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(Encyclopedia) Cappadocia kăpədōˈshə [key], ancient region of Asia Minor, watered by the Halys River (the modern Kizil Irmak), in present E central Turkey. The name was applied at different times to territories...

(Encyclopedia) overture, instrumental musical composition written as an introduction to an opera, ballet, oratorio, musical, or play. The earliest Italian opera overtures were simply pieces of orchestral music and w...

(Encyclopedia) Chapais, Sir Thomas shäpāˈ [key], 1858–1946, Canadian politician and historian, b. Quebec prov.; son of Jean Charles Chapais (1811–85). Thomas Chapais became professor of history at Laval Univ....

(Encyclopedia) Taeuber-Arp, Sophie, 1889–1943, Swiss textile designer, painter, and sculptor, b. Sophie Henriette Gertrude Taeuber. She taught textile design (1916–29) at the School of Arts and Crafts in Zürich...

(Encyclopedia) Clericus, Johannes: see Le Clerc, Jean. ...

(Encyclopedia) Williams, Gwen: see Rhys, Jean.

(Encyclopedia) Grandville: see Gérard, Jean Ignace Isidore. ...

(Encyclopedia) Saint Johns, Que., Canada: see St. Jean. ...

(Encyclopedia) L'Olonnois, François: see Nau, Jacques Jean David. ...

(Encyclopedia) Moreau, Louis Gabriel: see Moreau, Jean-Michel. ...