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Part of this divergence was from the death of Machaut, where—after a brief continuance of the Ars nova style through the post-Machaut generation of F. Andrieu, Grimace, Jehan Vaillant and P. des Molins —there was a new rhythmically-complex style now known as ars subtilior. The major figures of ars subtilior included both composers from ...
The larger Sunday crossword, which appears in The New York Times Magazine, is an icon in American culture; it is typically intended to be a "Thursday-plus" in difficulty. [6] The standard daily crossword is 15 by 15 squares, while the Sunday crossword measures 21 by 21 squares.
Composed 12 Offertory settings for keyboard, including the popular Felix namque, and an alternatim organ Mass for Easter, containing the only known sequence setting of the time; his keyboard writing is extremely virtuosic for the period Elias Nikolaus Ammerbach: c. 1530 – 1597: German Teodora Ginés: c. 1530 – 1598: Cuban Vicente Lusitano
Signature. Bound set of many of Stevenson's works, 1909. Robert Louis Stevenson (born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson; 13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. He is best known for works such as Treasure Island, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Kidnapped and A Child's Garden of Verses .
Léo Delibes (1836–1891) French composer, whose Lakmé is notable for its Flower Duet and as a vehicle for coloratura sopranos. [38] Georges Bizet (1838–1875) Bizet's masterwork Carmen is a staple of the repertoire of opera houses the world over. At the time of its premiere, the controversial plot scandalised both critics and the public. [39]
James VI and I (1566–1625), King of Scots and of England and Ireland. Christine James (born 1954), Welsh poet and academic. Clive James (1939–2019), Australian author, poet and memoirist. Ernst Jandl (1925–2000), Austrian writer, poet and translator. Klemens Janicki (1516–1543), Polish poet in Latin.
General periods. Geologic Time – Period prior to humans. 4.6 billion to 3 million years ago. (See "prehistoric periods" for more detail into this.) Primatomorphid Era – Period prior to the existence of Primatomorpha. Simian Era – Period prior to the existence of Simiiformes. Hominoid Era – Period prior to the existence of Hominoidea.
Sandford Fleming (1827–1915), Canada – Universal Standard Time; Nicolas Florine (1891–1972), Georgia/Russia/Belgium – first tandem rotor helicopter to fly freely; Tommy Flowers (1905–1998), UK – Colossus an early electronic computer. Irmgard Flügge-Lotz (1903–1974), U.S. – aircraft guidance systems