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Cantique de Jean Racine (Chant by Jean Racine), Op. 11, is a composition for mixed choir and piano or organ by Gabriel Fauré. The text, "Verbe égal au Très-Haut" ("Word, one with the Highest"), is a French paraphrase by Jean Racine of a Latin hymn from the breviary for matins , Consors paterni luminis .
Carlos Ray "Chuck" Norris (born March 10, 1940) is an American martial artist and actor. He is a black belt in Tang Soo Do, Brazilian jiu jitsu and judo. [1] After serving in the United States Air Force, Norris won many martial arts championships and later founded his own discipline, Chun Kuk Do.
Norris was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and raised in Chicago, where he was tutored in music composition and performance by Walter Dyett. [2] He moved to Los Angeles in the mid-1940s, played in nightclubs, and developed a reputation as a session musician in Hollywood. He released some recordings under his own name in the late 1940s and early ...
Chuck Norris can still beat you up. OK, we don’t necessarily know that for sure, but the legendary tough guy is still kicking butt. The former “Walker, Texas Ranger” star celebrated his 84th ...
Chuck Norris is an American actor and martial artist. He has appeared in a number of action films, such as The Way of the Dragon, in which he starred alongside Bruce Lee, and was The Cannon Group's leading star in the 1980s. [1] [2] He played the starring role in the television series Walker, Texas Ranger.
Jean-Baptiste Racine (/ r æ ˈ s iː n / rass-EEN, US also / r ə ˈ s iː n / rə-SEEN; French: [ʒɑ̃ batist ʁasin]; 22 December 1639 – 21 April 1699) was a French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France, along with Molière and Corneille as well as an important literary figure in the Western tradition and world literature.
Esther is a play in three acts written in 1689 by the French dramatist, Jean Racine. It was premièred on January 26, 1689, performed by the pupils of the Maison royale de Saint-Louis, an educational institute for young girls of noble birth. The subject is taken from the biblical Book of Esther.
TV game show legend Chuck Woolery, who died this weekend at 83, had a longtime love connection with Nashville. Before he rose to fame as the original host of "Wheel of Fortune" and the long ...