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Leeuwarden
Royal Academy of Fine Arts
Jan Bronner
Maria van Everdingen
Suze Berkhout Boschma
Vinkeveen
Koudum
Leeuwarden
Oenkerk
Makkum
Ravenswoud
Bust
Amsterdam
Leeuwarden

categories: 2002 deaths,People from Leeuwarden,1915 births

paragraph: Nina Baanders-Kessler

paragraph: Nina Baanders-Kessler (Leeuwarden, 28 February 1915 – 20 June 2002) was a Dutch sculptor and medalist.

paragraph: Section::::Life and work.

paragraph: Nina Baanders-Kessler was born to Jacob Kessler, butcher in Leeuwarden, and Elizabeth Anna Axe. She was named after her grandmother Kessler-Antje van der Berg, however, she called herself Nina.

paragraph: In 1934, Nina Kessler admitted to the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, where she studied sculpture in the daytime with Jan Bronner. After her studies she made a trip to Paris and Vienna and settled back in Leeuwarden, where she had her own studio in the Eebuurt neighbourhood. She was the first Frisian sculptor, only twenty years later settled among others Maria van Everdingen and Suze Berkhout Boschma in Friesland. She married in 1942 with Ambrose Baanders, and first lived in Leeuwarden, and later in Vinkeveen.

paragraph: Section::::Works (selection).

paragraph: BULLET::::- Before 1941. Weapon stone for City Hall in Koudum

paragraph: BULLET::::- Before 1941. Weapon stone for Wirdumerpoortsbrug, Leeuwarden

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1947. Plaque of Theo van Welderen Rengers, Oenkerk

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1952. Resistance Memorial (female figure), Makkum

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1955. Tableau for master A.J. Lok, Ravenswoud

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1964. Bust of Johan Bendien, Amsterdam

paragraph: BULLET::::- Later. Weapon stone Beursbrug, Leeuwarden

description: Dutch artist

wikidata_label: Nina Baanders-Kessler

wikipedia_title: Nina Baanders-Kessler


text: ring name

text: Mexican

text: professional wrestler

text: Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre

text: CMLL World Heavyweight Champion

text: booking

text: Gory Guerrero

text: warrior

text: surname

text: Lucha de Apuestas

text: Atlantis

text: CMLL World Tag Team Championship

text: CMLL World Trios Championship

text: stable

text: Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

text: Team Mexico

text: 2008 World X Cup

text: Dragón Rojo, Jr.

text: Torneo Gran Alternativa

text: CMLL Universal Championship

text: gimmick

text: promotions

text: Durango

text: Promo Azteca

text: Super Punk

text: teaming

text: hooligan

text: Luchas de Apuestas

text: Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre

text: Mr. Águila

text: CMLL 65th Anniversary Show

text: World Wrestling Federation

text: Blue Panther

text: Gran Alternativa

text: Great Sasuke

text: NWA World Middleweight Championship

text: Arena México

text: El Satánico

text: Los Infernales

text: Rey Bucanero

text: CMLL World Tag Team Championship

text: Villano IV

text: Mr. Niebla

text: Tarzan Boy

text: Averno

text: Mephisto

text: Máscara Mágica

text: CMLL 68th Anniversary Show

text: steel cage match

text: Los Guerreros del Infierno

text: Negro Casas

text: El Hijo del Santo

text: Damián 666

text: Halloween

text: La Familia de Tijuana

text: Vampiro Canadiense

text: L.A. Park

text: Black Warrior

text: Atlantis

text: Blue Panther

text: Olímpico

text: Arena México

text: Hiroshi Tanahashi

text: Shinsuke Nakamura

text: IWGP World Tag Team Championship

text: Místico

text: Dr. Wagner, Jr.

text: International Grand Prix

text: Euforia

text: La Sombra

text: Negro Casas

text: Sangre Azteca

text: Alex Koslov

text: Volador Jr.

text: Dragón Rojo Jr.

text: Villano V

text: Black Warrior

text: Dos Caras Jr.

