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Elaine (other)
Elaine may refer to: Arts and entertainment * , opera composed by Herman Bemberg * "Elaine" (short story), 1945 short story by J. D. Salinger * "Elaine" (song), by ABBA Places * Elaine, Victoria, a town in Australia * Elaine, Arkansas, a US city People * Elaine (given name), real people and fictional characters with the given name * Elaine (legend), name shared by several different female characters in Arthurian legend, including: ** Elaine of Astolat ** Elaine of Corbenic * Elaine (singer), South African singer See also *Elaine's, a New York City restaurant * ''The Exploits of Elaine ''The Exploits of Elaine'' is a 1914 American Serial (film), film serial in the damsel in distress genre of ''The Perils of Pauline (1914 serial), The Perils of Pauline'' (1914). ''The Exploits of Elaine'' tells the story of a young woman named ...'', 1914 film serial in the genre of ''The Perils of Pauline'' * "Miss Elaine", song by Run–D.M.C. from the album '' Tougher Than Leat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herman Bemberg
Herman Emanuel Bemberg Ocampo (29 March 1859 – 21 July 1931)Baker, Theodore; rev. by Nicolas Slonimsky (1978) ''Baker's Biographical dictionary of musicians – 6th ed.'' New York: Schirmer Books, 138. was a German people, German-Argentine composer. Life He was born in Paris (or most probably in Buenos Aires) of German settlement in Argentina, German Argentine parents (Otto Bemberg 1827–95 and Luisa Bernabela Ocampo Regueira 1831–1904) and studied at the Paris Conservatoire, under Massenet, whose influence, with that of Gounod, is strongly marked in his music. He won the Rossini Prize in 1885. As a composer, he was known by numerous songs and pieces for the piano, as well as by his cantata ''La Mort de Jeanne d'Arc'' (1886), the comic opera ''Le Baiser de Suzon'' (1888), and the grand opera ''Elaine (opera), Elaine'' (produced at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and starring the great Australian soprano Nellie Melba in 1892). Among Bemberg's songs the dramatic recitative ''Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elaine (short Story)
"Elaine" is an uncollected work of short fiction by J. D. Salinger which appeared in the March–April, 1945 issue of Story. Plot The sixteen-year-old Elaine lives with her mother and grandmother in the Bronx. She is a beautiful young girl unaware of the miasma of the city around her. One reason for this is that she is intellectually years behind her peers, graduating from eighth grade at 16 after being "tested" at age 7 and forced to stay back two grades. Salinger writes that she is one of only two students wearing lipstick at the graduation ceremony. Elaine and her mother spend the bulk of their time together watching movies at the local cinema—this seems to be the world both of them escape to. They find a "fourth-rate picture exceptionally engrossing" while watching it with the super of their building. At this point in the story Elaine is introduced to sexuality when Mr. Freelander, their landlord, touches her leg during the movie. She does not recognize this as an inapp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elaine (song)
"Elaine" is a song recorded by Swedish pop group ABBA. It was used as the B-side The A-side and B-side are the two sides of phonograph record, vinyl records and Compact cassette, cassettes, and the terms have often been printed on the labels of two-sided music recordings. The A-side of a Single (music), single usually ... to the 1980 single " The Winner Takes It All". It was not included on any of their original albums but was later included as a bonus track on the 2001 reissue of ''Super Trouper''. Synopsis The song is about a "devil-may-care path in pursuit of love". Composition ''ABBA: Let the Music Speak'' describes "Elaine" as a "bold and brazen up-tempo number", adding that it has a "wealth of treated synth effects". The pace remains the same throughout the song, and the intro has a "melodic riff that is squeezed and contorted over a series of suspended chords". This is followed by a "whistlable refrain". At the end of the second verse, the synths mimic the girl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elaine, Victoria
