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  2. List of Renaissance composers - Wikipedia

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    The second major period of Western classical music, the lives of Renaissance composers are much better known than earlier composers, with even letters surviving between composers. Renaissance music saw the introduction of written instrumental music, although vocal works still reigned in popularity.

  3. Late Middle Ages - Wikipedia

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    The late Middle Ages or late medieval period was the period of European history lasting from 1300 to 1500 CE. The late Middle Ages followed the High Middle Ages and preceded the onset of the early modern period (and in much of Europe, the Renaissance ).

  4. Johannes Brahms - Wikipedia

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    In 1830, Johann Jakob was appointed as a horn player in the Hamburg militia. [4] He married Johanna Henrika Christiane Nissen the same year. [5] A middle-class seamstress 17 years his senior, she enjoyed writing letters and reading despite an apparently limited education. [6] Johannes Brahms was born in 1833.

  5. Ptolemaic Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    A History of the Jews and Judaism in the Second Temple Period. Volume 2 – The Coming of the Greeks: The Early Hellenistic Period (335 – 175 BC). T&T Clark. ISBN 978-0-567-03396-3. Grainger, John D. (2010). The Syrian Wars. Brill. pp. 281– 328. ISBN 9789004180505. Hölbl, Günther (2000). A History of the Ptolemaic Empire. Translated by ...

  6. List of prominent operas - Wikipedia

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    In a letter to his brother and librettist the composer said that "the opera is a masterpiece". [145] 1891 L'amico Fritz (Mascagni). This work has been thought of as a late example of opera semiseria. [146] 1892 Iolanta (Tchaikovsky). Tchaikovsky's last lyrical opera set to a libretto by his brother Modest. [147] 1892 La Wally (Alfredo Catalani ...

  7. Peter Paul Rubens - Wikipedia

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    Sir Peter Paul Rubens (/ ˈ r uː b ən z / ROO-bənz; [1] Dutch: [ˈpeːtər pʌul ˈrybəns]; 28 June 1577 – 30 May 1640) was a Flemish artist and diplomat. [2] He is considered the most influential artist of the Flemish Baroque tradition.

  8. Crossword - Wikipedia

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    [86] [87] Since the grid will typically have 180-degree rotational symmetry, the answers will need to be also: thus a typical 15×15 square American puzzle might have two 15-letter entries and two 13-letter entries that could be arranged appropriately in the grid (e.g., one 15-letter entry in the third row, and the other symmetrically in the ...

  9. List of Assyrian kings - Wikipedia

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    In this period, the ancient city flourished, with some old buildings being restored and some new ones, such as a new palace, being constructed. [122] The ancient temple dedicated to the god Ashur was also restored for the second time in the second century AD, and a cultic calendar effectively identical to that used under the Neo-Assyrian Empire ...