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    Nicolas Nabokov (Николай Дмитриевич Набоков; 17 April [O.S. 4 April] 1903 – 6 April 1978) was a Russian-born composer, writer, and cultural figure. He...
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    and politics. His cousins included the composer Nicolas Nabokov. His paternal grandfather, Dmitry Nabokov (1827–1904), was Russia's Justice Minister during...
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    more conservative approach, as outlined under its General Secretary, Nicolas Nabokov, and concentrated its efforts on presenting older European works that...
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  • Dmitrievich Nabokov (1870–1922), Russian criminologist, journalist, and liberal politician, and father of Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov Nicolas Nabokov (1903–1978)...
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    liberation of the concentration camp, Sergey Nabokov died of dysentery and hunger. Ivan Nabokov (the son Nicolas Nabokov and cousin of Vladimir and Sergey) remembered...
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  • libretto of Love's Labour's Lost (based on Shakespeare's play) for Nicolas Nabokov (1973). Additionally, they wrote the libretto "Delia, or, A Masque...
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    Labour's Lost (1973, with Chester Kallman, libretto for an opera by Nicolas Nabokov, based on Shakespeare's play). Musical collaborations Our Hunting Fathers...
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  • neoconservatism," was also present. During the Berlin conference, Nicolas Nabokov proclaimed: "With this Congress we must build a war organization"....
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  • Lost may also refer to: Love's Labour's Lost (opera), a 1973 opera by Nicolas Nabokov Love's Labour's Lost (film), a 2000 film by Kenneth Branagh Love's...
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  • were French composers considered neoromantic, while Virgil Thomson, Nicolas Nabokov, Howard Hanson and Douglas Moore were American composers considered...
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  • Union Pacific may also refer to: Union Pacific [ru], a 1934 ballet by Nicolas Nabokov and Léonide Massine, Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo Union Pacific (film)...
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    modern version in 1965 for the New York City Ballet to the music of Nicolas Nabokov, with Balanchine himself appearing as Don Quixote and Suzanne Farrell...
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    of the play. An opera of the same title as the play was composed by Nicolas Nabokov, with a libretto by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman, and first performed...
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  • Quixote (1965), choreographed by George Balanchine to the music of Nicolas Nabokov Don Quixote, or Fantasies of a Madman, choreographed by Boris Eifman...
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    (1839–1881) Mansur Muzafarov (1902–1966) Nikolai Myaskovsky (1881–1950) Nicolas Nabokov (1903–1978) Vyacheslav Nagovitsin (born 1939) Aleksey Nasedkin (1942–2014)...
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  • Khachaturian (1903–1978) Matvey Blanter (1903–1990) Yuliy Meitus (1903–1997) Nicolas Nabokov (1903–1978) Dmitry Kabalevsky (1904–1987) Gavriil Popov (1904–1972)...
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    In 1934, he wrote a libretto for Union Pacific [ru], a ballet by Nicolas Nabokov and Léonide Massine (Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo); it premiered in...
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    press conference where he was expected to read a prepared speech. Nicolas Nabokov, who was present in the audience, witnessed Shostakovich starting to...
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  • and Deep Red Sky, Flag Fluttered and the Sun Shined Ode (Nabokov), a ballet by Nicolas Nabokov and Léonide Massine (Ballets Russes, 1928) "Ode" (poem)...
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    Bowra, Roy Beddington, Stephen Spender, Inez Pearn, J. L. Austin and Nicolas Nabokov. In 1940, he presented a philosophical paper on other minds to a meeting...
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    (2004) Trial of a Judge (1938) Rasputin's End (opera libretto, music by Nicolas Nabokov, 1958) The Oedipus Trilogy (1985) The Burning Cactus (1936, stories)...
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    South African rugby union player; in Nelspruit, South Africa Died: Nicolas Nabokov, 74, Russian-American composer and writer A partial solar eclipse was...
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  • Love's Labour's Lost (opera) (category Operas by Nicolas Nabokov)
    Love's Labour's Lost is an opera by Nicolas Nabokov, written by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman, based on Shakespeare's play of the same name. It was...
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  • Aleksander Klumberg, Estonian decathlete and coach (d. 1958) 1903 – Nicolas Nabokov, Russian-American composer and educator (d. 1978) 1903 – Gregor Piatigorsky...
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  • sonata, Op. 12 in D (1911) Cello sonata, Op. 81 in A minor (1948–49) Nicolas Nabokov Prelude, Four Variations and Finale Luis Naon Tango del desamparo (1987)...
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  • Orchestra / Passacaglia, Adagio And Finale LP LOU-58-1 1958 Alexei Haieff, Nicolas Nabokov Ballet In E / Symboli Chrestiani For Baritone And Orchestra LP LOU-58-2...
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    is an opera in three acts; (libretto by Stephen Spender, music by Nicolas Nabokov). Rasputin was portrayed on stage in the play Rivers of Blood, written...
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  • symphonies Saburō Moroi (1903–1977), Japanese composer of 5 symphonies Nicolas Nabokov (1903–1978), Russian–American composer of 3 symphonies Priaulx Rainier...
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    (forbidden) love". salon. Retrieved September 8, 2007. letter from Nicolas Nabokov to Igor Stravinsky, February 3, 1963, Stravinsky, selected correspondence...
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  • Garayev 1965 Don Quixote, a ballet by George Balanchine, with music by Nicolas Nabokov, dedicated to and starring Suzanne Farrell. 1965 Man of La Mancha,...
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