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Boor (other)
Boor may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''The Bear'' (play), or ''The Boor'', an 1888 play by Anton Chekhov * '' The Boor'', a 1968 opera by Ulysses Kay based on Chekhov's play * ''The Boor'', a 1957 opera, first performed in 2017, by Dominick Argento * '' The Boors'', an 18th-century comedy play by Carlo Goldoni People * Zoltán Böőr (born 1978), Hungarian footballer * Boris Boor (born 1950), Austrian equestrian * Brandon Boor (born 1988), Australian rugby league footballer * John Boor (died c. 1402) English clergyman * Kathryn Boor (fl. from 1994), American food scientist and academic administrator * Martin Boor, pseudonym of Margaret Carroux (1912–1991), German translator Other uses * Balanda Boor people, or Boor, an ethnic group in South Sudan * Boor language, spoken in Chad See also * * Bore (other) * Boers, Dutch colonists in South Africa * de Boor, a surname * Peasant A peasant is a pre-industrial agricultural laborer or a farme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bear (play)
''The Bear: A Joke in One Act'', or ''The Boor'' (, 1888), is a one-act Comedy (drama), comedic play written by Russian author Anton Chekhov. The play was originally dedicated to Nikolai Nikolaevich Solovtsov, Chekhov's boyhood friend and director/actor who first played the character Smirnov. Characters * Elena Ivanovna Popova, a little landowning widow with dimples on her cheeks *Grigory Stepanovitch Smirnov, a middle-aged landowner *Luka, Popova's aged footman caring, loyal, obedient and not so intelligent Plot The play takes place in the drawing room of Elena Ivanovna Popova's estate (land), estate exactly seven months after her husband's death. Since her husband died, Popova has locked herself in the house in mourning. Her footman, Luka, begins the play by begging Popova to stop mourning and step outside the estate. She ignores him, saying that she made a promise to her husband to remain forever faithful to his memory. Their conversation is interrupted when Grigory Stepanovitc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Boor
''The Boor'' is an opera in one act composed by Ulysses Kay to a libretto based on Anton Chekhov's comic play, '' The Bear'' (also known as ''The Boor''). Kay wrote the libretto himself basing it on an English translation of the play by the composer Vladimir Ussachevsky. The opera was commissioned by the Koussevitsky Foundation of the Library of Congress and is dedicated to the memory of Natalie and Serge Koussevitzky. It premiered on 2 April 1968 in concert version at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky. Roles *Elena Ivanovna Popova, ''a landowning young widow'' (soprano)Roles and voice types sourced from Griffel (2012) p. 64 *Grigory Stepanovitch Smirnov, ''a middle-aged landowner'' (baritone) *Luka, ''Elena's elderly footman'' (tenor A tenor is a type of male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types. It is the highest male chest voice type. Composers typically write music for this voice in the range from t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominick Argento
Dominick Argento (October 27, 1927 – February 20, 2019) was an American composer known for his lyric operatic and choral music. Among his best known pieces are the operas '' Postcard from Morocco'', '' Miss Havisham's Fire'', ''The Masque of Angels'', and '' The Aspern Papers.'' He also is known for the song cycles ''Six Elizabethan Songs'' and '' From the Diary of Virginia Woolf''; the latter earned him the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1975. In a predominantly tonal context, his music freely combines tonality, atonality and a lyrical use of twelve-tone writing. None of Argento's music approaches the experimental, stringent ''avant-garde'' fashions of the post-World War II era.Saya, Virginia. "Dominick Argento," ''Grove Music Online'', ed. L. Macy. (Accessed 15 December 2006). As a student in the 1950s, Argento divided his time between the United States and Italy, and his music is greatly influenced by both his instructors in the United States and his personal affection for Ita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Boors
''The Boors'', also known as ''The Cantankerous Men'' ( Venetian: ''I rusteghi''), is a comedy by Carlo Goldoni. It was first performed at the San Luca theatre of Venice towards the end of the Carnival Carnival (known as Shrovetide in certain localities) is a festive season that occurs at the close of the Christian pre-Lenten period, consisting of Quinquagesima or Shrove Sunday, Shrove Monday, and Shrove Tuesday or Mardi Gras. Carnival typi ... in 1760. It was published in 1762. The ''boors'' are four merchants of Venice, who represent the old conservative, puritanical tradition of the Venetian middle classes, who are pitted against Venice's "new frivolity".Holme (1976, 150-152). References Bibliography * Plays by Carlo Goldoni 1760 plays Comedy plays Plays set in Italy {{1760s-play-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoltán Böőr
Zoltán Böőr (born 14 August 1978 in Debrecen) is a retired Hungarian footballer. He was a member of the Hungarian XI and scored his only goal against San Marino during the UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying Qualification for the 2004 UEFA European Championship took place between September 2002 and November 2003. Fifty teams were divided into ten groups, with each team playing the others in their group twice, once at home and once away. The top te ... on 11 June 2003. Böőr previously played for Manisaspor in the Turkish Super Lig. References 1978 births Living people Footballers from Debrecen Hungarian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Hungary men's international footballers Debreceni VSC players Manisaspor footballers Győri ETO FC players Nyíregyháza Spartacus FC players Újpest FC players Rákospalotai EAC footballers Dunaújváros FC players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Hungarian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boris Boor
