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Lyre — Infobox Instrument name= Lyre names= caption=Greek vase with muse playing the phorminx, a type of lyre classification= *string instrument range= related= * Çeng * Konghou * Harp * Chang (instrument)The lyre is a stringed musical instrument well… … Wikipedia
The Taylor Sisters — , Ann (1782 1866) and Jane (1783 1824) Ann and Jane Taylor were born in London, the daughters of Isaac Taylor of Ongar, an engraver, and were raised in Lavenham in Suffolk, where their father was also pastor of a nonconformist chapel.… … British and Irish poets
Toplady, Augustus Montague — (1740 1778) Born at Farnham, Surrey, the son of an Army major who died at the siege of Carthagena (1741), he was educated at Westminster School and graduated from Trinity College, Dublin, in 1760. Around 1756 he was converted under the… … British and Irish poets
Watts, Isaac — (1674 1748) Born in Southampton, Hampshire, the son of a tradesman, he was educated at a Nonconformist academy at Stoke Newington, London, and in 1702 he became minister of the Mark Lane Chapel, London. His health was undermined by long hours… … British and Irish poets
The Wesley Family, Samuel, Samuel, John and Charles — (1662 1791) • Samuel, 1662 1735 Born at Winterborn Whitchurch, Dorset, the son of the vicar, he was educated at Newington Green, a private school where he was a friend of Daniel Defoe. He graduated B.A. from Exeter College, Oxford, in 1688 … British and Irish poets
MUSIC — This article is arranged according to the following outline: introduction written sources of direct and circumstantial evidence the material relics and iconography notated sources oral tradition archives and important collections of jewish music… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Classical guitar — A modern classical guitar from the front and side String instrument Hornbostel–Sachs classification 321.322 5 (Composite chordophone sounded by the bare fingers or … Wikipedia
stringed instrument — a musical instrument having strings as the medium of sound production, played with the fingers or with a plectrum or a bow: The guitar, the harp, and the violin are stringed instruments. * * * Any musical instrument that produces sound by the… … Universalium
Apollo — This article is about the Greek and Roman god. For other uses, see Apollo (disambiguation) and Phoebus (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Phobos (mythology). Apollo … Wikipedia
Captain Michalis — Infobox Book name = Freedom or Death title orig = Captain Michalis (Καπετάν Μιχάλης) translator = Jonathan Griffin image caption = Cover of the second edition in Greek, Athens 1955 author = Nikos Kazantzakis illustrator = cover artist = country … Wikipedia
