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61Cadalso y Vázquez, José de — ▪ Spanish writer Cadalso also spelled Cadahlso born Oct. 8, 1741, Cádiz, Spain died Feb. 27, 1782, Gibraltar Spanish writer famous for his Cartas marruecas (1793; “Moroccan Letters”), in which a Moorish traveler in Spain makes… …
62Gleim, Johann Wilhelm Ludwig — ▪ German poet born April 2, 1719, Ermsleben, near Halberstadt, Saxony died Feb. 18, 1803, Halberstadt German Anacreontic poet. Gleim studied law at Halle and was successively secretary to Prince William of Brandenburg Schwedt at… …
63Hagedorn, Friedrich von — ▪ German poet born April 23, 1708, Hamburg [Germany] died Oct. 28, 1754, Hamburg poet who introduced a new lightness and grace into German poetry and was highly esteemed by his contemporaries. Hagedorn s father was the Danish ambassador in …
64Italian literature — Introduction the body of written works produced in the Italian language that had its beginnings in the 13th century. Until that time nearly all literary work composed in the Middle Ages was written in Latin. Moreover, it was predominantly… …
65musical societies and institutions — ▪ music organizations formed for the promotion or performance of music, usually with some common factor. The German guilds of Meistersingers (meistersinger) (“master singers”) flourished from the 14th to the 16th century, and the earlier… …
66Sophronius — ▪ patriarch of Jerusalem born c. 560, , Damascus [Syria] died March 11, 638, Jerusalem patriarch of Jerusalem, monk, and theologian who was the chief protagonist for orthodox teaching in the doctrinal controversy on the essential nature of… …
67Stanley, Thomas — ▪ English poet born 1625, Cumberlow, Hertfordshire, Eng. died April 12, 1678, London English poet, translator, and the first English historian of philosophy. Stanley was the son of Sir Thomas Stanley, himself the grandson of Thomas… …
68Russian Language and Literature — • Russian is a Slav language belonging to the Indo European family Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Russian Language and Literature Russian Language and Literature …
69List of compositions by Jean Françaix — Below is a sortable list of compositions by Jean Françaix. The works are categorized by genre, date of composition and titles. Scores by Françaix are published mainly by Schott Music, Éditions Transatlantiques, Éditions Max Eschig and Éditions… …
70Marshua Stakes top three finishers — This is a listing of the horses that finished in either first, second, or third place and the number of starters in the Marshua Stakes (1987 present), an American Thoroughbred Stakes race for fillies age three years old at six furlongs run on… …