text: CMLL World Heavyweight Championship

text: Homenaje a Dos Leyendas

text: pareja incredibles

text: Olímpico

text: El Oriental

text: Histeria

text: El Alebrije

text: Luchas de Apuestas

text: CMLL 77th Anniversary Show

text: Los Invasores

text: Héctor Garza

text: Escorpión

text: booking

text: Niebla Roja

text: August 3 Super Viernes

text: Diamante Azul

text: Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increibles

text: Valiente

text: Pólvora

text: Homenaje a Dos Leyendas

text: CMLL 80th Anniversary Show

text: Taurus

text: Fantastica Mania

text: New Japan Pro Wrestling

text: Máscara Dorada

text: Místico

text: CMLL World Trios Championship

text: 2014 Universal Championship

text: CMLL 81st Anniversary Show

text: Fantastica Mania 2015

text: Sin Salida

text: Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

text: 2008 TNA World X Cup Tournament

text: Team Mexico

text: Team Japan

text: Masato Yoshino

text: Naruki Doi

text: Kaz

text: Victory Road

text: Hooligan

text: Ephesto

text: Gran Guerrero

text: Brazo de Platino

text: Alvarado family

text: Máximo Sexy

text: La Máscara

text: Psycho Clown

text: Robin

text: Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre

text: Copa Higher Power

text: Máscara Mágica

text: New Japan Pro-Wrestling

text: Pro Wrestling Illustrated

text: Toryumon Mexico

text: Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

text: World Wrestling Association

text: Wrestling Observer Newsletter

categories: Sportspeople from Durango,Mexican male professional wrestlers,1972 births,People from Gómez Palacio, Durango,Living people

paragraph: Último Guerrero

paragraph: José Gutiérrez Hernández (born March 1, 1972), better known under the ring name Último Guerrero (Spanish for "Last Warrior"), is a Mexican , or professional wrestler, currently working for "Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre" (CMLL), where he is the current CMLL World Heavyweight Champion in his second reign. He is also part of the booking committee. He is not related to the "lucha libre" legend Gory Guerrero or any of his children; "Guerrero" in this case is the Spanish word for warrior and not the surname of the character. On September 19, 2014, Último Guerrero lost a "Lucha de Apuestas" match to Atlantis, after which he was forced to unmask and reveal his birth name.

paragraph: He is a former holder of the NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship, the CMLL World Tag Team Championship and CMLL World Trios Championship on multiple occasions. Gutiérrez is a charter member of the stable of wrestlers known as "Los Guerreros de Infierno / Los Guerreros de la Atlantida" and has also made appearances for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) in the United States. In TNA where he was part of Team Mexico, which won the 2008 World X Cup. Último Guerrero and Dragón Rojo, Jr. are the longest reigning CMLL World Tag Team Champions in history. Guerrero is the only wrestler to win the "Torneo Gran Alternativa" tournament three times and the CMLL Universal Championship tournament twice.

paragraph: Section::::Professional wrestling career.:Early career (1990–1997).

paragraph: Gutiérrez was trained in "Gimnasio El Ranchero" by Tinito and Halcón Suriano and made his debut in 1990 as "Halcón Dorado" (Spanish for "Golden Hawk"). Shortly after his debut he changed name and "ring persona", or gimmick, and became known as "Flanagan". He worked for several years in local promotions in his native Durango area before getting his first break in "Promo Azteca". Guerrero and his training partner Super Punk changed their names in 1996 with Guerrero adopting the name "Último Guerrero" ("Last Warrior"( and Super Punk becoming "Último Rebelde" as they started teaming together using a British hooligan inspired gimmick. The team was scheduled to lose their masks in a "Luchas de Apuestas" mask vs. mask" match (a "Bet match" where the loser would unmask), but instead Último Guerrero decided to join "Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre" (CMLL; "World Wrestling Council") in late 1997 and thus saved his mask.

paragraph: Initially Guerrero worked lower card matches, in the first-to-third match on the show with some success. On September 11, 1998 he defeated Mr. Águila in his first ever "Lucha de Apuestas" match, forcing his opponent to unmask and reveal his real name as part of the CMLL 65th Anniversary Show. Mr. Águila already worked for the World Wrestling Federation without his mask, so it was not seen as a surprise that he lost to Guerrero. In 1999 Último Guerrero teamed up with veteran Blue Panther to win the "Gran Alternativa" ("Grea Alternative") tournament, a tournament where a young wrestler teams with a veteran. Winning the "Gran Alternativa" tournament is often a sign that the promotion has plans to move a wrestler up the rankings. Shortly after winning the tournament, Guerrero won a match that made him the number one contender for Great Sasuke's NWA World Middleweight Championship. Último Guerrero did not win the match but the fact that he worked a featured match in CMLL's main arena, Arena México, showed that the company had plans for him.

