(Encyclopedia) ComnenusComnenuskŏmnēˈnəs [key], family name of several Byzantine emperors—Isaac I, Alexius I, John II, Manuel I, Alexius II, and Andronicus I—who reigned in the 11th and 12th cent.,…
(Encyclopedia) John, Elton Hercules, 1947–, English popular singer, pianist, and composer, b. Reginald Kenneth Dwight. By the mid-1970s he had become famous presenting his own and other composers'…
(Encyclopedia) Thomas, John Charles, 1891–1960, American baritone, b. Meyersdale, Pa., studied at the Peabody Conservatory, Baltimore. After a successful career in musical comedy he made his operatic…
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(Encyclopedia) Dewey, GeorgeDewey, Georged&oomacr;ˈē, dy&oomacr;ˈ– [key], 1837–1917, American admiral, hero of the battle of Manila, b. Montpelier, Vt., grad. Annapolis, 1858. He saw active…
(Encyclopedia) Peri, JacopoPeri, Jacopoyäˈkōpō pĕˈrē [key], 1561–1633, Italian composer and singer. Dafne (c.1597), perhaps the first opera, was composed by both Peri and Jacopo Corsi. The librettist…
(Encyclopedia) Carreño, TeresaCarreño, Teresatārāˈsä kärāˈnyō [key], 1853–1917, Venezuelan pianist; pupil of L. M. Gottschalk and Anton Rubinstein. Her debut was made in New York in 1862. She…
(Encyclopedia) Drake, Alfred, 1914–92, American singer, actor, and director, b. New York City, originally named Alfred Capurro. Drake first appeared on stage in 1935 in The Mikado. The Broadway…
(Encyclopedia) Caccini, GiulioCaccini, Giulioj&oomacr;ˈlyō kät-chēˈnē [key], c.1546–1618, Italian composer and singer. Both he and Peri composed settings of Ottavio Rinuccini's Euridice (1600),…
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