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    James Anderson DePreist (November 21, 1936 – February 8, 2013) was an American conductor. DePreist was one of the first African-American conductors on...
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  • and politician James M. Priest (1819–1883), Vice President of Liberia James DePreist (1936–2013), American conductor This disambiguation page lists articles...
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  • beginning with the 2013 POPS season. In June 2010, American conductor James DePreist was named Artistic Advisor to the Pasadena Symphony and POPS. Maestro...
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    collaborations with such distinguished conductors as Herbert Blomstedt, James Conlon, James DePreist, Charles Dutoit, Lawrence Foster, Valery Gergiev, Krzysztof Penderecki...
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    G.I. Bill. During his two years there, Dustin Hoffman, Gene Hackman and James Caan were among his classmates. While studying acting, he worked as a Manhattan...
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  • music album by the Oregon Symphony under the artistic direction of James DePreist, released by the record label Delos in 2008. It contains three works...
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    Alzheimer's disease. In 2010, de Havilland almost made her return to the big screen after a 22-year hiatus with James Ivory's planned adaptation of The...
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    in Portland to lead the orchestra. He led the orchestra until 1980. James DePreist, one of the first African-American conductors, became the orchestra's...
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    drama Cinderella Man based on the true story of heavyweight boxing champion James J. Braddock played by Russell Crowe. The film also starred Renée Zellweger...
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  • Davidovich – pianist Giuseppe De Luca – opera singer Dorothy DeLay – violinist Patricia Delgado – ballet James DePreist – conductor David Diamond – composer...
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    Clint Eastwood (category Cecil B. DeMille Award Golden Globe winners)
    1959 made a notable guest appearance as Red Hardigan on Maverick opposite James Garner as a cowardly villain intent on marrying a rich girl for money. Eastwood...
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  • He also taught composition to Joseph Willcox Jenkins and conductor James DePreist at the Philadelphia Conservatory. Persichetti was born in Philadelphia...
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    Ethel (1902–90), also became singers. Ethel married James DePreist and their son James Anderson DePreist was a noted conductor. Anderson's parents were both...
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    and Essar. In 1983, Robinson teamed up with fellow Motown label mate Rick James recording the R&B ballad, "Ebony Eyes". In 1987, following a period of personal...
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    John Williams (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    August 20 with a tribute at Tanglewood. The tribute at Tanglewood featured James Taylor, Yo-Yo Ma, and Branford Marsalis. The Boston Symphony Orchestra performed...
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    President Barack Obama as well as appearances by Katie Couric, Kelsey Grammer, James Earl Jones, Ben Vereen, Jeffrey Wright, the President's Own Marine Band...
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    "George Strait". UDiscoverMusic. March 8, 2020. Retrieved June 12, 2022. DeDekker, Jeff (September 14, 2011). "George Strait is the king of country music"...
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    Dickens, William Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe, Georgia Douglas Johnson, and James Weldon Johnson, authors who would affect Angelou's life and career, as well...
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    Mikhail Baryshnikov (category Prix Benois de la Danse winners)
    Ballet, then called the Kirov Ballet, in 1967, dancing the "Peasant" pas de deux in Giselle. Recognizing Baryshnikov's talent, particularly his stage...
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    Marlon Brando, and followed that with Popi (1969), and Marlowe (1969) with James Garner. Moreno's Broadway credits include Last of the Red Hot Lovers (1969)...
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    Kirk Douglas (category Cecil B. DeMille Award Golden Globe winners)
    won the Golden Globe for the Best Actor in a Drama. He also starred with James Mason in the adventure 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954), a large box-office...
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    Hecht John Ruthven Vincent Scully Twyla Tharp 2005 Louis Auchincloss James DePreist Paquito D'Rivera Robert Duvall Leonard Garment Ollie Johnston Wynton...
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    Hecht John Ruthven Vincent Scully Twyla Tharp 2005 Louis Auchincloss James DePreist Paquito D'Rivera Robert Duvall Leonard Garment Ollie Johnston Wynton...
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    once a day. Amazing singer. What a singer."[This quote needs a citation] James Taylor, who wrote "Bartender's Blues" with Jones in mind and sang background...
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    Cyd Charisse (category Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo dancers)
    and at 14, she auditioned for and subsequently danced in the Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo as "Felia Siderova" and, later, "Maria Istomina". She was educated...
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    (1951–1966) Françoys Bernier (1966–1968) Pierre Dervaux (1968–1975) James DePreist (1976–1983) Simon Streatfeild (1983–1991) Pascal Verrot (1991–1998)...
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    Platinum certified. She recorded "The Day I Fall in Love" as a duet with James Ingram for the feature film Beethoven's 2nd (1993). The songwriters (Ingram...
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    Pete Seeger's passion for topical songs. "Oxford Town" was an account of James Meredith's ordeal as the first black student to risk enrollment at the University...
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    Barbra Streisand (category Cecil B. DeMille Award Golden Globe winners)
    acting and directing duties as well as a burgeoning romance with actor James Brolin. In 1996, Streisand released "I Finally Found Someone" as a duet...
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  • James DePreist, the musical director of the fictional Roux-Marlet Orchestra in Paris, on a real-life counterpart with the same name. James DePreist was...
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