Bernard Herrmann (June 29, 1911 – December 24, 1975) was a composer, best known for his film scores, particularly for those directed by Alfred Hitchcock. He wrote the scores for Citizen Kane, Cape Fear and Taxi Driver as well as for the original radio broadcast of Orson Welles' The War of the Worlds. He also wrote scores for television programs in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest film composers of all time. Bernard Herrmann - Early Life and Career< ...

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• Bernard Herrmann - Early Life and Career
• Bernard Herrmann - Collaboration with Alfred Hitchcock
• Bernard Herrmann - Other Works
• Bernard Herrmann - Use of Electronic Instruments
• Bernard Herrmann - Compositional Style and Philosophy
• Bernard Herrmann - Legacy
• Bernard Herrmann - Film scores
• Bernard Herrmann - External link

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Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock KBE (August 13, 1899 – April 29, 1980) was a British-born film director and producer, closely associated with the suspense thriller genre. He began directing in the United Kingdom before working mostly in the United States from 1939 onwards, becoming an American citizen in 1956. He directed more than fifty feature films in a career spanning six decades, from the silent film era, through the invention of talkies, to the color era. Hitchcock remains one of the best known and most popular directors of all time, famous for his expert and often unriva ...

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• Alfred Hitchcock - Biography
• Alfred Hitchcock - Early life
• Alfred Hitchcock - Pre-war British career
• Alfred Hitchcock - Hollywood
• Alfred Hitchcock - Peak years and decline
• Alfred Hitchcock - Themes and devices
• Alfred Hitchcock - His character and its effects on his films
• Alfred Hitchcock - His style of working
• Alfred Hitchcock - Awards
• Alfred Hitchcock - Quotations
• Alfred Hitchcock - Other notes
• Alfred Hitchcock - Filmography
• Alfred Hitchcock - Silent films
• Alfred Hitchcock - Sound films
• Alfred Hitchcock - Television episodes
• Alfred Hitchcock - Frequent collaborators

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The British Invasion was an influx of rock and roll performers from Great Britain who became popular in the United States, Australia, Canada and elsewhere. The classic British Invasion was in 1964-1966, but the term may also be applied to later "waves" of UK artists to significantly impact entertainment markets outside of Britain. British Invasion - The first invasion. The roots of the first British Invasion were sown with the explosion of American Rock and Roll in 1955. Following the successful export of B ...

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• British Invasion - The first invasion
• British Invasion - The second invasion
• British Invasion - Third British invasion Britpop
• British Invasion - First British Invasion artists

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20th century classical music, the classical music of the 20th century, was extremely diverse, beginning with the late Romantic style of Sergei Rachmaninoff and the Impressionism of Claude Debussy, and ranging to such distant sound-worlds as the complete serialism of Pierre Boulez, the simple triadic harmonies of minimalist composers such as Steve Reich, and Philip Glass, the musique concrète of Pierre Schaeffer, the microtonal music adopted by Harry Pa ...

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• 20th century classical music - Romantic style
• 20th century classical music - Modernism
• 20th century classical music - The Second Viennese School atonality and serialism
• 20th century classical music - Free dissonance and experimentalism
• 20th century classical music - Neoclassicism
• 20th century classical music - Post-modern music
• 20th century classical music - Post-modernity's birth
• 20th century classical music - Minimalism
• 20th century classical music - Electronic music
• 20th century classical music - Jazz-influenced composition
• 20th century classical music - Other

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Camille Anna Paglia (born April 2, 1947 in Endicott, New York) is a social critic, author, and a believer of Amazon Feminism. She is University Professor of Humanities and Media Studies at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Paglia is an intellectual of many apparent contradictions: a classicist who champions art both high and low, with a view that human nature is inherently dangerous, while at the same time celebrating dionysian re ...

