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See also: 1957 in music, other events of 1958, 1959 in music, 1950s in music and the list of 'years in music' 1958 in music - Events. January 28 - Little Richard begins attending classes at Oakwood College in Huntsville, Alabama February 14 - The Iranian government bans rock & roll because they claim that the form of music is against the concepts of Islam and also a health hazard. Iranian doctors warned of the risk of injuries to the hips from the "extreme gyrations" of rock & roll da ...

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Born in Down Ampney, Gloucestershire, where his father Arthur Vaughan Williams was rector, he was taken by his mother to live with her family at Leith Hill Place, the Wedgwood family home in the North Downs, after his father's early death in 1875. He was also related to the Darwins, Charles Darwin being a great-uncle. Ralph (pronounced "rafe") was therefore born into the privileged intellectual upper middle class, but never took it for granted and worked tirelessly all his life for t ...

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Ralph Vaughan Williams, Ralph Vaughan Williams - Biography, Ralph Vaughan Williams - Works, Ralph Vaughan Williams - Music for Orchestra, Ralph Vaughan Williams - Music for Solo Instruments and Orchestra, Ralph Vaughan Williams - Operas, Ralph Vaughan Williams - Ballets, Ralph Vaughan Williams - Music with Voices, Ralph Vaughan Williams - Chamber/Instrumental Music, Ralph Vaughan Williams - Miscellaneous

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See: List of modernistic pieces. Modernism music - Expansion and destruction of tonality. Modernist movements include expansion to common practice tonality, such as Debussy, Strauss, Mahler, the young Schoenberg, and the polytonality of Darius Milhaud, Paul Hindemith, and Ives. Alternatives to common practice include the twelve tone technique of the older Arnold Schoenberg and pupils, the serialism of Milton Babbitt and Pierre Boulez, as well as the high dissonance of Carl Ruggles, Ruth Crawford-Seeger, and Charles ...

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Modernism music, Modernism music - Defining musical modernism, Modernism music - Examples of modernism in music, Modernism music - Expansion and destruction of tonality, Modernism music - Comprehensiveness and depth, Modernism music - Science and sci-fi, Modernism music - Extended techniques and sounds, Modernism music - Speech and singing, Modernism music - Visual art and music, Modernism music - Individualism, Modernism music - Ethnomusicology and political advocacy, Modernism music - Neoclassicism, Modernism music - History of modernism in music, Modernism music - Late 19th century origins, Modernism music - Alternative categorizations, Modernism music - Musical modernism's reception and controversy, Modernism music - Sources

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Main article: List of Brazilians in music Tim Maia, singer and composer Arnaldo Antunes, singer and composer Guilherme Arantes, pianist, singer and composer Gustavo Assis-Brasil, composer, virtuoso guitar player Waldir Azevedo, composer, virtuoso cavaquinho player Jacob do Bandolim, composer, virtuoso mandolinist Arnaldo Baptista (1948-), singer, musician and composer, former member of Os Mutantes Adoniran Barbosa (1912-1982), singer and composer Bade ...

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Robertson Davies - Early life. Growing up, Davies was surrounded by books and language. His father, Senator William Rupert Davies, was a newspaperman, and both his parents were voracious readers. He, in turn, read everything he could. He also participated in theatrical productions as a child, where he developed a lifelong interest in drama. He attended Upper Canada College in Toronto from 1926 to 1932 and then studied at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario from 1932 until 1935. At Queen's he was enroll ...

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Robertson Davies, Robertson Davies - Biography, Robertson Davies - Early life, Robertson Davies - Middle years, Robertson Davies - The 1960s, Robertson Davies - The 1970s, Robertson Davies - The 1980s and 1990s, Robertson Davies - Awards and recognition, Robertson Davies - Bibliography, Robertson Davies - Essays, Robertson Davies - Novels, Robertson Davies - Short stories, Robertson Davies - Plays, Robertson Davies - Libretto, Robertson Davies - Letters, Robertson Davies - Collections

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Charles Wuorinen (born June 9, 1938 in New York City) is an American composer. Co-founder of the Group for Contemporary Music, Wuorinen writes serial instrumental music. Some of his pieces are influenced by fractal geometry and Benoit Mandelbrot, while his later works feature some tonal relationships. In 1970, Wuorinen was the youngest composer ever to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music for Time's Encomium. He is also the author of Simple Composition, ISBN 0938856065, which he says is, "written by a composer and is ...

