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Chaminade, Cécile Louise Stéphanie

(Encyclopedia) Chaminade, Cécile Louise StéphanieChaminade, Cécile Louise Stéphaniesāsēlˈ lwēz stāfänēˈ shämēnädˈ [key], 1857–1944, French composer and pianist. She was a popular concert pianist and…

Daphnis

(Encyclopedia) DaphnisDaphnisdăfˈnĭs [key], in Greek mythology, shepherd, the son of Hermes and a nymph. He was unfaithful to a nymph who loved him, and in revenge she blinded him. He tried to…

Arensky, Anton Stepanovich

(Encyclopedia) Arensky, Anton StepanovichArensky, Anton Stepanovichəntônˈ styĭpäˈnəvĭch ärĕnˈskē [key], 1861–1906, Russian composer; pupil of Rimsky-Korsakov at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. After…

Morley, Thomas

(Encyclopedia) Morley, Thomas, c.1557–1603, English composer; pupil of William Byrd. He was gentleman of the Chapel Royal to Queen Elizabeth I and organist of St. Paul's Cathedral. He set to music…

Cadman, Charles Wakefield

(Encyclopedia) Cadman, Charles Wakefield, 1881–1946, American composer, b. Johnstown, Pa. Although he is known to the public principally for two songs—From the Land of the Sky-blue Water, based on…

Walther von der Vogelweide

(Encyclopedia) Walther von der VogelweideWalther von der Vogelweidevälˈtər fən dĕr fōˈgəlvīˌdə [key], c.1170–c.1230, German minnesinger of noble birth, probably the finest lyric poet of medieval…

Thibaut IV

(Encyclopedia) Thibaut IVThibaut IVtēbōˈ [key], 1201–53, French trouvère, count of Champagne. He became Thibaut I, king of Navarre, in 1234, succeeding his uncle Sancho VII. He was defeated while…

Arne, Thomas Augustine

(Encyclopedia) Arne, Thomas AugustineArne, Thomas Augustineärn [key], 1710–78, English composer. Arne composed the song Rule, Britannia, based on an ode by James Thomson. He composed new music for an…

Foote, Arthur William

(Encyclopedia) Foote, Arthur William, 1853–1937, American organist, teacher, and composer, b. Salem, Mass.; pupil of J. K. Paine at Harvard. He was organist (1878–1910) at the First Unitarian Church…

fandango

(Encyclopedia) fandangofandangofăndăngˈgō [key], ancient Spanish dance, probably of Moorish origin, that came into Europe in the 17th cent. It is in triple time and is danced by a single couple to…