William Howard Schuman (August 4, 1910 – February 15, 1992) was an American composer and arts administrator. Schuman was born into a Jewish family in Manhattan...
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The Schuman Declaration, or Schuman Plan, was a proposal to place French and West German production of coal and steel under a single authority that later...
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Thomas William Schuman (born January 31, 1958) is an American jazz pianist, smooth jazz keyboardist and was the longtime co-leader, composer and arranger...
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Richard Roud and Amos Vogel with the support of Lincoln Center president William Schuman, it is one of the longest-running and most prestigious film festivals...
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Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Robert Schuman (French: [ʁɔbɛʁ ʃuman]; 29 June 1886 – 4 September 1963) was a Luxembourg-born French statesman. Schuman was a Christian democratic...
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Great) by Franz Schubert, c. 1825 Symphony No. 9 (Schuman) (Le fosse Ardeatine) by William Schuman, 1968 Symphony No. 9 (Sessions) by Roger Sessions,...
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including Aaron Copland on Appalachian Spring, Louis Horst, Samuel Barber, William Schuman, Carlos Surinach, Norman Dello Joio, and Gian Carlo Menotti. Graham's...
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Bette Davis (redirect from William Grant Sherry)
ill-fitting costume with a low neckline, she was rebuffed by the film director William Wyler, who loudly commented to the assembled crew, "What do you think of...
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split, and no prize was given in 1953, 1964, 1965, or 1981. 1943: William Schuman, Secular Cantata No. 2: A Free Song 1944: Howard Hanson, Symphony No...
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September 2016. Cronyn, Hume (1991). Terrible Liar: A Memoir. New York: William Morrow. p. 159. ISBN 978-0-6881-2844-9. Cronyn 1991, pp. 253–54. "Jessica...
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bridge in Seattle, Washington Washington Bridge, concert band piece by William Schuman Washington Avenue Bridge (disambiguation) George Washington Bridges...
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in 1920 as part of Six Cheerful Songs to Poems of American Humor. William Schuman composed an opera, The Mighty Casey (1953), based on the poem. The...
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symphony by the American composer William Schuman. The work was composed on a Guggenheim Fellowship grant awarded to Schuman in 1939. The piece was given its...
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Bob Hope (redirect from William Henry Hope)
is now a blue plaque in his memory. He was the fifth of seven sons of William Henry Hope, a stonemason from Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, and Welsh mother...
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1930) Arnold Schoenberg "Gavotte", Suite for Piano Op. 25 (1923) William Schuman George Washington Bridge Igor Stravinsky Petrushka, opening fanfare[citation...
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served as president from 1937 to 1945. Juilliard's third president, William Schuman, an American composer and the first Pulitzer Prize for Music winner...
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throughout his life. In the late 1970s, he joined other celebrities (including William Styron and Mike Nichols) who were brought together by the journalist Joan...
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by Franz Schubert, 1828 (unfinished) Symphony No. 10 (Schuman) (American Muse) by William Schuman, 1976 Symphony No. 10 (Shostakovich) in E minor (Op....
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artists, musicians, and intellectuals in attendance. American author William Goyen was a frequent visitor to the house and later Goyen's lover, American...
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pictures without Burns. In 1938, Paramount producer and managing director William LeBaron was planning a vehicle for Burns and Allen to team with established...
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for his P. D. Q. Bach character William Schimmel – composer, accordionist Alan Schneider – director William Schuman – composer, winner of the Pulitzer...
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orbiting the Sun Judith River, Montana Judith (ballet), a 1949 ballet by William Schuman List of storms named Judith Judy (disambiguation) Judita, a 1501 Croatian...
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Count Basie (redirect from William Basie)
William James "Count" Basie (/ˈbeɪsi/; August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. In 1935, he...
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Belafonte, Claudette Colbert, Alexandra Danilova, Mary Martin, and William Schuman 1990 – Dizzy Gillespie, Katharine Hepburn, Risë Stevens, Jule Styne...
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"Milton Babbitt". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved March 3, 2018. "William Schuman". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved March 3, 2018. "George Gershwin"....
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the Library of Congress Cronyn, Hume (1991). Terrible Liar. New York: William Morrow and Company. pp. 254–256. ISBN 0-688-12844-0. "Hume Cronyn acting...
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O'Keeffe, Edward Thorndike, Rollo May, Donna Shalala, Albert Ellis, William Schuman (former president of the Juilliard School), Lee Huan (former Premier...
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exhibition "Masterpieces of Fifty Centuries." Leonard Bernstein, Piston, William Schuman, and Thomson also composed pieces for the museum's Centennial exhibitions...
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string quartet founded in 1946 at the Juilliard School in New York by William Schuman. Since its inception, it has been the quartet-in-residence at the Juilliard...
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Company premiered The Witch of Endor, a one act ballet with music by William Schuman; this was subsequently reworked into a short piece by American composer...
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