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List of Spaniards - Classical. Isaac Albéniz (1860–1909), composer. Pau Casals (1876–1973), cello player and conductor. Manuel de Falla (1876–1946), composer. Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (b. 1933), conductor. Enrique Granados (1867–1916), composer. Alicia de Larrocha (b. 1923), pianist. Luis de Pablo (b. 1930), composer. Joaquín Rodrigo (1901–1999), composer and pianist, known fo ...

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List of Spaniards, List of Spaniards - Actors, List of Spaniards - Artists, List of Spaniards - Architects, List of Spaniards - Explorers and conquistadores, List of Spaniards - Film directors, List of Spaniards - Leaders and politicians, List of Spaniards - Ancient, List of Spaniards - Medieval, List of Spaniards - Modern, List of Spaniards - Contemporary, List of Spaniards - Literature, List of Spaniards - A–D, List of Spaniards - E–H, List of Spaniards - I–L, List of Spaniards - M–P, List of Spaniards - Q–T, List of Spaniards - U–Z, List of Spaniards - Military, List of Spaniards - Musicians, List of Spaniards - Classical, List of Spaniards - Singers, List of Spaniards - Philosophers and humanists, List of Spaniards - Science and technology, List of Spaniards - Social scientists, List of Spaniards - Sports, List of Spaniards - Others

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Star Wars began with a 13-page treatment for a space adventure movie that George Lucas drafted in 1973, inspired by multiple myths and classic stories. Star Wars - Influences. See also: Star Wars sources and analogues Many different influences have been suggested for the Star Wars films by fans, critics, and George Lucas himself. For example, Lucas acknowledges that the plot and characters in the 1958 Japanese film The Hidden Fortress, directed by Akira Kuros ...

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Star Wars, Star Wars - Conception, Star Wars - Influences, Star Wars - Scripts, Star Wars - Films, Star Wars - Production and release, Star Wars - Musical score, Star Wars - Setting, Star Wars - Plot, Star Wars - Opening Crawls, Star Wars - Themes, Star Wars - The Force, Star Wars - Re-releases, Star Wars - Expanded Universe, Star Wars - Fan works, Star Wars - Cultural Influences, Star Wars - General information, Star Wars - Star Wars universe

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Edwardian London has been depicted in several films, notably the Ealing comedy Kind Hearts and Coronets in 1949, the Merchant Ivory E.M. Forster adaptation Howards End (1992) and the biopic Young Winston (1972). Wartime London has featured in many films, with The Man Who Loved Redheads and Zeppelin (1971) among those set during the First World War. The 1943 film The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp covered 40 years in the city, including the Edwardian era, the First World War and the Second Wor ...

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London in film, London in film - Historical London, London in film - Pre-Victorian London, London in film - Victorian London, London in film - 20th Century, London in film - Ealing Comedies, London in film - Swinging London, London in film - Romantic London, London in film - Thrillers, London in film - London Underground, London in film - Science fiction, London in film - Criminals, London in film - The other side of London, London in film - Kids London, London in film - Musical London

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The Smurfs - Satanic rumors. During 1983, rumors of the Smurfs' Satanic activities spread across Puerto Rico. Those who believed the theory claimed seeing Smurfs below plants in their houses, next to their beds, dressed as the devil, etc. As Telemundo Puerto Rico had just begun to telecast Smurfs programs that year, a possibility exists that a rival television channel started the rumors. The rumors spread like wildfire through the religiously conservative Latin America, where people went so far as to claim ...