paragraph: Section::::Professional wrestling career.:Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (1997–present).:"Los Infernales" (1999–2001).

paragraph: In 1999 El Satánico reformed the group "Los Infernales", recruiting Último Guerrero and Rey Bucanero for the group. Working with the veteran El Satánico allowed both Último Guerrero and Rey Bucanero to rise up the ranks as well as develop into a regular tag team in CMLL. In the summer of 2000 Bucanero and Guerrero were one of sixteen teams entered into a tournament for the vacant CMLL World Tag Team Championship. In the end they defeated Villano IV and Mr. Niebla to win the championship. Throughout the summer of 2000 El Satánico had been working a storyline against Tarzan Boy, which was used to turn both Bucanero and Último Guerrero against El Satánico. Bucanero, Guerrero and Tarzan Boy claimed that they deserved the name "Los Infernales" and that El Satánico was holding them back. For the storyline El Satánico recruited two other wrestlers to even the numbers, which on TV was presented as if he used his "Satanic powers" to turn wrestler Rencor Latino into Averno (Spanish for "Hell") and transformed the Astro Rey Jr. into a character known as Mephisto. When Tarzan Boy was injured and unable to wrestle Bucanero and Guerrero recruited Máscara Mágica to even the numbers. The storyline between the two factions reaches its high point at the CMLL 68th Anniversary Show where all seven wrestlers faced off in a steel cage match. The stipulation of the match was that the winning side would gain the rights to use the name "Los Infernales" while the loser on the opposite side would be forced to unmask or have their hair shaved off. In the end El Satánico pinned Máscara Mágica, forcing him to unmask. After losing the match Guerrero, Bucanero and Tarzan Boy became known collectively as "Los Guerreros del Infierno" ("The Infernal Soldiers").

paragraph: Section::::Professional wrestling career.:Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (1997–present).:"Los Guerreros del Infierno" (2001–2005).

paragraph: After the feud with El Satánico ended Bucanero and Guerrero moved on to a storyline feud with Negro Casas and El Hijo del Santo over the CMLL World Tag Team Championship. After a match with an inconclusive finish in October, Los Guerreros lost to Santo and Casas on November 2, 2011. In 2002, Guerrero and Bucanero regained their tag team title from Santo and Casas. defeating them on May 31 to become three-time champions. The team successfully defended their title against Damián 666 and Halloween of "La Familia de Tijuana" in July. "Los Guerreros del Infierno" then began feuding with Vampiro Canadiense and Shocker. Los Guerreros successfully defended their tag team championship against the duo but Bucanero lost his hair to Vampiro in a "Luchas de Apuestas" match in December. In December 2002, Último Guerrero defeated Shocker for the CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship, his first singles title in CMLL. The storyline continued into 2003 with Shocker defeating Guerrero in a singles match to earn a title shot but losing against Guerrero when the title was on the line a week later. When L.A. Park signed with CMLL in December 2003, he aligned himself with Shocker and they immediately began to feud with Guerrero and Bucanero. "Los Guerreros" regained the tag team championship in early 2004, but Bucanero suffered a knee injury and was temporarily replaced by Black Warrior. "Los Guerreros" lost the tag team title to Atlantis and Blue Panther on June 25. Bucanero and new "Los Guerreros" member Olímpico challenged Atlantis and Panther for the tag team championship on the first Arena México show of 2005 but they lost when Olímpico injured his neck while attempting a dive. Bucanero and Olímpico teamed up to unsuccessfully challenge the visiting Hiroshi Tanahashi and Shinsuke Nakamura for the IWGP World Tag Team Championship. In 2005, Último Guerrero began an angle with Místico during the early part of the year, losing a singles match to him on February 25. 2005 leading to a tag program with Guerrero and Bucanero against Místico and Dr. Wagner, Jr..

