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(Encyclopedia) monad: see Bruno, Giordano; Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Baron von.

DK Arts & Entertainment: Composition

WHERE DO COMPOSERS GET THEIR IDEAS? WHAT ARE THE PARTS OF A COMPOSITION? WHAT COMES FIRST—WORDS OR MUSIC? IS ALL MUSIC COMPOSED? MUSIC TECHNOLOGY SCOREFIND OUT MOREMost music is imagined first and…

Nobel Prizes: 2002

2002 Nobel Prize Winners   Jimmy Carter, former president of the United States Peace: Jimmy Carter, former U.S. president and , were cited "for their work for a better…

Grossbeeren

(Encyclopedia) GrossbeerenGrossbeerengrōsbārˈən [key], village, Brandenburg, E Germany. There, in 1813, Friedrich Wilhelm von Bülow, using the Prussian militia for the first time, defeated the French…

Euler-Chelpin, Hans Karl August Simon von

(Encyclopedia) Euler-Chelpin, Hans Karl August Simon von, 1873–1964, Swedish biochemist, b. Germany, Ph.D. Univ. of Berlin, 1895. He spent his entire career at Stockholm Univ., first as professor and…

Bellingshausen Sea

(Encyclopedia) Bellingshausen Sea, part of the S Pacific Ocean, W Antarctica, SW of Cape Horn between the Antarctic Peninsula and Amundsen Sea. The sea is named after Russian explorer Fabian Gottlieb…

Kneller, Sir Godfrey

(Encyclopedia) Kneller, Sir GodfreyKneller, Sir Godfreynĕlˈər [key] or Gottfried von KnillerGottfried von Knillergôtˈfrēt fən knĭlˈər [key], 1646–1723, English portrait painter, b. Germany. After…

Tieck, Ludwig

(Encyclopedia) Tieck, LudwigTieck, Ludwigl&oobreve;tˈvĭtkh tēk [key], 1773–1853, German writer. In his youth he led the transition from Sturm und Drang to romanticism, writing with W. H.…

Inventions and Discoveries

Adrenaline: (isolation of) John Jacob Abel, U.S., 1897. Aerosol can: Erik Rotheim, Norway, 1926. Air brake: George Westinghouse, U.S., 1868. Air conditioning: Willis Carrier, U.S., 1911.…

Henze, Hans Werner

(Encyclopedia) Henze, Hans WernerHenze, Hans Wernerhäns vĕrˈnər hĕnˈtsə [key], 1926–2012, German composer, b. Gütersloh. Henze was a pupil of Wolfgang Fortner and René Leibowitz. His early works were…