Elaine is a town in Victoria, Australia, located on the Midland Highway between Ballarat and Geelong. At the , Elaine and the surrounding area had a population of 232. History Elaine started out a minor gold rush district. Since the Steiglitz goldfield was discovered in 1854, gold mining had occurred in the area. The new Geelong–Ballarat railway line opened on 11 April 1862 and passed through the settlement. The train station only opened a decade after, officially establishing the township as Elaine.} The later opening meant that Elaine did not receive a grand bluestone station like the original ones. At the time, Catholics and Free Presbyterians were the two main communities. A Catholic school opened in 1874, and a state primary school opened the following year. The railway was singled in 1934, and now only grain and freight trains, which do not stop at Elaine, travel on it. The Catholic school closed in the 1940s. When the state school closed in 1998 with twelve st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elaine, Arkansas
Elaine is a small town in Phillips County, Arkansas, United States, in the Arkansas Delta region of the Mississippi River. The population was 636 at the 2010 census. The city is best known as the location of the Elaine massacre of September 30 – October 1, 1919, in which an estimated 237 Black people were murdered in the rural county by rampaging white mobs. Five whites died in the events. This was one of the worst incidents of racial and labor violence in American history. Black sharecroppers were attempting to organize a farmers' union, which the planters resisted. History Phillips County was developed in the antebellum years for cotton plantations, which relied on the labor of enslaved African Americans. Their work produced the wealth of the major large planters. Cotton continued to be the major commodity crop into the 20th century in this area but, after the war, blacks often had to work as sharecroppers or tenant farmers. By the turn of the century, Arkansas and ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elaine (given Name)
Elaine is a feminine given name, an Old French form of the name character in the 15th Century">Elaine_of_Corbenic_.html" ;"title="Helen (given name)">Helen used for a Elaine of Corbenic ">character in the 15th Century Arthurian romance ''Le Morte d’Arthur'' by Thomas Malory. However, the name Elaine was popularized in the Anglosphere by its use by Alfred, Lord Tennyson for a Elaine of Astolat, character in his 1859 Arthurian romance ''Idylls of the King''. It has also been suggested that the name might actually be derived from a Welsh word meaning 'young deer'. It may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Elaine (singer) (born 1999), South African singer * Elaine Brown (born 1943), American singer, writer, and former Black Panther Party chairwoman * Elaine Crombie, Australian actress * Elaine Duran (born 1998), Filipino singer and actress * Elaine Fifield (1930–1999), Australian ballerina * Elaine Fine (born 1959), American musician and composer * Elaine Goble (born 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elaine (legend)
Elaine is a name shared by several female characters in Arthurian legend, where they can also appear under different names depending on the source. They include Elaine of Astolat and Elaine of Corbenic among others. Elaine of Astolat Lady Elaine of Astolat (a common mistake misspelling of "Ascolat") or Elaine the Fair is a maiden daughter of the lord of Astolat (''Ascolat'', ''Escalot''). She falls in unrequited love with Sir Lancelot, leading to her death of sorrow. In modern times, she is also often known as " The Lady of Shalott" after the eponymous poem. Elaine of Benoic Queen Elaine of Benoic (Old French: ''Élaine de Bénoïc''; alternative forms including ''Elainne'', ''Elene'', ''Helaine'', ''Helainne'', ''Helayne'' and ''Helene''; also known as ''Provida'' or ''Perevida'') is wife of King Ban and birth mother of Lancelot. The Vulgate Cycle's Prose ''Lancelot'' traces her descent to the holy bloodline of the biblical Israeli king David. Following the conquest of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elaine Of Astolat
Elaine of Astolat (), also known as Elayne of Ascolat and other variants of the name, is a figure in Arthurian legend. She is a lady from the castle of Astolat who dies of her unrequited love for Sir Lancelot. Well-known versions of her story appear in Sir Thomas Malory's 1485 book ''Le Morte d'Arthur'', Alfred, Lord Tennyson's mid-19th-century '' Idylls of the King'', and Tennyson's poem " The Lady of Shalott". She should not be confused with Elaine of Corbenic, the mother of Galahad by Lancelot. Legend The possibly original version of the story appeared in the early 13th-century French prose romance '' Mort Artu'', in which the Lady of Escalot (''Demoiselle d'Escalot'') dies of unrequited love for Lancelot and drifts down a river to Camelot in a boat. In the 14th-century English poem Stanzaic ''Morte Arthur'', she is known as the Maid of Ascolot. Thomas Malory's 15th-century compilation of Arthurian tales, ''Le Morte d'Arthur'', includes the story. Another version is t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elaine Of Corbenic