paragraph: Section::::Professional wrestling career.:Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (1997–present).:"Los Guerreros de la Atlantida" (2005–2011).

paragraph: Near the end of 2005 Guerrero helped Atlantis during a match, thus turning Atlantis "rudo" for the first time in his career. When he joined "Los Guerreros" the group changed their name to "Los Guerreros de la Atlantida" (the Warriors of the Atlantis). In May 2006, Guerrero won CMLL's annual "International Grand Prix" tournament that featured wrestler for Mexico, Japan and the United States. later on "Los Guerreros" ejected Rey Bucanero from the group, with Guerrero and Tarzan Boy tearing up Bucanero's tights, signifying he was no longer a member of the group. On July 14, 2006 Rey Bucanero defeated Guerrero for CMLL World Light Heavyweight Championship, ending the reign after 3 and a half years.

paragraph: On June 29, 2007, CMLL's annual "Gran Alternativa" tournament took place at Arena Mexico. Guerrero teamed up with Euforia, but the team was defeated by Místico and his partner La Sombra. After the loss Guerrero publicly asked Dr. Wagner, Jr. to join him for a challenge to Místico and Negro Casas for the CMLL Tag Team Championship. The match was held on July 13, 2007 at Arena Mexico and saw Guerrero and Wagner win the championship. A week later Guerrero and Wagner lost the titles back to Místico and Casas, making the team the shortest reigning CMLL World Tag Team Champions ever. The loss caused the two fighting in mutual accusations of betrayal, which in turn led to a feud between the two wrestlers. On July 27, at Arena Mexico, Dr. Wagner, Jr. and Místico held a "mano a mano" match which was decided by a treacherous intervention by Guerrero, who climbed into the ring, attacked Wagner from behind and caused him to lose the match, then the aftermath, Guerrero ripped off Wagner's mask. On August 3, 2007, Guerrero teamed up with Atlantis and Sangre Azteca against Dr. Wagner Jr., Alex Koslov and Volador Jr. at Arena México after the match Guerrero took the microphone and challenged Wagner for a mask versus mask match but no match ever came of it as Dr. Wagner, Jr. left CMLL shortly after. In 2008 Último Guerrero teamed with newcomer Dragón Rojo Jr. to win the 2008 "Gran Alternativa" tournament.

paragraph: After Blue Panther lost his mask to Villano V, Guerrero began siding with Panther as they were both "Laguneros" (from the "lagoon" area of Mexico) seeking revenge for the unmasking. Guerrero, Panther, Black Warrior and other wrestlers from "the lagoon" formed a group called "La Ola Lagunero" (Spanish for "the Lagoon Wave") and feuded with "Los Villanos". On December 22, 2008 Guerrero defeated Dos Caras Jr. to win the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship. On March 20, 2009 Último Guerrero faced Villano V in a mask vs mask match at the "Homenaje a Dos Leyendas" show. Guerrero won two falls to one and thus forced Villano V to unmask and reveal his real name as per Lucha Libre tradition. On April 2, 2009 Guerrero successfully defended his CMLL World title against Rey Mendoza, Jr. (the unmasked Villano V) on an independent wrestling promotion show in Gómez Palacio, Durango, marking the first time the CMLL championship was defended on a non-CMLL show. On July 12, 2010, at the Promociones Gutiérrez 1st Anniversary Show Último Guerrero participated in a match where 10 men put their mask on the line in a match that featured five "pareja incredibles" teams, with the losing team being forced to wrestle each other with their mask on the line. His partner in the match was Averno, facing off against the teams of Atlantis and Olímpico, Místico and El Oriental, Histeria and La Sombra, Volador, Jr. and El Alebrije. Averno and Último Guerrero was the third team to escape the match. In the end Místico defeated El Oriental to unmask him. Último Guerrero was one of 14 men who put their mask on the line in a "Luchas de Apuestas" steel cage match, in the main event of the CMLL 77th Anniversary Show. Último Guerrero was the eighth man to leave the steel cage, keeping his mask safe. The match came down to La Sombra pinning Olímpico to unmask him. On November 2, 2010, Guerrero and Dragón Rojo, Jr. defeated "Los Invasores" (Mr. Águila and Héctor Garza) to win the CMLL World Tag Team Championship. After the title win, Rojo, Jr. was made an official member of "Los Guerreros de la Atlantida". On April 8, 2011, Último Guerrero won his third "Gran Alternativa" tournament, this time teaming with Escorpión, becoming the first person to have won the tournament three times. In May, Guerrero became a member of the CMLL booking committee. On August 12, Guerrero lost the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship to Héctor Garza, ending his reign at 963 days, the third longest in the championship's history.

