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Simon Parmet
Simon Parmet (né Pergament) (Hebrew: שמעון בן יהדוה פּארמעת) (26 October 1897 – 20 July 1969) was a Finnish conductor, composer, and pianist who studied under famous composer Jean Sibelius. Education and career Education and formative years Parmet began his career as a musician at the age of 15, when he was a dedicated pianist for the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, although he would later study under Alexander Glazunov at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, and later at the Helsinki Music Institute and the Berlin Conservatory following the Russian Revolution. His teachers in Helsinki were and Erkki Melartin. He spent many of his early years in Finland studying under composer Jean Sibelius. Parmet was heavily influenced by his teacher, and would conduct many of Sibelius's works throughout his career, such as the American premiere of '' Luonnotar'' in 1952. Opera Earlier in his career, Parmet worked as an opera conductor in Germany, for the Finnish Nati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helsinki
Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipality, with million in the Helsinki capital region, capital region and million in the Helsinki metropolitan area, metropolitan area. As the most populous List of urban areas in Finland by population, urban area in Finland, it is the country's most significant centre for politics, education, finance, culture, and research. Helsinki is north of Tallinn, Estonia, east of Stockholm, Sweden, and west of Saint Petersburg, Russia. Helsinki has significant History of Helsinki, historical connections with these three cities. Together with the cities of Espoo, Vantaa and Kauniainen—and surrounding commuter towns, including the neighbouring municipality of Sipoo to the east—Helsinki forms a Helsinki metropolitan area, metropolitan are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sentinel & Enterprise
The ''Sentinel & Enterprise'' is a morning daily newspaper published in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, with a satellite news bureau in Leominster, Massachusetts. The newspaper covers local news in Fitchburg, Leominster and several nearby towns in northern Worcester County, Massachusetts, Worcester County and northwest Middlesex County, Massachusetts. It is owned by MediaNews Group of Colorado., which is owned by the hedge fund Alden Global Capital. The main competitors to the ''Sentinel & Enterprise'' are the county's largest daily, the ''Telegram & Gazette'' of Worcester, Massachusetts, Worcester; on the west, ''The Gardner News''; and on the east, Nashoba Publishing weeklies and ''The Sun (Lowell), The Sun'' of Lowell, Massachusetts, Lowell, also owned by MediaNews. History Formed in 1973 by the merger of two newspapers covering adjacent cities, the daily traces its lineage back to the ''Fitchburg Sentinel'' (founded 1838) and ''Leominster Enterprise'' (1873).Elfland, Mike. "Sen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Presents
''Little Presents'' () is a 1961 Finnish drama film directed by Jack Witikka. It was entered into the 12th Berlin International Film Festival. Cast * Leif Aaltonen * Aapeli - God (voice) (as Simo Puupponen) * Kaarlo Halttunen - Clocksmith * Eija Hämäläinen * Pia Hattara - Vetterantin Torotea * Hannes Häyrinen - Manager Palkeinen * Raili Helander - Liisi * Pentti Irjala - Caretaker Harakka * Tea Ista - Vetterantin Klory * Leo Jokela - Vennu Harakka * Leevi Kuuranne - Jormalainen * Irja Kuusla - Tattari's wife * Heimo Lepistö Heimo is a German and Finnish male given name. Notable people with this name include: * Heimo Erbse (1924–2005), German composer * Heimo Haitto (1925–1999), Finnish-American violinist * Heimo Hecht (born 1961), Austrian sailor * Heimo Korth, Am ... - Tattari * Eila Pehkonen - Hilma * Pekka Pentti - Henry * Nisse Rainne - Caretaker Kuikka * Saara Ranin - Vetteranska * Jouko Rikalainen - Osku * Leo Riuttu - Friman * Heikki Savolainen - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toivo Kuula