Elaine, also known under many other names and identified as the "Grail Maiden" or the "Grail Bearer",''Arthurian Women''. www.timelessmyths.com. Jimmy Joe, 1999. is a character from Arthurian legend. In the Arthurian chivalric romance tradition from the Vulgate Cycle, she is the mother of Galahad by Lancelot, whose repeated rape by her results in his descent into madness. She should not be confused with Elaine of Astolat, a different woman who too fell in love with Lancelot. Names and origins She is variably known as Elaine (''Elayne'', ''Helaine'', ''Oisine'') or Elizabeth (''Eliabel'', ''Elizabel'', ''Elizabet'', ''Heliabel'', ''Helizabel''), and is also concurrently called Amite (''Amide'', ''Amides'', ''Anite'', ''Aude'', ''Enite''). Her character seems to have been derived from the earlier (and later separate) figure of Percival's sister, and possibly also from that of Arthur's sister. The name "Amite" may furthermore link her to Amice from '' Meraugis de Portlesguez''. L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elaine (singer)
Ndivhuwo Elaine Mukheli (born 2 April 1999), known mononymously as Elaine, is a South African R&B singer and songwriter from Pretoria. While studying law at the University of the Witwatersrand, she self-released her debut EP '' Elements'' in September 2019. The EP reached No. 1 on both the national iTunes and Apple Music album charts, making her the first independent female artist to do so.''Elements'' was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry of South Africa (RiSA) a year after its initial release, and in 2020 it was nominated for Best R&B/Soul Album at the South African Music Awards. Elaine was subsequently signed to Columbia Records in December 2020. Early life 1999–2018: early years Ndivhuwo Elaine Mukheli was born in Pretoria on 2 April 1999. She started singing at age six and participated in the school choir and various talent competitions while growing up. In 2014 she received a gold medal at the World Choir Games, 8th World Choir Games in Riga, Latvia. W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elaine's
Elaine's was a bar and restaurant in New York City that existed from 1963 to 2011. It was frequented by many celebrities, especially actors and authors. It was established, owned by and named after Elaine Kaufman, who was indelibly associated with the restaurant, which shut down shortly after Kaufman died. Elaine's was located on the Upper East Side, at 1703 2nd Avenue, near East 88th Street in Manhattan. History Established in 1963, Elaine's was famed both for its chain-smoking namesake and proprietress Elaine Kaufman, who ran the restaurant for over four decades, as well as the numerous writers and other prominent New Yorkers who were regular patrons there, including Nelson W. Aldrich Jr., Woody Allen, Noel Behn, Chuck Blazer, Candace Bushnell, William J. Bratton, Paul Desmond, Joan Didion, Jared Faber, Mia Farrow, Clay Felker, Helen Frankenthaler, Joseph Heller, Jill Krementz, Peter Maas, Norman Mailer, Robert Motherwell, George Plimpton, Mario Puzo, Sally Quinn, Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Exploits Of Elaine
''The Exploits of Elaine'' is a 1914 American Serial (film), film serial in the damsel in distress genre of ''The Perils of Pauline (1914 serial), The Perils of Pauline'' (1914). ''The Exploits of Elaine'' tells the story of a young woman named Elaine who, with the help of a detective, tries to find the man, known only as "The Clutching Hand", who murdered her father. The Clutching Hand was the first mystery villain to appear in a film serial. The concept was widely used for the remainder of the format's existence. The serial stars Pearl White (who also starred in ''The Perils of Pauline''), Arnold Daly, Sheldon Lewis, Creighton Hale, and Riley Hatch. Lionel Barrymore had a small role. The serial was written by Arthur B. Reeve (novel), Charles W. Goddard, and George B. Seitz, and directed by Louis J. Gasnier, Seitz, and Leopold Wharton. The film was produced by the The Wharton Studio, Wharton Studio of Ithaca, New York, and distributed by Pathé Exchange, the American distributi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