paragraph: Section::::Professional wrestling career.:Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (1997–present).:"Los Guerreros Laguneros" (2011–present).

paragraph: Guerrero and Atlantis faced each other in a big grudge match on September 23, which saw Atlantis pick up the win. In July 2012, Guerrero officially fired Rey Escorpión from "Los Guerreros del Infierno", and named Euforia and Niebla Roja as his replacements. On the August 3 Super Viernes show, Guerrero and Rojo, Jr. lost the CMLL World Tag Team Championship to Atlantis and Diamante Azul, ending their reign at 640 days, the longest reign in the title's history.

paragraph: In early 2013 the long-running feud between Atlantis and Último Guerrero came to the forefront of CMLL booking once more. The two were booked for the 2013 "Torneo Nacional de Parejas Increibles" tournament, forcing the two rivals to team up. Before their qualifying round both Atlantis and Gurrero stated that they would put their differences aside for the sake of the tournament. Atlantis and Guerrero displayed the teamwork they had developed by being partners in "Los Guerreros de la Atlantida" for several years as they defeated the teams of Valiente and Pólvora, Diamante Azul and Euforia and finally Dragón Rojo, Jr. and Niebla Roja to qualify for the finals of the tournament. The finals took place as part of the 2013 "Homenaje a Dos Leyendas" show and saw La Sombra and Volador, Jr. win the match and the tournament. Following the loss a frustrated Atlantis attacked Último Guerrero and tore his mask apart. Atlantis subsequently made a "Luchas de Apuestas" challenge to Último Guerrero that was not immediately accepted. The two rivals officially signed the contract for the mask vs. mask match on March 21, but did not announce an actual date for the match. The act of signing a "Luchas de Apuestas" match between two of the top-ranked CMLL workers without announcing a specific date has let people to speculate that it would take place at the CMLL 80th Anniversary Show in September, 2013. During the celebration of Atlantis' 30th anniversary as a wrestler Guerrero appeared after a match to berate Atlantis, which turned out to only be a distraction for the real Último Guerrero to attack Atlantis from behind. The two identically dressed Guerreros proceeded to beat up Atlantis and tear his mask apart. Following the match Último Guerrero introduced his brother "Gran Guerrero". It was not verified if Gran Guerrrero actually is the brother of Último Guerrero, someone not related to Guerrero, or as speculated by many his son who wrestled for CMLL as Taurus. The much anticipated and hyped Mask vs. Mask match between Guerrero and Atlantis at the 80th Anniversary Show on September 13 never came to fruition as the two were defeated in a "Relevos Suicidas" match by La Sombra and Volador Jr., who instead advanced to the "Lucha de Apuestas" against each other.

paragraph: From January 14 to 19, 2014, Guerrero worked his first "Fantastica Mania" tour, co-produced by CMLL and New Japan Pro Wrestling in Japan. On March 28, 2014, Guerrero, Euforia and Niebla Roja defeated "Los Estetas del Aire" (Máscara Dorada, Místico and Valiente) for the CMLL World Trios Championship. On August 29, Guerrero defeated La Sombra in the finals to win the 2014 Universal Championship, becoming the first two-time winner of the tournament. On September 19, Guerrero lost to Atlantis in the main event of the CMLL 81st Anniversary Show and thus was forced to unmask for the first time in his career and reveal his birth name; José Gutiérrez Hernández. In January 2015, Guerrero returned to Japan to take part in the "Fantastica Mania 2015" tour, during which he defeated Atlantis in a rematch. On February 13, "Los Guerreros Laguneros" lost the CMLL World Trios Championship to Sky Team (Místico, Valiente and Volador Jr.). On July 17, Guerrero defeated Rey Escorpión in a "Lucha de Apuestas" in the main event of "Sin Salida" forcing Escorpión to have all his hair shaved off after the match as per the stipulation. On August 31, Guerrero defeated La Sombra to win the NWA World Historic Middleweight Championship.

