(Encyclopedia) Szechenyi, Count StephenSzechenyi, Count Stephensāˈchĕnyē [key], Hung. Széchenyi István, 1791–1860, Hungarian politician. Influenced by his studies in England, he championed the…
(Encyclopedia) Richter, SviatoslavRichter, Sviatoslavsvyäˈtōsläf [key]Richter, Sviatoslav rĭkhˈtər [key], 1915–97, Russian pianist, b. Ukraine. He studied at the Moscow Conservatory under Heinrich…
(Encyclopedia) ground bass, melodic phrase used repeatedly as a bass line. In its earlier form, developed in the 13th and 14th cent., the ground or basso ostinato [Ital.,=obstinate] never varied in…
(Encyclopedia) Franck, César AugusteFranck, César Augustesāzärˈ ōgüstˈ fräNk [key], 1822–90, Belgian-French composer and organist. He studied at the conservatories of Liège and Paris, taking prizes…
(Encyclopedia) treble, highest part in choral music, thus corresponding in pitch to soprano, but associated with the voice of a boy or a girl. The term appeared in 15th-century English polyphony,…
(Encyclopedia) Snow, C. P. (Charles Percy Snow, Baron Snow of Leicester), 1905–80, English author and physicist. Snow had an active, varied career, including several important positions in the…
(Encyclopedia) oboeoboeōˈbō, ōˈboi [key] [Ital., from Fr. hautbois] or hautboyhautboyōˈboi, hōˈ– [key], woodwind instrument of conical bore, its mouthpiece having a double reed. The instruments…
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