Francis Edward Bache - Francis Edward Bache Francis Edward Bache (September 14, 1833 - August 24, 1858) was an English musician and composer. Born at Birmingham, he studied violin under Alfred Mellon and composition under William Sterndale Bennett, continuing his musical education at Leipzig in 1853. He also played the organ and composed for piano. Considering the early age at which he died, his compositions are fairly numerous, and the best, a trio for piano and strings, is still held in high esteem. Two operettas, a piano concerto and a number of published pianoforte pieces and songs do little more than show how great was his promise. He died at Birmingham of consumption. His younger brother, Walter Bache (1842-1888), was a successful pianist. A memoir of the two brothers, by.
United States Postmaster General - he was a member of the President's Cabinet. Postmasters General Name Year appointed President(s) served under Benjamin Franklin July 26, 1775 (Continental Congress) Richard Bache November 7, 1776 (Continental Congress) Ebenezer Hazard January 28, 1782 (Continental Congress) Samuel Osgood September 26, 1789 Washington Timothy Pickering August 12, 1791 Washington Joseph Habersham February 25, 1795 Washington, Adams, Jefferson Gideon Granger November 28, 1801 Jefferson, Madison Return J. Meigs March 17, 1814 Madison, Monroe John McLean June 26, 1823 Monroe, J. Q. Adams William T. Barry March 9, 1829 Jackson Amos Kendall May 1, 1835 Jackson, Van Buren John M. Niles May 19, 1840 Van Buren Francis Granger March 6, 1841 W. H. Harrison, Tyler Charles A. Wickliffe September 13, 1841 Tyler Cave Johnson March 6, 1845 Polk Jacob Collamer March 8, 1849.
Romantic music - and cor anglais, came to be parts of the standard symphony orchestra, and the orchestra as a whole grew. Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 8 is known as the Symphony of a Thousand because of the large number of people required to perform it. In addition to using larger orchestral forces, works in the Romantic era tended to become longer. A typical symphony by Haydn or Mozart will last twenty to twenty-five minutes; Beethoven's Eroica, once again, will last at least forty-five minutes, a significant increase; some of Beethoven's later symphonies are even longer. The trend towards long, large scale works which require substantial orchestral forces probably again reached its peak in the later symphonies of Mahler. The instrumental virtuoso also became more prominent. The violinist Niccolo Paganini was one of the.
List of people by name: Ba-Bd - merchant, founder or Bacardi Bacaredda, Antonio Bacaredda, Ottone Bacchelli, Riccardo, novelist Bacchylides, (died c. 467 BC), poet Bacciarelli, Marcello, Polish painter Bacharach, Yair, (born 1639), German rabbi Bach, Barbara, actor Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel, (1714-1788), composer Bach, Johann Bernhard (1676-1749),composer Bach, Johann Christian, (1735-1782), composer Bach, Johann Sebastian, (1685-1750), composer Bach, Richard, (born 1936), writer of Jonathan Livingston Seagull Bach, Sebastian, (born 1968), musician ("Skid Row") Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann, (1710-1784), composer Bacharach, Burt, (born 1929), and Hal David Bachaumont, Louis Petit de, (1690-1771) Bachhan, Abhishek, Indian actor Bachchan, Amitabh, (born 1942), Indian actor Bache, Alexander Dallas, (1806-1867) Bache, Francis Edward, (1833-1858), composer Bacheller, Irving, A Man for the Ages Bachiler, Stephen, (15??-1656) Bachman, Randy, (born 1943), singer Bachmann, Ingeborg, (1926-1973), poet Backhaus, Wilhelm, (1884-1969), pianist Backus, Billy, (born 1943), world champion.
List of classical music composers - (1756-1791) Josef Myslivecek (1737-1781) Niccolò Paganini (1782-1840) François-André Danican Philidor (1726-1795) Antonio Salieri (1750 - 1825) Johann Schobert (c.1735 - 1767) Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Fernando Sor (1778-1839) Louis Spohr (1784 - 1859) Romantic era From about 1820 to 1900. See also Romantic music. Adolphe-Charles Adam (1803 - 1856) Isaac Albéniz (1860 - 1909) Daniel François Esprit Auber (1782 - 1871) Francis Edward Bache (1833 - 1858) Michael William Balfe (1808 - 1870) Amy Beach (1867 - 1944) Vincenzo Bellini (1801 - 1835) Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869) Franz Berwald (1796 - 1868) Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875) Arrigo Boito (1842-1918) Alexander Borodin (1833 - 1887) Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Max Bruch (1838 - 1920) Anton Bruckner (1824 - 1896) Nobert Burgmüller (1810 - 1836) Ferruccio Busoni (1866 - 1924) Joseph Canteloube (1879.