paragraph: On October 16, 2018, Guerrero defeated Diamante Azul to win the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship for a second time.

paragraph: Section::::Professional wrestling career.:Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2008).

paragraph: In 2008 Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) invited Último Guerrero and Rey Bucanero, along with Averno and Volador Jr. to compete in the 2008 TNA World X Cup Tournament, making them that year's "Team Mexico" entrants, with Guerrero serving as the team captain. Último Guerrero and Rey Bucanero defeated Team Japan representatives "Speed Muscle" (Masato Yoshino and Naruki Doi) in the first round of the tournament. In the second round Guerrero lost to Team TNA's Kaz. Team Mexico was eliminated in a 12-man elimination match at Victory Road. Later during the same show Volador Jr. won an Ultimate X match, earning enough points for Team Mexico to win the entire tournament, becoming the 2008 World X Cup holders. Volador Jr. would work more matches for TNA, but Último Guerrero, Rey Bucanero and Averno did not.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Many sources mistakenly list Hooligan and Ephesto as brothers of José Gutiérrez but they are not blood relatives. Gutiérrez, Ephesto, and Hooligan trained together and became close friends leading to often referring to each other as "brother" without having any blood relationship. Hooligan and Ephesto are brothers which is why Ephesto is sometimes mistaken for Gutiérrez's brother as well. In 2008 Último Guerrero introduced "Último Guerrero, Jr." to the wrestling world. While it is not uncommon for fake relatives to be promoted in Lucha Libre it is believed that Último Guerrero, Jr. is indeed the son of Último Guerrero. Later on Guerrero, Jr. would be reintroduced as Gran Guerrero, with the storyline explanation being that Gran Guerrero was the much younger brother of Último Guerrero.

paragraph: On May 19, 2017 footage emerged of Daniel Alvarado (Brazo de Platino) and other members of the Alvarado family, notably his nephews José (Máximo Sexy), Felipe Alvarado (La Máscara), Psycho Clown and Robin, destroying an expensive car belonging to Gutiérrez. The vandalism was reportedly motivated by the fact that Gutiérrez had spoken out against Felipe Alvarado as a possible the head of the wrestlers' union after the death of Alvarado's father. The head of the CMLL wrestlers' union had been in the Avarado family for over a decade and the Alvarado family believed it should go to someone in their family. The following day CMLL reportedly fired both Felipe and José Alvarado.

paragraph: Section::::Championships and accomplishments.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre

paragraph: BULLET::::- Federacion Mundial de Lucha Libre

paragraph: BULLET::::- International Wrestling Revolution Group

paragraph: BULLET::::- Copa Higher Power (1999) – with Astro Rey Jr., Máscara Mágica, Rey Bucanero and El Satánico

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lucha Libre Azteca

paragraph: BULLET::::- New Japan Pro-Wrestling

paragraph: BULLET::::- CMLL's Brother Tag Team Tournament (2018) – with Gran Guerrero

paragraph: BULLET::::- Pro Wrestling Illustrated

paragraph: BULLET::::- Toryumon Mexico

paragraph: BULLET::::- Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

paragraph: BULLET::::- Universal Wrestling Entertainment

paragraph: BULLET::::- World Wrestling Association

paragraph: BULLET::::- Wrestling Observer Newsletter

alias:
José Gutiérrez Hernández
Ultimo Guerrero
Jose Gutierrez Hernandez

description: Mexican professional wrestler

wikidata_label: Último Guerrero

wikipedia_title: Último Guerrero


text:
electronic musician
Björk
Vespertine
Bomb the Bass
Coldcut
Reconstruction
April Records
City Centre Offices
Goodiepal
Raster-Noton
Morr Music
Reconstruction
Christoffer Boe
Christoffer Boe
Enemies of Happiness
Eva Mulvad
Eva Mulvad

wikipedia_title:
Electronic music
Björk
Vespertine
Bomb the Bass
Coldcut
Reconstruction (2003 film)
April Records
City Centre Offices
Goodiepal
Raster-Noton
Morr Music
Reconstruction (2003 film)
Christoffer Boe
Christoffer Boe
Enemies of Happiness
Eva Mulvad
Eva Mulvad

categories: Danish electronic musicians,Living people,1973 births

paragraph: Thomas Knak

paragraph: Thomas Knak is a Danish electronic musician who has also produced work under the name Opiate. He worked with Björk on her Vespertine album and has produced remixes for Bomb the Bass and Coldcut. He also produced original music for the 2003 Danish film "Reconstruction".

