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William Schuman

William Howard Schuman (August 4, 1910 – February 15, 1992) was an American composer and arts administrator.

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William Schuman

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William Howard Schuman (August 4, 1910 – February 15, 1992) was an American composer and arts administrator. Schuman was born into a Jewish family in Manhattan...

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Robert Schuman

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Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Robert Schuman (French: [ʁɔbɛʁ ʃuman]; 29 June 1886 – 4 September 1963) was a Luxembourg-born French statesman. Schuman was a Christian democratic...

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Schuman Declaration

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The Schuman Declaration, or Schuman Plan, was a proposal to place French and West German production of coal and steel under a single authority that later...

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Tom Schuman

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Thomas William Schuman (born January 31, 1958) is an American jazz pianist, smooth jazz keyboardist and was the longtime co-leader, composer and arranger...

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New York Film Festival

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Richard Roud and Amos Vogel with the support of Lincoln Center president William Schuman, it is one of the longest-running and most prestigious film festivals...

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Bette Davis

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ill-fitting costume with a low neckline, she was rebuffed by the film director William Wyler, who loudly commented to the assembled crew, "What do you think of...

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Pulitzer Prize for Music

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split, and no prize was given in 1953, 1964, 1965, or 1981. 1943: William Schuman, Secular Cantata No. 2: A Free Song 1944: Howard Hanson, Symphony No...

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Martha Graham

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including Aaron Copland on Appalachian Spring, Louis Horst, Samuel Barber, William Schuman, Carlos Surinach, Norman Dello Joio, and Gian Carlo Menotti. Graham's...

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Jessica Tandy

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September 2016. Cronyn, Hume (1991). Terrible Liar: A Memoir. New York: William Morrow. p. 159. ISBN 978-0-6881-2844-9. Cronyn 1991, pp. 253–54. "Jessica...

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Casey at the Bat

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in 1920 as part of Six Cheerful Songs to Poems of American Humor. William Schuman composed an opera, The Mighty Casey (1953), based on the poem. The...

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List of Juilliard School people

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for his P. D. Q. Bach character William Schimmel – composer, accordionist Alan Schneider – director William Schuman – composer, winner of the Pulitzer...

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Bob Hope

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is now a blue plaque in his memory. He was the fifth of seven sons of William Henry Hope, a stonemason from Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, and Welsh mother...

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Kennedy Center Honors

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Belafonte, Claudette Colbert, Alexandra Danilova, Mary Martin, and William Schuman 1990 – Dizzy Gillespie, Katharine Hepburn, Risë Stevens, Jule Styne...

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Juilliard School

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served as president from 1937 to 1945. Juilliard's third president, William Schuman, an American composer and the first Pulitzer Prize for Music winner...

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George Burns

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pictures without Burns. In 1938, Paramount producer and managing director William LeBaron was planning a vehicle for Burns and Allen to team with established...

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Hume Cronyn

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the Library of Congress Cronyn, Hume (1991). Terrible Liar. New York: William Morrow and Company. pp. 254–256. ISBN 0-688-12844-0. "Hume Cronyn acting...

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Count Basie

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William James "Count" Basie (/ˈbeɪsi/; August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. In 1935, he...

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Arthur Miller

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throughout his life. In the late 1970s, he joined other celebrities (including William Styron and Mike Nichols) who were brought together by the journalist Joan...

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Ray Charles

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December 15, 2016. Retrieved September 21, 2020. "Photo: Two Academy members, William J. Clinton, 42nd President of the United States, and Ray Charles at the...

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Cary Grant

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factory, while his mother worked as a seamstress. His older brother John William Elias Leach (1899–1900) died of tuberculous meningitis two days before...

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Witch of Endor

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Company premiered The Witch of Endor, a one act ballet with music by William Schuman; this was subsequently reworked into a short piece by American composer...

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Aaron Copland

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exhibition "Masterpieces of Fifty Centuries." Leonard Bernstein, Piston, William Schuman, and Thomson also composed pieces for the museum's Centennial exhibitions...

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God Save the King

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polytonal interlude. The piece was adapted for orchestra in 1963 by William Schuman. This version became popular during the bicentennial celebrations,...

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Juilliard String Quartet

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string quartet founded in 1946 at the Juilliard School in New York by William Schuman. Since its inception, it has been the quartet-in-residence at the Juilliard...

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