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aria

(Encyclopedia)aria ärˈēə [key], elaborate and often lengthy solo song with instrumental accompaniment. In the 16th cent. it was a melody improvised over a strophic bass line, and a distinction was made between ...

cantata

(Encyclopedia)cantata kəntäˈtə [key] [Ital.,=sung], composite musical form similar to a short unacted opera or brief oratorio, developed in Italy in the baroque period. The term was first used in 1620 to refer ...

Carmona, António Oscar de Fragoso

(Encyclopedia)Carmona, António Oscar de Fragoso əntôˈnyō əshkärˈ dĭ frəgôˈso͝o kərmôˈnə [key], 1869–1951, Portuguese general. One of the leaders of the military coup that overthrew the democratic...

Hernandarias

(Encyclopedia)Hernandarias: see Arias de Saavedra, Hernando. ...

Pedrarias

(Encyclopedia)Pedrarias: see Arias de Ávila, Pedro. ...

Dávila, Pedrarias

(Encyclopedia)Dávila, Pedrarias: see Arias de Ávila, Pedro. ...

Saavedra, Hernandarias de

(Encyclopedia)Saavedra, Hernandarias de: see Arias de Saavedra, Hernando. ...

Charles XV, king of Sweden and Norway

(Encyclopedia)Charles XV, 1826–72, king of Sweden and Norway (1859–72), son and successor of Oscar I. A liberal and popular ruler, he consented to many reforms, including the creation of a bicameral parliament....

Torrijos Herrera, Omar

(Encyclopedia)Torrijos Herrera, Omar ōmärˈ tōrēˈhōs ārāˈrä [key], 1929–81, military leader, dictator of Panama (1968–78). As a lieutenant colonel, he led, together with Col. Boris Martínez, the coup...

Caccini, Giulio

(Encyclopedia)Caccini, Giulio jo͞oˈlyō kät-chēˈnē [key], c.1546–1618, Italian composer and singer. Both he and Peri composed settings of Ottavio Rinuccini's Euridice (1600), the earliest operas of which th...