paragraph: Section::::Discography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Objects for an Ideal Home" (1999, April Records/Hobby Industries)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Dub Tractor/Thomas Knak" Split EP (2001, City Centre Offices)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Dub Tractor/Thomas Knak" Split EP (2001, Goodiepal)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Opto Files" (2001, Raster-Noton)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "While You Were Sleeping" (2002, April Records)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Sometimes" (2003, Morr Music)

paragraph: Section::::Composer.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Reconstruction (2003) - drama movie by Christoffer Boe

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Allegro (2005) - drama movie by Christoffer Boe

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Enemies of Happiness (2006) - documentary by Eva Mulvad

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Woman Among Warlords (2008) - documentary by Eva Mulvad

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Opiate at Discogs

description: Danish composer

wikidata_label: Thomas Knak

wikipedia_title: Thomas Knak


text:
Herisau
Swiss
Lista Racing
Formula Vee
Formula Two
sports car racing
Lola
Can-Am
Interserie
Ferrari 333 SP
European Sportscar Championship
IMSA GT Championship
Didier Theys
24 Hours of Zolder
American Le Mans Series
Rolex Sports Car Series
Judd
Dallara SP1
24 Hours of Daytona
Mauro Baldi
Max Papis
Le Mans Series
Niederteufen
Fredy Lienhard, Jr.
Formula Lista Junior
Formula Renault 2.0 Switzerland
Horag Racing Fredy Lienhard bio

categories: European Le Mans Series drivers,European Formula Two Championship drivers,American Le Mans Series drivers,1947 births,Living people,Rolex Sports Car Series drivers,24 Hours of Daytona drivers,Swiss racing drivers

paragraph: Fredy Lienhard

paragraph: Fredy Lienhard, Sr. (born 14 September 1947 in Herisau) is a Swiss racing driver.

paragraph: In 1968 Lienhard founded Lista Racing and throughout the 1970s and 1980s he competed in Formula Vee and Formula Two. In 1993 and 1994 he moved to sports car racing competing in a Lola Can-Am car in Interserie division 2. In 1995 he acquired a Ferrari 333 SP and began racing in the European Sportscar Championship and IMSA GT Championship with teammate Didier Theys, winning the 24 Hours of Zolder in 1997. He moved to the American Le Mans Series in 1999. In 2002 he moved to the Rolex Sports Car Series SRP class with a new Judd powered Dallara SP1 and won the 2002 24 Hours of Daytona with teammates Theys, Mauro Baldi and Max Papis. In 2003 he competed in only two races due to a busy business schedule but began racing more regularly again in 2006 and 2007 competing in select ALMS and Le Mans Series races and continued to do so in 2008.

paragraph: Lienhard resides in Niederteufen and is the owner of Lista Office LO and Alid Finanz AG, a manufacturer of office furniture. His son Fredy Lienhard, Jr. is also a racing driver. He sponsors the Formula Lista Junior and Formula Renault 2.0 Switzerland single-seater series.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Horag Racing Fredy Lienhard bio

