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Arnold Schoenberg or Schönberg [a] (13 September 1874 – 13 July 1951) was an Austrian and American composer, music theorist, teacher and writer. He was among the first modernists who transformed the practice of harmony in 20th-century classical music, and a central element of his music was its use of motives as a means of coherence.
Goldberg was born on July 4, 1883, in San Francisco, California, to Jewish parents Max and Hannah (née Cohn) Goldberg. [5] [6] He was the third of seven children, three of whom died as children; older brother Garrett, younger brother Walter, and younger sister Lillian also survived. [7]
Holt's sister encouraged him to become an elementary school teacher, and in 1953 he began teaching at the newly-formed Colorado Rocky Mountain School, a private school in Carbondale, Colorado. [2] In 1957 and 1958 he taught at the Shady Hill School , a private elementary and middle school in Cambridge, Massachusetts .
Sherwood Anderson (September 13, 1876 – March 8, 1941) was an American novelist and short story writer, known for subjective and self-revealing works. Self-educated, he rose to become a successful copywriter and business owner in Cleveland and Elyria, Ohio. In 1912, Anderson had a nervous breakdown that led him to abandon his business and ...
Bret Harte (/ h ɑːr t / HART, born Francis Brett Hart, August 25, 1836 – May 5, 1902) was an American short story writer and poet best remembered for short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a career spanning more than four decades, he also wrote poetry, plays, lectures, book ...
Middle School: How I Survived Bullies, Broccoli, and Snake Hill (2013, with co-author Chris Tebbetts), this book follows Rafe's experiences at a camp known as Camp Wannamorra. Middle School: Ultimate Showdown (22 May 2014, with co-author Julia Bergen), this book is an interactive activity book featuring stories and activities with Rafe and Georgia.
Stevenson School in Pebble Beach, California, was established in 1952 and still exists as a college preparatory boarding school. Robert Louis Stevenson State Park near Calistoga, California , contains the location where he and Fanny spent their honeymoon in 1880.
Dawson was born in Marshall, Texas, on January 19, 1898 as the first of five children, a farmer's son, and grandson and great-grandson of African-American slaves.One of his earliest childhood memories, he later said, was watching a 17-year-old black boy being lynched after being "accused of impregnating a white girl."