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Jetty Pearl
Henriette Nanette "Jetty" Paerl (27 May 1921 – 22 August 2013) was a Dutch singer and resistance member of Jewish origin. She is known for being one of the Netherlands' representatives in the Eurovision Song Contest 1956 with the song "De vogels van Holland", and for being the first singer ever to perform in the Eurovision Song Contest. Biography Early life Paerl was born and raised in Amsterdam. After the German invasion of the Netherlands in May 1940, she fled to London with her parents and swimmer Willy den Ouden, where she worked as a children's clothing designer at a shop in New Bond Street. She also contributed to the broadcasts of ''Radio Oranje'', a radio programme created by the Dutch government-in-exile, due to which she became known as ''Jetje van Radio Oranje'' ("Jetty of Radio Orange") in the Netherlands. In the programme, she performed songs – written by her father Jo Paerl and composed by Louis Davids and Dirk Witte – in which the Nazis and members of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amsterdam
Amsterdam ( , ; ; ) is the capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, largest city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It has a population of 933,680 in June 2024 within the city proper, 1,457,018 in the City Region of Amsterdam, urban area and 2,480,394 in the Amsterdam metropolitan area, metropolitan area. Located in the Provinces of the Netherlands, Dutch province of North Holland, Amsterdam is colloquially referred to as the "Venice of the North", for its canals of Amsterdam, large number of canals, now a World Heritage Site, UNESCO World Heritage Site. Amsterdam was founded at the mouth of the Amstel River, which was dammed to control flooding. Originally a small fishing village in the 12th century, Amsterdam became a major world port during the Dutch Golden Age of the 17th century, when the Netherlands was an economic powerhouse. Amsterdam was the leading centre for finance and trade, as well as a hub of secular art production. In the 19th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jo Paerl
Jo, jo, JO, or J.O. may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Jo'' (film), a 1972 French comedy * ''Jo'' (TV series), a French TV series *"Jo", a song by Goldfrapp from ''Tales of Us'' *"Jo", a song by Mr. Oizo from '' Lambs Anger'' * Jo a fictional character in the ''Star Wars'' franchise People * Jo (given name) * Jô, Brazilian footballer João Alves de Assis Silva (born 1987) * Josiel Alves de Oliveira (born 1988), Brazilian footballer also known as Jô * Jō (surname), a Japanese surname * Cho (Korean name), a common Korean surname which can be romanized as Jo Codes * JO, ISO 3166 country code for Jordan * .jo, the Internet country code top-level domain for Jordan * JO, IATA code for JALways, a subsidiary of Japan Airlines Other uses * ''jō'' (), a wooden staff used in some Japanese martial arts * ''jō'' (), a Japanese unit of length equivalent to the Chinese zhang * ''jō'' (), a Japanese unit of area corresponding to the area of a standard tatami mat (1×½ ken or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Netherlands In The Eurovision Song Contest 1956
The Netherlands was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1956 with two songs: "", composed by Cor Lemaire, with lyrics by Annie M. G. Schmidt, and performed by Jetty Paerl; and "", written by Jelle de Vries, and performed by Corry Brokken. The Dutch participating broadcaster, (NTS), held a national final to select its two entries in the contest. "" was the first entry performed in the Eurovision Song Contest, so it was also the first entry from the Netherlands and the first entry in Dutch in the contest. Before Eurovision For its national selection, (NTS) invited a number of songwriters to send in entries. From the submitted entries, a jury consisting of , Harm Smedes and , chose eight songs for the national final. Corry Brokken, Jetty Paerl, and Bert Visser were chosen separately by NTS to sing the entries. The final was held at the AVRO Studios in Hilversum on 24 April 1956 at 21:45 Central European Time, CET and lasted about 45 minutes. It was broadcast on NPO 1, N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cees Bantzinger
Cees () is a Dutch masculine given name, a short form of Cornelis Cornelis is a Dutch language, Dutch form of the male given name Cornelius (name), Cornelius. Some common shortened versions of Cornelis in Dutch are Cees, Cor, Corné, Corneel, Crelis, Kees (given name), Kees, Neel and Nelis. Cornelis (Kees) an .... Since, as in English, the letter "c" before "e" is normally pronounced in Dutch, the alternative spelling Kees (given name), Kees is more common. Notable people named Cees include: * Cornelis Dirk Andriesse, Cees Andriesse (born 1939), Dutch physicist and historian of science * Cees Bal (born 1951), Dutch cyclist * Cornelis Berkhouwer, Cees Berkhouwer (1919–1992), Dutch VVD politician * Cees van Bladel (born 1962), Dutch sports sailor * Cees Bol (born 1995), Dutch cyclist * Cees van Bruchem (born 1950), Dutch politician * Cees Dekker (born 1959), Dutch biophysicist * Cees Doorakkers (born 1963), Dutch motorcycle road racer * Cees van Dongen (1932–2011), Dutch mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacob Merkelbach, Afb B00000002333
Jacob, later known as Israel, is a Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions. He first appears in the Torah, where he is described in the Book of Genesis as a son of Isaac and Rebecca. Accordingly, alongside his older fraternal twin brother Esau, Jacob's paternal grandparents are Abraham and Sarah and his maternal grandfather is Bethuel, whose wife is not mentioned. He is said to have bought Esau's birthright and, with his mother's help, deceived his aging father to bless him instead of Esau. Then, following a severe drought in his homeland Canaan, Jacob and his descendants migrated to neighbouring Egypt through the efforts of his son Joseph, who had become a confidant of the pharaoh. After dying in Egypt at the age of 147, he is supposed to have been buried in the Cave of Machpelah in Hebron. Per the Hebrew Bible, Jacob's progeny were beget by four women: his wives (and maternal cousins) Leah and Rachel; and his concubines Bilhah and Zilpah. His sons were, in order of their b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
