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American composer George Whitefield Chadwick wrote a concert overture titled Rip Van Winkle in 1879, when he was a student in Leipzig. American Doom metal band Witch performs a song titled "Rip Van Winkle" detailing the story in song form. American Doo-wop band The Devotions released their novelty single "Rip Van Winkle" in 1961 on Delta Records.
The Joseph Jefferson House, also known as the Rip Van Winkle House and Gardens, the Live Oak Gardens, and the Bob Acres Plantation, is a historic house built in 1870 on Jefferson Island in Iberia Parish, Louisiana. The Joseph Jefferson House was built in 1870 for Joseph Jefferson, an American stage and silent film actor.
Philip José Farmer (January 26, 1918 – February 25, 2009) was an American author known for his science fiction and fantasy novels and short stories. [2]Farmer is best known for two sequences of novels, the World of Tiers (1965–93) and Riverworld (1971–83) series.
In Washington Irving's story "Rip Van Winkle," the titular character wanders off into the woods, gets drunk, and wakes up 20 years down the line. Hopefully, he hadn't invested with Thomas Farr ...
In 1860, Frederic Church made his initial acquisition of a 126-acre (50.99 ha) farm, which he developed into a ferme ornée, an ornamental farm.[6] Around Cosy Cottage, a profitable 15.5 acres (6.3 hectares) orchard and 4.3 acres (1.7 hectares) of vegetable and fruit gardens were created in addition to pastures and crop land, each with a ...
Stage actor Joseph Jefferson arrived in Palm Beach in 1905. Here, he rubbed elbows with Henry Flagler, strolled avenues and built a kindly reputation.
The Devotions are an American doo-wop group. [1] Their single of a novelty song called "Rip Van Winkle" was released in 1961 on Delta Records; the tune was re-released on Roulette Records in 1962 and again on Roulette in 1963. [2]
A photo of Pappy Van Winkle lighting a cigar graces the bottle's label. [3] [8] [9] [10] Sometime after the Stitzel-Weller distillery was sold in 1972, Julian Van Winkle Jr. reintroduced the Old Rip Van Winkle brand and initially used old whiskey stocks from the distillery for its bottlings. [1]