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• Camille Paglia - Biography
• Camille Paglia - College years
• Camille Paglia - Teaching career
• Camille Paglia - Works
• Camille Paglia - Sexual Personae
• Camille Paglia - Sex Art and American Culture
• Camille Paglia - Vamps and Tramps
• Camille Paglia - The Birds
• Camille Paglia - Break Blow Burn
• Camille Paglia - Intellectual contexts
• Camille Paglia - Influences on Paglia's work
• Camille Paglia - Bibliography

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Daphne du Maurier DBE (May 13, 1907 – April 19, 1989) was one of the most successful Cornish novelists of all time. Her best-known work, Rebecca (1938), is a literary classic and was the inspiration for Alfred Hitchcock's Oscar-winning film. She was born in London, the daughter of the actor-manager Sir Gerald du Maurier, and granddaughter of the author and cartoonist, George du Maurier. These gave a head start to her literary career, and her first ...

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• Daphne du Maurier - External link

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Universal Studios is an informal designation for NBC Universal Inc., formerly known as Universal Pictures Company Inc., MCA/Universal Pictures Inc., and Vivendi Universal Inc., and all their subsidiary companies, a Hollywood media conglomerate currently owned by General Electric Corporation and more commonly referred to as Universal Pictures through history. Its production studio and offices are located at 100 Universal City Plaza Drive in Universal City, California, an unincorporated area of Los Ang ...

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• Universal Studios - History
• Universal Studios - The logo
• Universal Studios - List of Universal Pictures
• Universal Studios - 1920s
• Universal Studios - 1930s
• Universal Studios - 1940s
• Universal Studios - 1950s
• Universal Studios - 1960s
• Universal Studios - 1970s
• Universal Studios - 1980s
• Universal Studios - 1990s
• Universal Studios - 2000s
• Universal Studios - Notes on Early Partners
• Universal Studios - Notes on Sources

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Chaerephon (born ca. 470-450 BCE, died ca. 405-399 BCE) was a loyal friend and follower of Socrates. He is mentioned by three writers of the time, all of whom probably knew him: Xenophon, Aristophanes, and Plato. In his Memorabilia Xenophon includes Chaerephon in his list of the "true companions" of Socrates. Also in the Socratic inner circle, according to Xenophon, were Crito, Hermogenes, Simmias of Thebes, Cebes of Thebes, Phaedondes, and Chaerephon's younger brother Chaerecrates (and Xenophon acknowledges that ...

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A chicken (Gallus gallus) is a type of domesticated bird which is often raised as a type of poultry. It is believed to be descended from the wild Asian Red Junglefowl. Chickens are the most common bird in the world. The population in 2003 was 24 billion, according to the Firefly Encyclopedia of Birds. Chicken - General biology and habitat. Male chickens are known as roosters (in the U.S., Canada and Australia), cockerels, or cocks. Female chickens are known as hens, or 'chooks' in Austr ...

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• Chicken - General biology and habitat
• Chicken - Courting
• Chicken - Going broody
• Chicken - Artificial incubation
• Chicken - Chickens as food
• Chicken - Chickens as pets
• Chicken - Chickens in agriculture
• Chicken - Issues with mass production
• Chicken - Cockfighting
• Chicken - Chicken diseases
• Chicken - Chickens in religion
• Chicken - History
• Chicken - Chickens in Ancient Rome
• Chicken - Famous chickens
• Chicken - Real chickens
• Chicken - Fictional chickens
• Chicken - Mythical creatures with chicken-like anatomy
• Chicken - Chicken as symbol

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See also: 1962 in film 1963 1964 in film 1960s in film years in film film 1963 in film - Events. January 28 - Filming begins on Dr. Strangelove. May 26 - Filming on Dr. Strangelove ends. June 12 - Cleopatra starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rex Harrison and Richard Burton premieres at the Rivoli Theatre in New York City. November 7 - The comedy It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World premieres.Including:

• 1963 in film - Events
• 1963 in film - Top grossing films
• 1963 in film - Academy Awards
• 1963 in film - Births
• 1963 in film - Deaths
• 1963 in film - Other movies released

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Socrates (June 4, ca. 470 BC – May 7, 399 BC) (Greek Σωκράτης Sōkrátēs; invariably anglicized as IPA: /'sɒkɹətiːz/ Sǒcratēs) was a Greek (Athenian) philosopher. Socrates - His character. The character of Socrates provides an illustration of a historical conundrum. If Socrates ever wrote a single word, it has not survived. As such, the entirety of modern knowledge concerning Socra ...

