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| ARTICLES RELATED TO Légion d'honneur | | | | |  Légion d'honneur: Encyclopedia II - Philippe Leclerc de Hautecloque - BiographyHe was born in Belloy-Saint-Léonard, Somme, France. He attended the École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr, graduating in 1924, and entered the French Army; he attained the rank of captain in 1937, brigadier-general in August 1941, and major-general in 1943. He was Governor of French Cameroon from August 29, 1940 to November 12, 1940.
During World War II, he joined the Free French forces, commanded the column which attacked Axis forces from Chad, and distinguished himself in Tunisia. Sent in from Normandy, his 2nd Armoured Division ...
See also:Philippe Leclerc de Hautecloque, Philippe Leclerc de Hautecloque - Biography, Philippe Leclerc de Hautecloque - Miscellaneous Read more here: » Philippe Leclerc de Hautecloque: Encyclopedia II - Philippe Leclerc de Hautecloque - Biography |
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| | | | | | | Légion d'honneur: Encyclopedia II - Rosette decoration - United States In the United States, only one medal is currently issued with a rosette, the Medal of Honor. The rosette is authorized for civilian wear. The rosette is presented with the Medal of Honor neck ribbon and ribbon bar at the same time. During the presentation of the Medal to the family of Paul R. Smith, the rosette was placed, along with the medal and ribbon, in a shadow box.
Previously, the Purple Heart was also presented with a rosette, but now has been replaced by a metallic lapel pin. The lapel pin is designed to be a smaller version ...
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| | | | | Légion d'honneur: Encyclopedia II - Constantine Andreou - Biographical Overview Born in Sao Paulo, Brazil on March 14, 1917 of Greek parents, he moved to Greece in 1925 with his family. In 1935, he received a degree in technical design. This same year he began the study of sculpture.
In 1940, he joined the Greek Army to fight in World War II and later joined the Greek Resistance against Nazi occupation.
In 1945, he received a scholarship from the French government and moved to Paris, France.
In 1947, he began using a new personal technique to express himself: using welded copper sheets. This new technique allowed him to create a new way to exp ...
See also:Constantine Andreou, Constantine Andreou - Biographical Overview, Constantine Andreou - Monographies, Constantine Andreou - Filmography, Constantine Andreou - Individual Exhibitions Read more here: » Constantine Andreou: Encyclopedia II - Constantine Andreou - Biographical Overview |
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| | | | | | | | | Légion d'honneur: Encyclopedia II - Zinédine Zidane - Career Though beeing born in Marseille, Zidane has never played for them, so it was rumored that he might want to finish his career there. Zidane has now declared that he will end his career after the 2006 World Cup in Germany, one year before his contract with Madrid runs out. His time in the French league was spent with Bordeaux, before he was snapped up by Juventus for £3 million.
Zidane was a member of the French football team in 1998 World Cup, which France won, scoring two headed goals in the final against Brazil. Two years later, he ...
See also:Zinédine Zidane, Zinédine Zidane - Career, Zinédine Zidane - Legacy, Zinédine Zidane - Honours, Zinédine Zidane - Other facts, Zinédine Zidane - Merchandising, Zinédine Zidane - External link Read more here: » Zinédine Zidane: Encyclopedia II - Zinédine Zidane - Career |
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| | | | | Légion d'honneur: Encyclopedia II - Jim Lovell - NASA experience Lovell was the backup pilot for Gemini 4, and his first spaceflight was as pilot of Gemini 7 in December 1965, which was the first flight to spend a fortnight in space, and also conducted the first space rendezvous with Gemini 6A. Lovell was originally scheduled to be the backup commander of Gemini 10, but after the deaths of Elliott See and Charles Bassett, he became backup commander of Gemini 9A, and in November 1966 made his second flight into space as commander of Gemini 12. After these two flights, Lovell had ...
See also:Jim Lovell, Jim Lovell - Youth and early experience, Jim Lovell - NASA experience, Jim Lovell - After the US Navy and NASA, Jim Lovell - Formal education, Jim Lovell - Awards and decorations, Jim Lovell - Jim Lovell in Fiction Read more here: » Jim Lovell: Encyclopedia II - Jim Lovell - NASA experience |
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| | | | | Légion d'honneur: Encyclopedia II - Henri Bergson - The lectures on change, and Bergson's later life Bergson visited the University of Oxford, where he delivered two lectures entitled La Perception du Changement (The Perception of Change), which were published in French in the same year by the Clarendon Press. As he had a delightful gift of lucid and brief exposition, when the occasion demands such treatment, these lectures on Change formed a most valuable synopsis or brief survey of the fundamental principles of his thought, and served the student or general reader alike as an excellent introduction to the study of the larger volumes. Oxford honoured ...
