under a spreading chestnut tree
1Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree — is a set of variations, with fugue, for orchestra composed in 1939 by Jaromir Weinberger. It was premiered under the direction of Sir John Barbirolli in Venice Beach on October 12 of that year. The work is based on an English popular song of the… …
2Chestnut — For other uses of chestnut , see Chestnut (disambiguation). For other uses of chinquapin or chinkapin , see Chinquapin (disambiguation). Chestnut Sweet Chestnut Castanea sativa Scientific clas …
3Tree — /tree/, n. Sir Herbert Beerbohm /bear bohm/, (Herbert Beerbohm), 1853 1917, English actor and theater manager; brother of Max Beerbohm. * * * I Woody perennial plant. Most trees have a single self supporting trunk containing woody tissues, and in …
4tree — treelike, adj. /tree/, n., v., treed, treeing. n. 1. a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground. 2. any of various shrubs,… …
5Nineteen Eighty-Four — This article is about the Orwell novel. For other uses, see 1984 (disambiguation). Nineteen Eighty Four   …
6Jaromír Weinberger — Jaromír Weinberger, né le 8 janvier 1896 à Prague (République tchèque, alors Autriche Hongrie), mort le 8 août 1967 à St. Petersburg (Floride, États Unis), est un compositeur et pédagogue d origine tchèque, naturalisé… …
7Dule Tree — Dule or dool trees in Britain were used as gallows for public hangings.[1] They were also used as gibbets for the display of the corpse for a considerable period of time after such hangings. These Trees of Lamentation or Grief were usually… …
8Hokey cokey — Hokey pokey redirects here. For other uses, see Hokey pokey (disambiguation). The hokey cokey (United Kingdom) or hokey pokey (United States Ireland), also known as the okey cokey, hokey tokey, or cokey cokey, is a participation dance with a… …
9smiddy — Smithy Smith y ( [y^]), n. [AS. smi[eth][eth]e, fr. smi[eth]; akin to D. smidse, smids, OHG. smitta, G. schmiede, Icel. smi[eth]ja. See {Smith}, n.] The workshop of a smith, esp. a blacksmith; a smithery; a stithy. [Written also {smiddy}.] [1913… …
10Smithy — Smith y ( [y^]), n. [AS. smi[eth][eth]e, fr. smi[eth]; akin to D. smidse, smids, OHG. smitta, G. schmiede, Icel. smi[eth]ja. See {Smith}, n.] The workshop of a smith, esp. a blacksmith; a smithery; a stithy. [Written also {smiddy}.] [1913… …