Toivo Timoteus Kuula (7 July 1883 – 18 May 1918) was a Finnish composer and conductor of the late-Romantic and early-modern periods, who emerged in the wake of Jean Sibelius, under whom he studied privately from 1906 to 1908. The core of Kuula's oeuvre are his many works for voice and orchestra, in particular the ''Stabat mater'' (1914–18; completed by Madetoja), ''The Sea-Bathing Maidens'' (1910), ''Son of a Slave'' (1910), and ''The Maiden and the Boyar's Son'' (1912). In addition he also composed two ''Ostrobothnian Suites'' for orchestra and left an unfinished symphony at the time of his murder in 1918 in a drunken quarrel.Salmenhaara, Erkki.Kuula, Toivo (Timoteus) in ''Grove Music Online'' (2001) Life and career He was born in the Vehkakoski village of the Alavus town and registered as a native in the city of Vaasa (then Nikolainkaupunki), when Finland still was a Grand Duchy under Russian rule. He is known as a colorful and passionate portrayer of Finnish nature ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Einar Englund
Sven Einar Englund (June 17, 1916 – June 27, 1999) was a Finnish composer. Life Sven Einar Englund was born at Ljugarn in Gotland, Sweden, on June 17, 1916; he died June 27, 1999, in Visby, Sweden. He married twice: in 1941 to Meri Mirjam Gyllenbögel, who died 1956 (they had one son and two daughters including the ballerina and choreographer Sorella Englund); and in 1958 he married Maynie Sirén, a singer, with whom he had one son. One of the most important Finnish symphonists since Jean Sibelius, Englund was a native Swedish speaker who often felt that his career was sidelined from the mainstream of Finnish music. He went to Svenska normallyceum i Helsingfors and was 17 when he began studies at the Helsinki Conservatory (now the Sibelius Academy) in 1933. Already a considerable pianist, he continued his studies with Martti Paavola and Ernst Linko while studying composition with Bengt Carlson and Selim Palmgren. Following his graduation in 1941, Englund was conscrip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooklyn Eagle Mon Nov 19 1945 Fix
Brooklyn is a borough of New York City located at the westernmost end of Long Island in the State of New York. Formerly an independent city, the borough is coextensive with Kings County, one of twelve original counties established under English rule in 1683 in what was then the Province of New York. As of the 2020 United States census, the population stood at 2,736,074, making it the most populous of the five boroughs of New York City, and the most populous county in the state.Table 2: Population, Land Area, and Population Density by County, New York State - 2020 |
Impromptu
An impromptu (, , loosely meaning "offhand") is a free-form musical composition with the character of an ''ex tempore'' improvisation as if prompted by the spirit of the moment, usually for a solo instrument, such as piano. According to ''Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung'', Johann Baptist Cramer began publishing piano pieces under the (sub-)title of "impromptu." (AMZ, Mar. No II, 1815, col. 6), which seems to be the first recorded use of the term ''impromptu'' in this sense. Form usage Since the very concept of unpremeditated, spur-of-the-moment inspiration without studied care is at the heart of Romanticism, Romantic artistic theory, it did not take long before the first generation of Romantic music, Romantic composers took up the idea. Others were: * Frédéric Chopin composed 4 ''Impromptus (Chopin), Impromptus'', including the famous Fantaisie-Impromptu. * Jan Václav Voříšek was the first one to compose impromptus published under that title, in 1822. * Franz Schubert publi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abraham Chavez Theatre
Abraham Chavez Theatre, known simply as the Chavez Theatre, is a 2,500-seat concert hall located in El Paso, Texas. It is adjacent to the Williams Convention Center. Its lobby features a three-story glass main entrance. The Abraham Chavez Theatre is named after Maestro Abraham Chavez, who was the longtime conductor of the El Paso Symphony. It was built in the early 1970s, with the framework of the curved structure of the theatre visible under construction in scenes shot at the nearby Laughlin Hotel ( since demolished) in the 1972 Steve McQueen film '' The Getaway''. Famous people who have performed here include Gabriel Iglesias, George Lopez and Joshua Ryan. Inside, the theatre has a lobby and a 40-by-56-foot stage as well as 14 dressing rooms. The theater's seating is in three levels. There is also a meeting room adjacent to the theater. Events held at Chavez Theatre include concerts, Broadway shows, graduation A graduation is the awarding of a diploma by an educatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louisville Orchestra
