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Baroque VocalHandel, Giulio Cesare, Rene Jacobs conducting Concerto Cologne (Harmonia Mundi)Baroque Non-VocalRameau, Harpsichord Works, Christophe Rousset (L'Oiseau-Lyre)ChamberSzymanowski,…1989 Gramophone Awards
Chamber (Record of the Year)Bartók, String Quartets nos. 1–6, Emerson Quartet (Deutsche Grammophon)ChoralHandel, Jephtha, John Eliot Gardiner conducting Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque…1991 Gramophone Awards
Baroque VocalHandel, Susanna, Nicholas McGegan conducting Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra (Harmonia Mundi)Baroque Non-VocalBiber, Mystery Sonatas, Tragiccomedia, John Holloway and Davitt…King, Henry
(Encyclopedia) King, Henry, 1592–1669, English poet. He became bishop of Chichester in 1642. Elegies constitute nearly half his work, his most notable being “The Exequy,” written on the death of his…Kames, Henry Home, Lord
(Encyclopedia) Kames, Henry Home, LordKames, Henry Home, Lordhy&oomacr;m [key], 1696–1782, Scottish judge and philosopher. A man of broad interests and a wide-ranging intellect, his works…John II, Spanish king of Castile and León
(Encyclopedia) John II, 1405–54, Spanish king of Castile and León (1406–54), son and successor of Henry III. He was little interested in government, which he entrusted to his favorite Alvaro de Luna…Becque, Henry François
(Encyclopedia) Becque, Henry FrançoisBecque, Henry FrançoisäNrēˈ fräNswäˈ bĕk [key], 1837–99, French dramatist. His plays, which portrayed Parisian life in realistic detail, influenced French…Cranmer, Thomas
(Encyclopedia) Cranmer, ThomasCranmer, Thomaskrănˈmər [key], 1489–1556, English churchman under Henry VIII; archbishop of Canterbury. A lecturer at Jesus College, Cambridge, he is said to have come…Latrobe, Benjamin Henry
(Encyclopedia) Latrobe, Benjamin Henry (Benjamin Henry Boneval Latrobe)Latrobe, Benjamin Henrylətrōbˈ [key], 1764–1820, American architect, b. Yorkshire, England. He is considered the first…Margaret of Valois
(Encyclopedia) Margaret of ValoisMargaret of Valoisvälwäˈ [key], 1553–1615, queen of France and Navarre, daughter of King Henry II of France and of Catherine de' Medici. She was known as Queen Margot…Trending
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