James Francis Edward Stuart - James Francis Edward Stuart Prince James Francis Edward Stuart or Stewart (June 10, 1688 - January 1, 1766) was a claimant of the thrones of Scotland and England (September 16, 1701 - January 1, 1766) who is more commonly referred to as The Old Pretender and was a key figure in the history of the British monarchy, although his personality was not such as to have made a great impact. From the moment of his birth, on June 10, 1688, at St James's Palace, the prince was the subject of controversy. He was the son of King James II of England and his Catholic second wife, Mary of Modena. From his first marriage, the king had adult daughters who had been brought up in the Protestant faith,.
John Francis Edward Acton - John Francis Edward Acton Sir John Francis Edward Acton, Bart., (1736 - August 12, 1811) was prime minister of Naples under Ferdinand IV. He was the son of Edward Acton, a physician at Besancon, and was born there in 1736, succeeding to the title and estates in 1791, on the death of his cousin in the third degree, Sir Richard Acton of Aldenham Hall, Shropshire. He served in the navy of Tuscany, and in 1775 commanded a frigate in the joint expedition of Spain and Tuscany against Algiers, in which he displayed such courage and resource that he was promoted to high command. In 1779 Queen Maria Carolina of Naples persuaded her brother the Grand-Duke Leopold of Tuscany to allow Acton, who had been recommended to her.
John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, 1st Baron Acton - John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, 1st Baron Acton John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, 1st Baron Acton, commonly known as Lord Acton (January 10, 1834 - June 19, 1902), English historian, only son of Sir Richard Acton, 7th baronet, and grandson of the Neapolitan admiral, Sir John Francis Edward Acton, 6th baronet, was born at Naples. His grandfather, who had succeeded in 1791 to the baronetcy and family estates in Shropshire, previously held by the English branch of the Acton family, represented a younger branch which had transferred itself first to France and then to Italy, but by the extinction of the elder branch the admiral became head of the family; his eldest son, Richard, had married Marie Louise Pelline, the daughter and heiress of Emerich Joseph, duc de.
Francis Bacon - Francis Bacon Alternate meanings: Francis Bacon (painter) Francis Bacon (Baron Verulam and Viscount St. Albans) (January 21, 1561 - April 9, 1626) achieved fame as an English philosopher, statesman, and essayist. He began his professional life as a lawyer, where his philosophy of law preached absolute duty to the Sovereign, but he has become best known as an advocate and defender of the scientific revolution. His philosophical works lay out a complex methodology for scientific inquiry, often called the Baconian method Life Francis Bacon was born at York House, Strand London. He died at Highgate. He was the youngest son of Sir Nicholas Bacon (1509-1579), Lord Keeper of the Great Seal under Elizabeth I. His mother, Ann Cooke Bacon (1528-1610) was the second wife of Sir.
Francis Walsingham - Francis Walsingham Sir Francis Walsingham is remembered by history as the "spymaster" of Queen Elizabeth I of England. Walsingham was born in Kent in about 1530. After studying at Cambridge, he went abroad, returning in 1552 to enrol at Gray's Inn. The death of Edward VI saw him once again travelling abroad, this time as a law student at Padua. Only at the accession of Elizabeth I did he return, and was elected MP for Banbury in 1559 and then Lyme Regis in 1563. In the years that followed, he became active in soliciting support for the Huguenots in France among the English clergy, and began to organise the network of spies for which he later became famous. Amongst his spies was Christopher Marlowe, the playwright.
Francis Bellamy - Francis Bellamy Francis Bellamy (1855 - 1931), a devout socialist and Baptist minister created the Pledge of Allegiance for the Boston based Youth's Companion in 1892. Youth's Companion was a nationally circulated family-oriented publication, and by 1892 was the largest publication of any type in the United States, with a circulation around 500 thousand. His brother Edward Bellamy is better known as the author of the socialist utopian novels, Looking Backward (1888) and Equality (1897). Daniel Ford and James Upham, Bellamy's nephew, owned Youth's Companion, and approached Bellamy for a pledge to support a marketing campaign they had for American flags. In 1888, Youth's Companion had begun a campaign to sell American flags to public schools. By 1892, the magazine had sold American flags to approximately.
Francis Younghusband - Francis Younghusband Sir Francis Edward Younghusband (1863-1942) was a British explorer, remembered chiefly for his exploits in the Far East and his writings on the subject. He was born at Murree in India to a British family. In 1886 he made an expedition into Manchuria, and was responsible for discovering the Mustagh Pass as a route between Kashgar and India. In 1902, he explored Tibet, about which very little was known in the western world. He subsequently settled in Kashmir for several years. Younghusband is also known as the founder of the World Congress of Faiths (1936)..
