Dmitri Shostakovich

•  Sergei Prokofiev

  Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (23 April 1891 – 5 March 1953) was a Russian composer, pianist and conductor who mastered numerous musical genres and came to be admired as one of the greatest composers of the 20th century.

  

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•  Aram Khachaturian

  Aram Khachaturian (June 6, 1903 – May 1, 1978) was a Soviet-Armenian composer whose works were often influenced by Armenian folk music.

  

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•  Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov

  Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov (13 April 1883 — 8 July 1946) was a Russian Soviet composer, the founder of the Alexandrov Ensemble, who wrote the music for the national anthem of the Soviet Union, which, in 2001, became the anthem of Russia (with new lyrics). During his career, he also worked as a professor of the Moscow State Conservatory, and became a Doctor of Arts. His work was recognized by the awards of the title of People's Artist of the USSR and the Stalin Prize.

  

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•  Tolibjon Sadikov

  Tolibjon Sadikov (March 14, 1907 - 1957) was among the founders of professional music in Uzbekistan, as well as the composer of musical dramas, quartets, operas, and romances. Sadikov was born in Samarkand. From 1924-28, he studied at the Institute of Music and Choreography in Samarkand, where his teachers included leading Uzbek poets and composers, such as Sadriddun Ayni, Sergey Mironov and Viktor Uspensky.

  

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•  Sofia Gubaidulina

  Sofia Asgatovna Gubaidulina, (born October 24, 1931) is a Russian composer of half Russian, half Tatar ethnicity. Gubaidulina's music is marked by the use of unusual instrumental combinations. In In Erwartung, she combines percussion and saxophone quartet. She has written pieces for 17-stringed Japanese bass kotos and four 13-stringed Japanese kotos and Western orchestra and works for zheng.

  

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•  Alfred Schnittke

  Alfred Garyevich Schnittke was a Russian and Soviet composer. Schnittke's early music shows the strong influence of Dmitri Shostakovich. He developed a polystylistic technique in works such as the epic First Symphony (1969–1972) and First Concerto Grosso (1977). In the 1980s, Schnittke's music began to become more widely known abroad.

  

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•  Tikhon Khrennikov

  Tikhon Nikolayevich Khrennikov (June 10 1913 – 14 August, 2007) was a Russian and Soviet composer, pianist, leader of the Union of Soviet Composers, and film actor, who was also known for his political activities. He wrote three symphonies, four piano concertos, two violin concertos, two cello concertos, operas, operettas, ballets, chamber music, incidental music and film music.

  

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•  Vadim Salmanov

  The composer Vadim Nikolayevich Salmanov (born in Saint Petersburg on 4 November 1912, died in Leningrad on 27 February 1978) is perhaps best known for his Symphony No. 2. His father taught him piano as a child, and at 18 young Salmanov was all set to go to the Leningrad Conservatory when he instead decided to study geology, working as a geologist until 1935, when he at last went to the Leningrad Conservatory, where he studied composition with Mikhail Gnesin.

  

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•  Tatiana Nikolayeva

  Tatiana Petrovna Nikolayeva was a Russian Soviet pianist, composer and teacher. Nikolayeva was born in Bezhitsa (now part of Bryansk) in the Bryansk district on May 4, 1924. She studied piano from the age of three. She entered the Moscow Conservatory, studying with Alexander Goldenweiser and Evgeny Golubev, and graduated in 1948. In 1950 Nikolayeva gained prominence by winning the Bach Leipzig Piano Competition, part of the bicentennial marking Bach's death.

  

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•  Reinhold Glière

  Reinhold Moritzevich Glière (11 January 1875 – 23 June 1956) was a Ukrainian Soviet composer of German-Polish descent. Glière was the second son of the wind instrument maker Ernst Moritz Glier (1834-1896) from Saxony, who emigrated to Kiev and married Józefa (Josephine) Korczak (1849-1935), the daughter of his master, from Warsaw. His original name, as given in his baptism certificate, was Reinhold Ernst Glier .

  

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  A compass is a navigational instrument for determining direction relative to the Earth's magnetic poles. It consists of a magnetized pointer (usually marked on the North end) free to align itself with Earth's magnetic field. The compass greatly improved the safety and efficiency of travel, especially ocean travel. A compass can be used to calculate heading, used with a sextant to calculate latitude, and with a marine chronometer to calculate longitude.

  

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•  Lisa McCormick (singer/songwriter)

  Lisa McCormick is an American folk singer/songwriter. She was named "Artist of the Year" by Maine Public Radio after the release of her 1996 debut album, Right Now. Performing Songwriter magazine chose her song Gravitate, from that album, for their "Best of the Year" CD. She followed that album with an EP, Seven Solos, and her third album, Sacred, was produced by John Platania (known for playing guitar on albums by Van Morrison).

  

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•  American Idol (season 3)

  The third season of American Idol premiered on January 19, 2004 and continued until May 26, 2004. The third season was won by Fantasia Barrino, who defeated Diana DeGarmo by an approximate margin of 2% (1.3 million votes); the vote total (65 million votes) was the highest recorded vote total in the show's history until the May 23, 2007 finale of American Idol 6. This season also featured Academy Award-winner Jennifer Hudson.

  

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•  Siurgus Donigala

  Siurgus Donigala is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 45 km north of Cagliari.

  

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•  Mandalay Bay Tram

  The Mandalay Bay Tram is a 850 m long people mover that opened in 1999 on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, USA. It was constructed to connect three gaming hotels belonging to the MGM Mirage Group. The line carries passengers from the major Tropicana - Las Vegas Boulevard intersection, via the Excalibur Hotel and Casino and Luxor Hotel to the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino at the southern end. The dual-track system is a cable driven and free for the public to use.

  

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