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The Smurfs, The Smurfs - History, The Smurfs - Johan & Pirlouit, The Smurfs - Comic series, The Smurfs - Animated Smurfs, The Smurfs - Smurf Figurines, The Smurfs - Smurfs on Ice, The Smurfs - Later Years, The Smurfs - Rumors, The Smurfs - Satanic rumors, The Smurfs - Smurf Communism, The Smurfs - Smurf Universe, The Smurfs - The Smurfs, The Smurfs - Smurf Language, The Smurfs - Smurf Village, The Smurfs - List of Smurfs, The Smurfs - Voices in the Hanna-Barbera series, The Smurfs - The Smurfs in other languages, The Smurfs - Similar creatures

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People from urban Tianjin speak Tianjin dialect, which comes under the Mandarin subdivision of spoken Chinese. Despite its proximity to Beijing, Tianjin dialect sounds quite different from Beijing dialect, which provides the basis for Putonghua, official spoken language of the People's Republic of China. Tianjin cuisine places a heavy focus on seafood, due to Tianjin's proximity to the sea. Prominent menus include the Eight Great Bowls (八大碗), which is further divided into the rough (粗) and smooth (S: 细 / T: 細) varieties; a ...

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Tianjin, Tianjin - History, Tianjin - Geography, Tianjin - Administrative divisions, Tianjin - Economy, Tianjin - Demographics, Tianjin - Culture, Tianjin - Stereotypes, Tianjin - Transportation, Tianjin - Rail, Tianjin - Roads and expressways, Tianjin - Air, Tianjin - Public transit, Tianjin - Tourism, Tianjin - Sports teams, Tianjin - Education, Tianjin - Colleges and Universities, Tianjin - High Schools, Tianjin - City partnerships, Tianjin - Astronomical phenomena, Tianjin - Sister City

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Historic periods in the city's underworld have been portrayed in a small number of films. Examples include Where's Jack? (17th century), The First Great Train Robbery (Victorian era), Chicago Joe and the Showgirl (World War II) and The Krays (the 1960s), while 10 Rillington Place (1971) recreated 1940s London, filming in the actual street where John Christie carried out his infamous murders. Other films have evoked London's underworld in the modern era, including Robbery (1967), Villain ...

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London in film, London in film - Historical London, London in film - Pre-Victorian London, London in film - Victorian London, London in film - 20th Century, London in film - Ealing Comedies, London in film - Swinging London, London in film - Romantic London, London in film - Thrillers, London in film - London Underground, London in film - Science fiction, London in film - Criminals, London in film - The other side of London, London in film - Kids London, London in film - Musical London

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Bruce Lee was born at the Chinese Hospital[1] in San Francisco to his Chinese father, Lee Hoi-Chuen (李海泉) and mother Grace Lee (何金棠). Bruce Lee - Names. Lee's Cantonese name, Lee Jun Fan (李振藩; Mandarin Pinyin: Lǐ Zhènfán), literally means "invigorate San Francisco," paying homage to the Chinese name of his birthplace, San Francisco, California (三藩市). At birth, Lee was gi ...

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Bruce Lee, Bruce Lee - Early Life, Bruce Lee - Names, Bruce Lee - Education and Martial Arts Training, Bruce Lee - Early acting career, Bruce Lee - Success in Hong Kong, Bruce Lee - Martial Arts Training and Development, Bruce Lee - Wing Chun, Bruce Lee - Jeet Kune Do, Bruce Lee - Beyond Jeet Kune Do, Bruce Lee - Physical Training Fitness and Nutrition, Bruce Lee - 1964 Long Beach International Karate Championships, Bruce Lee - Nutrition, Bruce Lee - Bruce Lee's Feats, Bruce Lee - Quotes From Bruce Lee's Friends about his Feats, Bruce Lee - Death by misadventure, Bruce Lee - Martial Arts Lineage, Bruce Lee - Filmography, Bruce Lee - Philosophy, Bruce Lee - Books authored, Bruce Lee - Awards and honors, Bruce Lee - Characters based on Lee, Bruce Lee - Anime and manga, Bruce Lee - Videogames, Bruce Lee - Film references, Bruce Lee - CG Resurrection, Bruce Lee - List of people influential to Bruce Lee's career, Bruce Lee - Footnotes

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Hubbard wrote the Revolt in the Stars film script, an extended version of the story of OT III, in the late 1970s. It states Xenu's full name to be Xenu Etrawl. It has not been officially published, although the treatment was circulated around Hollywood in the early 1980s (Young). Copies of the treatment leaked, and Scientology critic Grady Ward published a summary. [19] Geoffrey Filbert, a Free Zone (non-CoS) Scientologist, wrote a book, Excalibur Revisited, in 1982, containing his own version of OT III. This was ...