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• Socrates - His character
• Socrates - Trial and Death
• Socrates - Philosophy
• Socrates - Socratic method
• Socrates - Philosophical beliefs
• Socrates - Satirical playwrights
• Socrates - Prose sources
• Socrates - The Socratic Dialogues

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Aristophanes (c. 448 BC-380 BC; Greek ΄Αριστοφανης) was a Greek comic dramatist. The place and even the exact date of his birth are unknown, but he was probably educated in Athens. He was from the Athenian deme of Kudathenaium. He is famous for writing comedies such as The Birds for the two Athenian festivals: the Dionysia and the Lenea. He wrote forty plays, eleven of which still survive, and his plays are the only surviving examples of Old Attic Comedy. Many of his plays were political, and often satirized ...

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• Aristophanes - Surviving plays
• Aristophanes - Dated non-surviving plays
• Aristophanes - Undated non-surviving plays

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Achille-Claude Debussy (August 22, 1862 – March 25, 1918) was a composer of European classical music. He developed the style commonly referred to as Impressionist music, a term which was dismissed by Debussy. Debussy was not only one of the most important french composers but one of the most important figures in music at the turn of the last century; his music represents the transition from late-romantic music to 20th century modernist music. Claude Debussy - Life and Work. Claude Debussy - ...

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• Claude Debussy - Life and Work
• Claude Debussy - Early life and studies
• Claude Debussy - The first masterpieces
• Claude Debussy - Pelléas et Mélisande
• Claude Debussy - Orchestral music: Les nocturnes La Mer Images
• Claude Debussy - Music for piano
• Claude Debussy - Le martyre de St. Sébastien Jeux and a second volume of Preludes
• Claude Debussy - Late music: En blanc et noir the Etudes and the three Sonatas
• Claude Debussy - Musical style
• Claude Debussy - Debussy in film and pop culture
• Claude Debussy - Notable compositions
• Claude Debussy - Piano
• Claude Debussy - Two pianos or piano four hands
• Claude Debussy - Opera
• Claude Debussy - Cantatas
• Claude Debussy - Orchestral
• Claude Debussy - Music for solo instruments and orchestra
• Claude Debussy - Chamber music
• Claude Debussy - Media
• Claude Debussy - References and links
• Claude Debussy - References
• Claude Debussy - Further Reading
• Claude Debussy - External links

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The Western Gull, Larus occidentalis, is a large white-headed gull that lives on the western coast of North America. It was previously considered conspecific with the Yellow-footed Gull (Larus livens) of the Gulf of California. The Western Gull ranges from Washington and British Columbia to Baja California, and because of its convenient colonies on the coast of California it is well studied. Despite being a well-known bird species on the West Coast of the US, it is of some slight conservation concern given its restricted ...

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• Western Gull - Description
• Western Gull - Behaviour
• Western Gull - Western Gulls and Man

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Part of the AFI 100 Years... series, AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills is a list of the top 100 thrilling movies in American cinema. The list was unveiled by the American Film Institute on June 12, 2001. Psycho (1960) Jaws (1975) The Exorcist (1973) North by Northwest (1959) The Silence of the Lambs (1991) Alien (1979) The Birds (1963) The French Connection (1971) Rosemary's Baby (1968)

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After an acting career spanning some sixty five years, Tandy found latter-day movie stardom in major-studio releases and intimate dramas alike. From a young age she was determined to be an actress, and first appeared on the London stage in 1926, playing, among others, Katherine opposite Laurence Olivier's Henry V, and Cordelia opposite John Gielgud's "King Lear". She also worked in British films. Following the end of her first marriage, she moved to New York and met Canadian actor Hume Cronyn, who became her second husband and frequent partn ...

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Jessica Tandy, Jessica Tandy - Personal Life, Jessica Tandy - Career, Jessica Tandy - Awards, Jessica Tandy - Academy Award, Jessica Tandy - British Film Award, Jessica Tandy - Emmy Award, Jessica Tandy - Golden Globe, Jessica Tandy - Sarah Siddons Award, Jessica Tandy - Tony Award, Jessica Tandy - Filmography

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The television show first aired on September 12, 1966 on the NBC television network and lasted for two seasons (58 episodes); its final primetime episode ran on September 9, 1968 (see List of The Monkees episodes). Modeled on The Beatles' theatrical films A Hard Day's Night and Help!, The Monkees featured the antics and music of a fictional pop-rock group which, due to the massive success of the records, an ...

