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R. J. Stove
Robert James Stove (born 1961 in Sydney) is an Australian writer, editor, composer and organist. Biography Born in 1961 in Sydney, but later resident in Melbourne, Stove graduated from University of Sydney, Sydney University in 1985. He is the author of four books: ''Prince of Music''—a biography of the composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Palestrina; ''The Unsleeping Eye''—a brief history of secret police from the sixteenth to the twentieth century ; ''A Student's Guide to Music History''—summary history of classical music from the Middle Ages to the Second World War; and most recently ''César Franck: His Life and Times''. Also, he has co-edited, with James Franklin (historian of ideas and philosopher), James Franklin, ''Cricket Versus Republicanism''—a posthumously published collection of essays by his father, the philosopher David Stove (1927–1994). Brought up as an atheist, he converted to Roman Catholicism in 2002. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney
Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountains to the west, Hawkesbury to the north, the Royal National Park to the south and Macarthur to the south-west. Sydney is made up of 658 suburbs, spread across 33 local government areas. Residents of the city are known as "Sydneysiders". The 2021 census recorded the population of Greater Sydney as 5,231,150, meaning the city is home to approximately 66% of the state's population. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2017. Nicknames of the city include the 'Emerald City' and the 'Harbour City'. Aboriginal Australians have inhabited the Greater Sydney region for at least 30,000 years, and Aboriginal engravings and cultural sites are common throughout Greater Sydney. The traditional custodians of the land on which modern Sydney stands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