Francis Lovell, Viscount Lovell - Francis Lovell, Viscount Lovell Francis Lovell, Viscount Lovell (1454 - 1487(?)), a supporter of Richard III and son of John, 8th Baron Lovell, probably knew Richard from a young age and was to be a life-long friend and supporter of the future king. Lovell was a ward of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, in whose household Richard spent some time. He served as a young man under Richard in the expedition to Scotland in 1480. After the death of Edward IV on 9 April 1483 he became one of his patron’s strongest supporters. He had been created a viscount on 4 January 1483, and while still Protector Richard made him Chief Butler. As soon as Richard became king (June 1483), Lovell was promoted to the office.
Francis James Child - Francis James Child Francis James Child (February 1, 1825 - September 11, 1896), American scholar and educationist, was born in Boston. He graduated at Harvard in 1846, taking the highest rank in his class in all subjects; was tutor in mathematics in 1846-1848; and in 1848 was transferred to a tutorship in history, political economy and English. After two years of study in Europe, in 1851 he succeeded Edward T Channing as Boylston professor of rhetoric, oratory and elocution. Child studied the English drama (having edited Four Old Plays in 1848) and Germanic philology, the latter at Berlin and Göttingen during a leave of absence, 1849-1853; and he took general editorial supervision of a large collection of the British poets, published in Boston in 1853 and.
Francis Nash - Francis Nash Francis Nash (1742-1777) was born in Prince Edward County, Virginia. At an early age he became prominent as a North Carolina merchant, attorney, and justice of the peace; experiences which eventually led to a seat in the House of Commons in North Carolina. In 1775, the Provincial Congress elected Nash Lieutenant Colonel of the First North Carolina Regiment, Continental Army. After taking part in the expedition to aid Charleston in 1776 and 1777, Nash (now in command of the North Carolina Brigade) marched north to join General George Washington's Army. He was mortally wounded while leading his brigade in the Battle of Germantown, 4 October, 1777. Mash was regarded by Washington as a brave and valuable soldier. The governor of North Carolina described him.
Francis, Duke of Teck - Francis, Duke of Teck Francis, Prince (Fürst) and later 1st Duke of Teck (August 28, 1837-January 21, 1900) was a morganatic scion of the Royal House of Württemberg who married into the British Royal Family. He was the husband of Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge, a granddaugther of Britain's King George III, and the father of Queen Mary and the Earl of Athlone. His Highness Prince Francis Paul Charles Louis Alexander was born in Vienna, the only son of Duke Alexander of Württemberg (1804-1885) and his wife, former the Countess Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde (1812-1841). His mother was created Countess von Hohenstein by the Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria on May 2, 1835. Since this was a morganatic marriage, the children of this union had not.
Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford - Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford (c. 1527-1585), was educated at King’s Hall, Cambridge. He accompanied his father to the French war in 1544, and from 1547 to 1552 was member of parliament for Buckinghamshire, being probably the first heir to a peerage to sit in the House of Commons. He assisted to quell the rising in Devonshire in 1549, and after his father had been created Earl of Bedford in January 1550, was known as Lord Russell, taking his seat in the House of Lords under this title in 1552. Russell was in sympathy with the reformers, whose opinions he shared, and was in communication with Sir Thomas Wyatt; and in consequence of his religious attitude was imprisoned during.
Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford - Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford Francis Russell, 4th Earl of Bedford (1593-1641), was the only son of William Rusell, Lord Russell of Thornhaugh, to which barony he succeeded in August 1613. For a short time previously he had been member of parliament for the borough of Lyme Regis. In 1623 he was made lord-lieutenant of Devonshire and in May 1627 became Earl of Bedford on the death of his cousin, Edward, the 3rd Earl. When a quarrel broke out between Charles I and the parliament, Bedford supported the demands of the House of Commons as embodied in the Petition of Right, and in 1629 was arrested for his share in the circulation of Sir Robert Dudley’s pamphlet, "Proposition for His Majesty’s service," but was quickly.
Francis Pym - Francis Pym Francis Pym or Lord Pym of Sandy (born February 13, 1922) is a English politician and former member of the Cabinet. He entered parliament in 1961 and served under Edward Heath as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1973-1974), and Margaret Thatcher as Defence Secretary (1979-1981), Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council (1981-1982) then Foreign Secretary (1982-1983). He stood down at the 1987 election and was made Lord Pym of Sandy..
Edward III (play) - Edward III (play) The Reign of King Edward III is a play attributed to William Shakespeare. First printed in 1596, it had long been listed as being anonymously written. In 1760 noted Shakespearean editor Edward Capell included it in his Prolusions; or, Select Pieces of Ancient Poetry, Compil'd with great Care from their several Originals, and Offer'd to the Publicke as Specimens of the Integrity that should be Found in the Editions of worthy Authors, and concluded that it had been written by Shakespeare, but Capell's conclusion was not embraced by scholars. Three main problems prevented the play from being attributed to Shakespeare from the beginning: It was not mentioned in Francis Meres' book Palladis Tamia, a work which listed Shakespeare's early plays. John Heminge and.
