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André Léon Marie Nicolas Rieu (Dutch: [ˈɑndreː riˈjøː], French: [ɑ̃dʁe ʁjø]; born 1 October 1949) is a Dutch violinist and conductor best known for creating the waltz-playing Johann Strauss Orchestra.
The group has served as the vehicle for Rieu's increasingly ambitious ideas since its founding. [3] In 1987 André renamed the MSO as the Johann Strauss Orchestra to emphasise waltz music. [2] On the occasion of Rieu's first concert with the orchestra, on January 1, 1988, there were 12 musicians.
Explorer Joseph Tyrrell estimated the "Caribou Eskimo" numbered nearly 2,000 when he led the Geological Survey of Canada's Barren Lands expeditions of 1893 and 1894. Eugene Arima classifies the Hauniqtuurmiut, Ha'vaqtuurmiut, Paallirmiut, and Qairnirmiut as Kivallirmiut "southern, latter" bands: through the end of the 19th century, they were ...
Amazing Grace is an American drama television series created by Deborah Jones. The series stars Patty Duke, Joe Spano, Lorraine Toussaint, Robin Gammell, Marguerite Moreau, Justin Garms, Gavin Harrison and Dan Lauria. The series aired on NBC from April 1, 1995, to September 16, 1995.
Minik Wallace (also called Minik or Mene) (c. 1890 – October 29, 1918) was an Inughuaq brought as a child in 1897 from Greenland to New York City with his father and others by the explorer Robert Peary.
Grace (Moms Mabley) is a widow who influences the local mayoral election in Baltimore, Maryland after discovering that her somewhat slow-witted neighbor, Welton J. Waters , is being used to run for mayor by shady politicians and the incumbent mayor to further his own self-serving reelection efforts.
Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Performances is a two-disc compilation of studio master recordings by Elvis Presley, released in 1994 on RCA Records and certified double platinum by the RIAA on July 15, 1999. The release also includes a booklet with session details and an essay by Charles Wolfe.
It also appeared in the films The Devil's Own (1997), [2] State of Grace (1990), [2] Q & A (1990), Bullets over Broadway (1994), and Madonna's 1993 "Bad Girl" video. [11] The bar also appeared in the television shows, Sex and the City , Mad About You , The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and in the opening montage [ 2 ] of Late Night with David Letterman ...