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Along with the talent he booked each week, he also had recurring characters appear many times a season, such as his puppet sidekick Topo Gigio, and ventriloquist Señor Wences. While most of the episodes aired live from New York City, the show also aired live on occasion from other nations, such as the United Kingdom, Australia, and Japan. For many years, Ed Sullivan was a national event each Sunday evening, and was the first expo ...

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At the end of 2004, the population of Tianjin Municipality was 10.24 million, of which 9.33 million were holders of Tianjin hukou (permanent residence). Among Tianjin permanent residents, 5.56 million were urban, and 3.76 million were rural. [4] The majority of Tianjin residents are Han Chinese. Minorities include Hui, Koreans, Manchus, and Mongols. Does not include members of the People's Liberation Army in active service. Source: 2000年人口普查中国民族人口资料，� ...

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Tianjin, Tianjin - History, Tianjin - Geography, Tianjin - Administrative divisions, Tianjin - Economy, Tianjin - Demographics, Tianjin - Culture, Tianjin - Stereotypes, Tianjin - Transportation, Tianjin - Rail, Tianjin - Roads and expressways, Tianjin - Air, Tianjin - Public transit, Tianjin - Tourism, Tianjin - Sports teams, Tianjin - Education, Tianjin - Colleges and Universities, Tianjin - High Schools, Tianjin - City partnerships, Tianjin - Astronomical phenomena, Tianjin - Sister City

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Richardson has a number of film and television projects in various stages of production: Gideon's Daughter [TV] (Completed) Stella Provoked (Completed) — Veronica Scott Merlin's Apprentice [TV] (Completed) — Lady of the Lake Southland Tales (Post-Production) Spinning Into Butter (Post-Production) — Catherine Kenney Puffball (Pre-Production) — Mabs See also:

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Known for meticulous use of miniatures and hundreds of sci-fi themed anime, Japan has a long history of producing science fiction series for TV. Only a few of these series are aired outside Japan and even when aired, they tend to be edited, rarely retaining their original storyline. While reasons like violence and sexual context are often presented, these edits are never a perfect solution and needlessly make story confusing. Yet non-anime sci-fi are still largely unknown to foreign audiences. An exception is Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers an ...

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Science fiction on television, Science fiction on television - British television science fiction, Science fiction on television - US television science fiction, Science fiction on television - Japanese television science fiction, Science fiction on television - Television science fiction with actors, Science fiction on television - Science fiction in anime, Science fiction on television - Other countries television science fiction, Science fiction on television - Notable series and people

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Tianjin - Rail. There are several railway stations in the city, Tianjin Railway Station being the principal one. It was built in 1888, initially, the station was located at Wangdaozhuang (S: 旺道庄 / T: 旺道莊). The station was later moved to Laolongtou (S: 老龙头 / T: 老龍頭) on the banks of the Hai He River in 1892, so the station was renamed Laolongtou Railway Station. The station was rebuilt from scatch in 1988. The rebuilding work began on April 15, ...

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Tianjin, Tianjin - History, Tianjin - Geography, Tianjin - Administrative divisions, Tianjin - Economy, Tianjin - Demographics, Tianjin - Culture, Tianjin - Stereotypes, Tianjin - Transportation, Tianjin - Rail, Tianjin - Roads and expressways, Tianjin - Air, Tianjin - Public transit, Tianjin - Tourism, Tianjin - Sports teams, Tianjin - Education, Tianjin - Colleges and Universities, Tianjin - High Schools, Tianjin - City partnerships, Tianjin - Astronomical phenomena, Tianjin - Sister City

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List of Belgians - Actors and actresses. Patrick Bauchau Bernard Cogniaux Antje De Boeck Jan Decleir Isabelle Defossé André Delvaux Émilie Dequenne Cécile de France Marie Gillain Olivier Gourmet Audrey Hepburn, British actress born in Belgium Christian Labeau Jacky Lafon Olivier Massart John Massis [1] Yolande Moreau Michael Pas Ann Petersen ...

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