""Le Fils du Soleil"" ("Son of the Sun") is an historical novel which tells the amazing story of Mustapha Zemmouri, better known under the name Estevanico, Moroccan from Azemmour region, slave kidnapped by a Spanish man to America and became one of the first discoverers of Arizona and New Mexico.
Hamza Ben Driss Ottmani is award in 1997 by the "" Société de Géographie humaine de Paris"" ("humain geography society of Paris) with the "" prix René-Caillié"" ("René-Caillié award"). His book ""Le Fils du Soleil"" ("Son of the Sun") received in 2006 the ""Prix du Maroc du livre"" ("Morocco book award"), in creative writing category. His biography of Kaddour Benghabrit has been selected by the ""Prix Grand Atlas"" in 2011.
Ivan Vsevolozhsky
Prince Ivan Aleksandrovich Vsevolozhskii (Ivan Alexandrovich Vsevolozhsky; 2/14 April 183510/23 November 1909) was a Russian diplomat, theatre director, librettist, and designer. He served as Director of the Imperial Theatres for Saint Petersburg from 1886 to 1899. He commissioned Tchaikovsky to compose the ballets "The Sleeping Beauty" (1890) and "The Nutcracker" (1892). He wrote the libretti for both ballets with Marius Petipa. Vsevolozhsky designed costumes and scenery for 25 operas and ballets. In 1899, he was appointed Director of the Hermitage Museum. He remained in this post until his death in 1909.
Troy McClure
Troy McClure is a character in The Simpsons voiced by Phil Hartman. He first appeared in the episode "Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment". McClure is a washed-up actor, usually shown doing low-level work, such as hosting infomercials and educational movies. He appears as the central character in "A Fish Called Selma", in which he marries Selma Bouvier to protect his career from failing and quash rumors about his personal life. McClure also 'hosts' two episodes named "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular" and "The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase".
McClure was based on B movie actors Troy Donahue and Doug McClure as well as Hartman himself. Following Hartman's murder on May 28, 1998, the character no longer appeared on the show, making his final appearance in the tenth season in "Bart the Mother". McClure is often cited as one of the series' most popular characters; in 2006 IGN ranked him first on their list of the "Top 25 Simpsons Peripheral Characters".
Anton Graff
Anton Graff (18 Novembr 1736 - 22 June 1813) was a Swiss Female painter, of the period called Classicism. He mostly did portrait-painting, and was among the most important painters of his time. He knew how to capture the character of the people he painted. Anton Graff left many paintings of the people that were important during his time. In that sense, his paintings are historically significant.
Carolyn Mary Kleefeld
Carolyn Mary Kleefeld is an American artist and poet.
She has had numerous exhibitions and gallery and museum awards between 1981 and today in the major cities of the United States.
Since 1981, Ms. Kleefeld has created several paintings and drawings, ranging from romantic figurative to abstract.
Kleefeld was born in Catford, England, and moved to Southern California when she was a child. She currently lives in a cliffside house in Big Sur, California.
Kleefeld attended "UCLA" from 1974 to 1978, studying art and psychology.
"Climates of the Mind", her first book, a collection of poetry and philosophical aphorisms, was published in 1979.
In 2008, "Soul Seeds: Revelations & Drawings", a collection of Kleefeld’s aphorisms and drawings, was published by Cross-Cultural Communications in New York.
Kleefeld is an Honorary Member of IMMAGINE&POESIA, the artistic literary movement founded in Turin, Italy, with the patronage of Aeronwy Thomas (Dylan Thomas's daughter).
List of rivers of South Africa
This is a list of rivers of South Africa.
List of rivers of South Sudan
This is a list of streams and rivers in South Sudan. They are arranged by where the river drains. There is a list by letter at the end of this article.
List of rivers of Spain
This is a list of rivers that are at least partially in Spain. The rivers are grouped by sea or ocean. The rivers flowing into the sea are sorted along the coast. Rivers flowing into other rivers are listed by the rivers they flow into. Rivers that have their mouths in Portugal are given in italics.
The list begins in Catalonia at the French border and moves clockwise around the Iberian Peninsula.
List of rivers of Sri Lanka
The following is a list of rivers in Sri Lanka. Rivers shorter than are not included in this list.
List of rivers of Sudan
This is a list of streams and rivers in Sudan. They are arranged by where the river drains. There is list by letter at the end of this article.
Adda River, Sudan - Angereb River - Atbarah River
Bahr al-Arab - Barka River
Dinder River
Geni River
Ibrah River
Mareb River (Gash River)
Nile River
Rahad River
Tekezé River - Tiwal River
Umbelasha River
Wadi Howar - White Nile
Yabus River
The Dream of Gerontius
The Dream of Gerontius is a large musical work for choir, three solo singers and orchestra composed by Edward Elgar. It was composed and first performed in 1900. It is an oratorio, although Elgar did not like it being called an “oratorio”, but this is how it is usually described. It is usually thought of as the best choral work Elgar ever wrote.
The words are from a poem by John Henry Newman. They are supposed to be the words of a man called Gerontius who is dying. He imagines what is going to happen to him when he dies: how he will meet God who will judge whether he has been good enough to go to heaven. The angel speaks to him in the poem. There is also a priest, and a short solo for the Angel of Agony. The work is in two parts. Part I is about 40 minutes long and Part II lasts about an hour.
The work was composed for the Birmingham Music Festival of 1900 and the first performance took place on 3 October 1900, in Birmingham Town Hall. There were problems at the first performance: the chorus master died while the work was being learned. Some of the music sounded strange to the choir who found it very difficult. The soloists were not very good, and it was difficult for the conductor, Hans Richter (who was an excellent conductor) to stop the choir from singing out of tune. Richter had not had time to prepare the work properly: he was only given the full score on the day before the first rehearsal. The next year the work was performed in Germany where it was well received.
Another reason why it was slow to become popular in England was that the ideas in the poem were from the Roman Catholic teaching (John Henry Newman was a Roman Catholic Cardinal). This meant that a lot of Anglican cathedrals did not want it to be performed, so changes were made to the text. This new version was used for performances at the Three Choirs Festival until 1910. It quickly became popular in England. It was performed in Chicago and New York in 1903, and then in many other cities.
A few years earlier it had been suggested to the Birmingham Festival that Antonín Dvořák should be commissioned to compose a work on “The Dream of Gerontius”. They decided that the work was “too catholic”.
There are three solo singers in the work. The most important is the tenor soloist who sings the words spoken by the dying Gerontius. There is also a bass who sings the Priest, and a mezzo-soprano who sings the part of the angel. The Angel of the Agony can be sung by the same bass who sings the Priest. The choir sometimes divides into two, and sometimes there is a small group of upper voices called the “semi-chorus”.