense of dramatic nuance; she sang in an unforced, smoky …
84Rampal, Jean-Pierre — ▪ 2000 French flutist (b. Jan. 7, 1922, Marseilles, France d. May 20, 2000, Paris, France), was considered the preeminent performer on the instrument in the 20th century. A brilliant virtuoso, he made more than 400 recordings and was… …
85ancient Greek civilization — ▪ historical region, Eurasia Introduction the period following Mycenaean civilization, which ended in about 1200 BC, to the death of Alexander the Great, in 323 BC. It was a period of political, philosophical, artistic, and scientific… …
86Hartley, L P — ▪ British writer and critic born Dec. 30, 1895, Fletton Tower, near Peterborough, Northamptonshire, Eng. died Dec. 13, 1972, London English novelist, short story writer, and critic whose works fuse a subtle observation of manners… …
87musical performance — Introduction step in the musical process during which musical ideas are realized and transmitted to a listener. In Western music, performance is most commonly viewed as an interpretive art, though it is not always merely that. A performer… …
88photography, history of — Introduction method of recording the image of an object through the action of light, or related radiation, on a light sensitive material. The word, derived from the Greek photos (“light”) and graphein (“to draw”), was first used in the… …
89Verdi, Giuseppe — ▪ Italian composer Introduction in full Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi born October 9/10, 1813, Roncole, near Busseto, duchy of Parma [Italy] died January 27, 1901, Milan, Italy leading Italian composer of opera in the 19th century, noted …
90George Copeland — (April 3, 1882 – June 16, 1971)[1] was an American classical pianist known primarily for his championship of the French composer Claude Debussy in the early 20th century and his interpretations of modern Spanish piano works. George Copeland ca.… …