The Louisville Orchestra is the primary orchestra in Louisville, Kentucky. It was founded in 1937 by Robert Whitney (1904–1986). The Louisville Orchestra employs salaried musicians, and offers a wide variety of concert series to the community, including classical programs featuring international guest artists, pops performances, and education and family concerts. In 1942 the orchestra adopted the name of the former Louisville Philharmonic Society (founded in 1866), which it kept until 1977 before reverting to its original name. The orchestra is the resident performing group for the Louisville Ballet and the Kentucky Opera, and presents several concerts across the Kentucky/Indiana area. The orchestra performs its concerts at Whitney Hall (named for its founder) in the Kentucky Center for the Arts and The Brown Theatre. The current music director of the Louisville Orchestra is Teddy Abrams, who began his tenure in 2014. First Edition Recordings Ten years after its origi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle
The ''Brooklyn Eagle'' (originally joint name ''The Brooklyn Eagle'' and ''Kings County Democrat'', later ''The Brooklyn Daily Eagle'' before shortening title further to ''Brooklyn Eagle'') was an afternoon daily newspaper published in the city and later borough of Brooklyn, in New York City, for 114 years from 1841 to 1955. At one point, the publication was the afternoon paper with the largest daily circulation in the United States. Walt Whitman, the 19th-century poet, was its editor for two years. Other notable editors of the ''Eagle'' included Democratic Party political figure Thomas Kinsella, seminal folklorist Charles Montgomery Skinner, St. Clair McKelway (editor-in-chief from 1894 to 1915 and a great-uncle of the ''New Yorker'' journalist), Arthur M. Howe (a prominent Canadian American who served as editor-in-chief from 1915 to 1931 and as a member of the Pulitzer Prize Advisory Board from 1920 to 1946) and Cleveland Rodgers (an authority on Whitman and close friend o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York Daily News
The ''Daily News'' is an American newspaper based in Jersey City, New Jersey. It was founded in 1919 by Joseph Medill Patterson in New York City as the ''Illustrated Daily News''. It was the first U.S. daily printed in Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid format, and reached its peak circulation in 1947, at 2.4 million copies a day. it was the eleventh-highest circulated newspaper in the United States. For much of the 20th century, the paper operated out of the historic art deco Daily News Building with its large globe in the lobby. Today's ''Daily News'' is not connected to the earlier ''New York Daily News (19th century), New York Daily News'', which shut down in 1906. The ''Daily News'' is owned by parent company Daily News Enterprises. This company is owned by Alden Global Capital and was formed when Alden, which also owns news media publisher Digital First Media, purchased then-owner Tribune Publishing in May 2021 and then separated the ''Daily News'' from Tribune to form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall ( ) is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It is at 881 Seventh Avenue (Manhattan), Seventh Avenue, occupying the east side of Seventh Avenue between 56th Street (Manhattan), 56th and 57th Street (Manhattan), 57th Streets. Designed by architect William Burnet Tuthill and built by its namesake, industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, it is one of the most prestigious venues in the world for both classical music and popular music. Carnegie Hall has its own artistic programming, development, and marketing departments and presents about 250 performances each season. It is also rented out to performing groups. Carnegie Hall has 3,671 seats, divided among three auditoriums. The largest one is the Stern Auditorium, a five-story auditorium with 2,804 seats. Also part of the complex are the 599-seat Zankel Hall on Seventh Avenue, as well as the 268-seat Joan and Sanford I. Weill Recital Hall on 57th Street. Besides the auditoriums, Carnegie Hall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