See also:Henri Bergson, Henri Bergson - Four principal works, Henri Bergson - Education and career, Henri Bergson - Relationship with James and pragmatism, Henri Bergson - The lectures on change, and Bergson's later life, Henri Bergson - Monty Python reference, Henri Bergson - Bibliography Read more here: » Henri Bergson: Encyclopedia II - Henri Bergson - The lectures on change, and Bergson's later life |
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| | | | | Légion d'honneur: Encyclopedia II - Alan Greenspan - Recent Charges of Partisanship, Alliance with President Bush Senate minority leader Harry Reid turned heads on March 3, 2005 when he attacked Mr. Greenspan as "one of the biggest political hacks we have here in Washington," [3] and called attention to, among other things, the massive deficits contributed to by the 2001 Bush tax cuts Greenspan is widely seen as having supported. Greenspan also appeared in sync with President Bush's statements of urgency in his early 2005 drive to phase out Social Security in favor of private accounts. "If we do not act now, government will eventually be left with two c ...
See also:Alan Greenspan, Alan Greenspan - Early life, Alan Greenspan - Chairman of the United States Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan - Recent Charges of Partisanship, Alliance with President Bush, Alan Greenspan - Criticism from Objectivist Philosophers Read more here: » Alan Greenspan: Encyclopedia II - Alan Greenspan - Recent Charges of Partisanship, Alliance with President Bush |
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| | | | | Légion d'honneur: Encyclopedia II - César Cui - Selected Literary Works (Note: As yet there is no complete collected edition of Cui's writings. The vast majority of his published articles on music, in particular, have to be sought individually within the various periodicals in which they were originallyprinted.)
César Cui - Cui's Writings on Music.
История литературы фортепианной музыки. Курс А.Г. Рубинштейна. 1888-1889. 2-е изд. [History of the Literature of Piano Music. A Course by A.G ...
See also:César Cui, César Cui - Biography, César Cui - Upbringing and Career, César Cui - Avocational Life in Music, César Cui - Family, César Cui - Last Years and Death, César Cui - Cui as a Music Critic, César Cui - Cui as a Composer, César Cui - Selected Literary Works, César Cui - Cui's Writings on Music, César Cui - Letters, César Cui - Cui's Writings on Military Fortifications, César Cui - Bibliography, César Cui - External Bibliographical Links Read more here: » César Cui: Encyclopedia II - César Cui - Selected Literary Works |
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| | | | | Légion d'honneur: Encyclopedia II - César Cui - Cui as a Composer (Note: See the List of compositions by César Cui)
Cui composed in almost all genres of his time, with the distinct exceptions of the symphony and the symphonic poem (unlike his compatriots Balakirev, Borodin, and Rimsky-Korsakov). By far art songs constitute the greatest number of works by Cui; these include a few vocal duets and many songs for children. Several of his songs are available also in versions with orchestral accompaniment, including his Bolero, Op. 17, whic ...
See also:César Cui, César Cui - Biography, César Cui - Upbringing and Career, César Cui - Avocational Life in Music, César Cui - Family, César Cui - Last Years and Death, César Cui - Cui as a Music Critic, César Cui - Cui as a Composer, César Cui - Selected Literary Works, César Cui - Cui's Writings on Music, César Cui - Letters, César Cui - Cui's Writings on Military Fortifications, César Cui - Bibliography, César Cui - External Bibliographical Links Read more here: » César Cui: Encyclopedia II - César Cui - Cui as a Composer |
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| | | | | Légion d'honneur: Encyclopedia II - César Cui - Cui as a Music Critic As a writer on music, Cui contributed almost 800 articles between 1864 and 1918 to various newspapers and other publications in Russia and Europe. (He "retired" from regular music criticism in 1900.) His wide coverage included concerts, recitals, musical life, new publications of music, and personalities. A significant number of his articles (ca. 300) dealt with opera. Several of his themed sets of articles were reissued as monographs; these covered topics as varied as the original 1876 production of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen i ...
See also:César Cui, César Cui - Biography, César Cui - Upbringing and Career, César Cui - Avocational Life in Music, César Cui - Family, César Cui - Last Years and Death, César Cui - Cui as a Music Critic, César Cui - Cui as a Composer, César Cui - Selected Literary Works, César Cui - Cui's Writings on Music, César Cui - Letters, César Cui - Cui's Writings on Military Fortifications, César Cui - Bibliography, César Cui - External Bibliographical Links Read more here: » César Cui: Encyclopedia II - César Cui - Cui as a Music Critic |
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| | | | | Légion d'honneur: Encyclopedia II - Arnold Dolmetsch - The Dolmetsch family Arnold Dolmetsch was married three times. On 28 May 1878 he married Marie Morel of Namur, France (a widow, ten years his senior) but was divorced in 1898. His second wife, to whom he was married on 11 September 1899, in Zürich, was Elodie Désirée, the divorced wife of his brother. This marriage ended in divorce in 1903. Thirdly, he was married on 23 September 1903 to Mabel Johnston, one of his pupils.
Dolmetsch encouraged the members of his family to learn the skills of instrument-making and musicianship and the family frequently a ...
See also:Arnold Dolmetsch, Arnold Dolmetsch - Dolmetsch's early life, Arnold Dolmetsch - The Early Music Revival, Arnold Dolmetsch - The Dolmetsch family, Arnold Dolmetsch - External link Read more here: » Arnold Dolmetsch: Encyclopedia II - Arnold Dolmetsch - The Dolmetsch family |
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