Boris Boor (born 12 December 1950) is an Austrian equestrian and Olympic medalist. He was born in Bratislava. He won a silver medal in show jumping at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c .... References External links * 1950 births Living people Austrian male equestrians Olympic equestrians for Austria Olympic silver medalists for Austria Equestrians at the 1988 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 1992 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Bratislava Olympic medalists in equestrian Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics 20th-century Austrian sportsmen {{Austria-equestrian-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brandon Boor
Brandon Boor (born 27 March 1988 in Cairns, Queensland) is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s. Playing career Boor made his first grade debut for North Queensland in round 16 of the 2008 NRL season against South Sydney. The match is remembered as the biggest ever comeback in South Sydney's history as they were down 28-4 with less than 30 minutes remaining but went on to win 29-28. Boor played one further game for North Queensland in round 18 against the New Zealand Warriors The Warriors are a professional rugby league football club based in Auckland, New Zealand that competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership and is the League's only team from outside Australia. They were formed in 1995 as the Aucklan .... References External linksBrandon Boor at ''North Queensland Cowboys'' {{DEFAU ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Boor
John Boor (died 1402) was a Canon of Windsor from 1389 to 1402''Fasti Wyndesorienses'', May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle and Dean of the Chapel Royal. Career He was appointed: *Rector of St Creed, Grantpound 1384 * Dean of the Chapel Royal *Rector of St John the Baptist's Church, Westbourne 1397 - 1399 *Prebendary of Gates in Chichester 1390 - 1397 *Prebendary of Middleton in Wherwell *Prebendary of Charminster *Prebendary of Oundle *Prebendary of Shaftesbury *Prebendary of Bridgnorth *Dean of St Buryan's Church, Cornwall. He was appointed to the twelfth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle St George's Chapel, formally titled The King's Free Chapel of the College of St George, Windsor Castle, at Windsor Castle in England is a castle chapel built in the late-medieval Perpendicular Gothic style. It is a Royal peculiar, Royal Peculia ... in 1398, and held the stall until 1402. Notes 1400s deaths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathryn Boor
Kathryn J. Boor is an American food scientist and academic administrator. She is the dean of Cornell University Graduate School and vice provost for graduate education. Previously she served as the Ronald P Lynch Dean of the Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS). Early life Boor was born and raised on a family-owned dairy farm in Chemung County in upstate New York. She obtained a BS in Food Science from Cornell University CALS in 1980, and an MS in Food Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1983. Her MS research with Winrock International in Kenya focused on improving human nutrition among limited-resource farmers. She returned to the US and earned a PhD in Microbiology at the University of California, Davis in 1994. Career Boor returned to Cornell University in 1994 and became the first tenured female Associate Professor in the Department of Food Science. She established the Food Safety Laboratory and was co-lead for the Milk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Carroux
Margaret Carroux (31 May 1912 – 22 July 1991) was a German translator who translated from English and French into German. Born in Berlin into an international family, she studied economy, English and French before working as a commercial clerk and as foreign language correspondent. After World War II, she worked for the American military government before moving to Frankfurt, where she did translations and news agency work. In the 1960s, she started translating books; the first of more than eighty was Moshe Pearlman's ''The capture of Adolf Eichmann''. Under the pseudonyms Martin Boor and Emmi Heimann, she translated books by and Leopold Trepper from French to German. Carroux's best-known work is the first German translation of J. R. R. Tolkien's ''The Lord of the Rings'', which appeared in 1969 and 1970. Her translation was done in dialogue with Tolkien and used his ''Guide to the Names in the Lord of the Ring'', and has been described as classy and respectful. In 1983, sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balanda Boor People
The Balanda Boor (or Boor) are an ethnic group numbering people living in the South Sudanese states of Western Equatoria and Western Bahr el Ghazal Western Bahr el Ghazal is a state in South Sudan. It has an area of and as of 2020 has estimated 600,000 in population. It is part of the Bahr el Ghazal region. Its capital is Wau. The state shared international borders with Sudan to the north .... They speak the Belanda Bor language, however most are bilingual in Belanda Viri. References Ethnic groups in South Sudan Luo peoples {{SouthSudan-ethno-group-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boor Language
Boor (also known as Bwara, Damraw) is an endangered Afro-Asiatic language spoken in southern Chad. The language has less than 100 native speakers worldwide. Regions where the language is spoken include southern Chad, the Bousso Subprefecture, Sarh Rural Subprefecture, and in and around the Dumraw (Dumrao) village on the north bank of the Chari River The Chari River, or Shari River, is a long river, flowing in Central Africa. It is the main source of water of Lake Chad, which is located at the junction of four countries: Nigeria, Niger, Chad, and Cameroon. Geography The Chari River flows f .... Dumrao is approximately 15 kilometers north of Gori. Boor was documented by Florian Lionnet, Sandrine Loncke, and Remadji Hoinathy in 2012.Lionnet, FlorianChadic languages Due to the locations of the regions in which the language is spoken, native speakers of Boor commonly speak the Bagirmi language as well. Notes East Chadic languages Languages of Chad Endangered Af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
