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Cyntius

(Encyclopedia)Cyntius: see Giraldi, Giovanni Battista. ...

Cinthio

(Encyclopedia)Cinthio: see Giraldi, Giovanni Battista. ...

Cinzio

(Encyclopedia)Cinzio: see Giraldi, Giovanni Battista. ...

Boulogne, Jean

(Encyclopedia)Boulogne, Jean: see Bologna, Giovanni. ...

Bologne, Jean

(Encyclopedia)Bologne, Jean: see Bologna, Giovanni. ...

Vivarini

(Encyclopedia)Vivarini vēvärēˈnē [key], Italian family of painters originating in Murano. They executed innumerable altarpieces that reflect the trends of the 15th cent. in northern Italian painting, from Gent...

Schoenberg, Arnold

(Encyclopedia)Schoenberg, Arnold ärˈnôlt shönˈbĕrkh [key], 1874–1951, Austrian composer, b. Vienna. Before he became a U.S. citizen in 1941 he spelled his name Schönberg. He revolutionized modern music by ...

Dutilleux, Henri

(Encyclopedia)Dutilleux, Henri, 1916–2013, French composer, b. Angers; studied (1933–38) Paris Conservatory, received (1938) the Grand Prix de Rome. After serving in World War II, he was a pianist, teacher, arr...

Truffaut, François

(Encyclopedia)Truffaut, François fräNswäˈ trüfōˈ [key], 1932–84, French film director and critic. Known in his early 20s as a writer for the influential French film journal Cahiers du Cinéma, he was noted...

Baciccio, Il

(Encyclopedia)Baciccio, Il: see Gaulli, Giovanni Battista. ...

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