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The Monkees, The Monkees - History of the series, The Monkees - Beyond television, The Monkees - From TV to stage, The Monkees - The End of The Monkees, The Monkees - Revival, The Monkees - Impact of The Monkees, The Monkees - U.S. Albums, The Monkees - U.S. Singles

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On SF Main SF Article History of SF SF's Golden Age Speculative fiction Cyberpunk Hard SF Soft SF Space opera More subgenres... Computers Cyberware Robots Space ships Hyperspace Time machines Weaponry Aliens Cyberspace Multiverse Utopia/Dystopia more... Novels FilmSee also:

History of science fiction, History of science fiction - Early science fiction, History of science fiction - Ancient Precursors, History of science fiction - European Proto-Science Fiction, History of science fiction - American Proto-Science Fiction, History of science fiction - The Early Twentieth Century, History of science fiction - The Birth of the Pulps, History of science fiction - Modernist writing, History of science fiction - Public mythology, History of science fiction - The Golden Age, History of science fiction - Astounding Magazine, History of science fiction - The Golden Age in Other Media, History of science fiction - The End of the Golden Age, History of science fiction - The New Wave and its Aftermath, History of science fiction - The Beat Generation, History of science fiction - The New Wave, History of science fiction - Science Fiction in the 80s, History of science fiction - Cyberpunk, History of science fiction - The New Space Opera, History of science fiction - Contemporary Science Fiction and its Future

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Claude Debussy - Early life and studies. Debussy began music instruction when he was nine years old, but his talents soon became evident and at age ten Debussy entered the Paris Conservatoire. Debussy studied with Ernest Guiraud, Cesar Franck and others at the Paris Conservatoire (1872-84). As the winner of the Prix de Rome, he received a scholarship by the Académie des Beaux-Arts, which included a four-year residence at the Villa Medici, the French Academy in Rome to further his studies (1885-7). Accordi ...

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Claude Debussy, Claude Debussy - Life and Work, Claude Debussy - Early life and studies, Claude Debussy - The first masterpieces, Claude Debussy - Pelléas et Mélisande, Claude Debussy - Orchestral music: Les nocturnes La Mer Images, Claude Debussy - Music for piano, Claude Debussy - Le martyre de St. Sébastien Jeux and a second volume of Preludes, Claude Debussy - Late music: En blanc et noir the Etudes and the three Sonatas, Claude Debussy - Musical style, Claude Debussy - Debussy in film and pop culture, Claude Debussy - Notable compositions, Claude Debussy - Piano, Claude Debussy - Two pianos or piano four hands, Claude Debussy - Opera, Claude Debussy - Cantatas, Claude Debussy - Orchestral, Claude Debussy - Music for solo instruments and orchestra, Claude Debussy - Chamber music, Claude Debussy - Media, Claude Debussy - References and links, Claude Debussy - References, Claude Debussy - Further Reading, Claude Debussy - External links

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Camille Anna Paglia was born April 2, 1947, at 6:57 PM in Endicott, New York. She was the first child of Pasquale and Lydia Anne (Colapietro) Paglia, who was born in Italy, and was raised in an Italian immigrant family. The Paglia household had little money, but the parents exposed their daughter to the best of Western art and culture. She said that the first music to leave an impression on her was Bizet's Carmen, an opera which, in her words, "struck me with electrifying force." She was three when she heard it. That same year, ...

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Camille Paglia, Camille Paglia - Biography, Camille Paglia - College years, Camille Paglia - Teaching career, Camille Paglia - Works, Camille Paglia - Sexual Personae, Camille Paglia - Sex Art and American Culture, Camille Paglia - Vamps and Tramps, Camille Paglia - The Birds, Camille Paglia - Break Blow Burn, Camille Paglia - Intellectual contexts, Camille Paglia - Influences on Paglia's work, Camille Paglia - Bibliography

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