Word: isaac
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Composed by William Williams (Pantycelyn), the "Isaac Watts" of Wales, the latter part of the 18th Century...
...musicians their reputations are uniquely and indissolubly bound into one. They are the only famed lutanists in the world. Spanish Composers Manuel de Falla, Isaac Albeniz and Joaquin Nin have written music for them. Paris, London, Brussels have applauded their playing. Fortnight ago they made their U. S. debut in Manhattan. Last week seven other cities heard them?Boston, Princeton, N. J., Greencastle, Ind., St. Louis, Lake Forest, Ill., Chicago, Providence. The verdict everywhere was the same: that here are musicians possessed of immaculate technique and a fine, poetic sense of unity. Lutes if played by lesser artists drop into...
...program of the quartet will be as follows: I Rondo F. Couperin Arranged for the Aguilar Quartet by Joaquin Nin Sonata in D (XVIII Century) Mateo Albeuiz Granada Sevilla From "Suite Espagnole" Isaac Albeuiz II Serenade (K. V. 525) W. A. Mozart March: Allegro Romance: Andante Minuet: Allegretto Rondo: Allegro III Danza de la Pastora (Dance of the Shepherdess) E. Halffter Arranged for the Aguilar Quartet by the Composer La Oracion del Torero, (The Toreador's Prayer) J. Turina Recitado del Pascador (The Fisherman's Narrative) M. de. Falls Arranged for the Aguilar Quartet by the Composer De Murcia Joaquin...
Grand-Silver. Southern and Midwest nickels, dimes, quarters often went to the F. & W. Grand 5-to-25 Cent Stores. Sometimes too they were spent at the Isaac Silver & Brothers Stores (5-to-$1.00). If any Southerner or Midwesterner were ever in doubt as to which of the chain stores he would rather patronize, that difficulty was removed last week when the two merged. Their combined gross business last year: $31,000,000; combined number of stores: 140. There are 554 Kresge stores, 1,802 Woolworth...
...shallow digression at Venice, good Italian painting has been practically nonexistent. But in 1884, a sickly boy was born in the Ghetto at Leghorn, Tuscany, to Flaminio Modigliani, son of a Roman usurer. The boy was named Amedeo which means "love of God." Under the guidance of his uncle Isaac described by one of his family as "a man of vast and disorderly culture" and a descendant of Philosopher Spinoza, Amedeo grew up, studious, passionate, grave. When he was 14 he had typhoid fever and in his delirium raved about the Renaissance, his longing to become a painter. This...