description: Swiss racing driver

wikidata_label: Fredy Lienhard

wikipedia_title: Fredy Lienhard


text: Mahavishnu Orchestra

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text: Miami Vice Theme

text: Crockett's Theme

text: Miami Vice

text: John McLaughlin

text: Jeff Beck

text: Al Di Meola

text: Mick Jagger

text: Carlos Santana

text: Stanley Clarke

text: Tommy Bolin

text: Neal Schon

text: Steve Lukather

text: Elvin Jones

text: Chancer

text: Grammy Award

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text: upstate New York

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text: The Tube

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text: Here to Stay

text: Ronnie Lane

text: Jimmy Page

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text: I Come in Peace

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text: Amnesty International

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text: Jan Hammer Interview

categories: Mahavishnu Orchestra members,1948 births,Berklee College of Music alumni,American film score composers,Male pianists,Czech pianists,Grammy Award winners,Czechoslovak emigrants to the United States,American people of Czech descent,21st-century pianists,Czech keyboardists,Czech musicians,Living people,Musicians from Prague,21st-century American keyboardists,Male film score composers,American keyboardists,American television composers,Czech film score composers

paragraph: Jan Hammer

paragraph: Jan Hammer () (born 17 April 1948) is a Czech-American musician, composer and record producer. He first gained his most visible audience while playing keyboards with the Mahavishnu Orchestra in the early 1970s, as well as his film scores for television and film including "Miami Vice Theme" and "Crockett's Theme", from the 1980s television program, "Miami Vice". He has continued to work as both a musical performer and producer, expanding to producing film later in his career.

paragraph: Hammer has collaborated with some of the era's most influential jazz and rock musicians such as John McLaughlin, Jeff Beck, Al Di Meola, Mick Jagger, Carlos Santana, Stanley Clarke, Tommy Bolin, Neal Schon, Steve Lukather and Elvin Jones. He has composed and produced at least 14 original motion picture soundtracks, the music for 90 episodes of Miami Vice and 20 episodes of the television series "Chancer".

paragraph: His compositions have won him several Grammy Awards.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Early life.

paragraph: Jan Hammer was born in Prague, then capital of Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic). His mother was Vlasta Průchová, a well-known Czech singer, and his father was a doctor who worked his way through school playing vibraphone and bass guitar. Hammer began playing the piano at the age of four and his formal instruction started two years later. He aspired to follow his father into medicine until a family friend convinced him to develop his musical talents instead. Hammer formed a jazz trio in high school, performing and recording throughout Eastern Europe at the age of fourteen. Upon entrance to the Prague Academy of Musical Arts, he completed many compulsory classes including harmony, counterpoint, music history, and classical composition.

paragraph: When the Warsaw Pact invaded Czechoslovakia on 20 August 1968, Hammer's studies at the Academy were cut short.

paragraph: Hammer recorded a jazz trio live album at "The Domicile" in Munich on 30 August 1968. This was released as Maliny Maliny by the German label MPS Records. But Hammer moved to the United States and resolved to become a citizen after receiving a scholarship at Berklee College of Music in Boston.

paragraph: Upon completion of his studies, Hammer spent a year touring with Sarah Vaughan, recorded with Elvin Jones and Jeremy Steig, then moved to Lower Manhattan and joined the original lineup of the Mahavishnu Orchestra with guitarist John McLaughlin, violinist Jerry Goodman, bassist Rick Laird, and drummer Billy Cobham in 1971. A successful jazz fusion band, they performed some 530 shows before their farewell concert on 30 December 1973. Hammer was an early pioneer of playing the Minimoog Moog synthesizer in a live setting.

paragraph: After recording albums with Goodman and John Abercrombie (ECM session "Timeless" with Jack DeJohnette) in 1974, Hammer's solo career began with the release of "The First Seven Days" (1975). He produced and recorded the album at Red Gate Studio, which he'd built in his upstate New York farmhouse and which has been the location of his recordings ever since.

paragraph: The Jan Hammer Group was formed in 1976 and supported "The First Seven Days" on tour, receiving good reviews from both jazz and rock critics. The group turned out three LPs the following year: their own "Oh, Yeah?" and, with Jeff Beck, the RIAA platinum "Wired" (with Jan's "Blue Wind"), and "Jeff Beck with the Jan Hammer Group Live", a chronicle of their 100-show tour together, certified gold. One final album by the group followed in 1977, "Melodies".

paragraph: Hammer composed music for the Czech fairy-tale "The Incredibly Sad Princess".

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Late 1970s and early 1980s.

paragraph: In 1977, Hammer recorded "Elegant Gypsy" with Al Di Meola. "Casino", "Splendido Hotel" and Electric Rendezvous followed. He then joined Di Meola for a tour chronicled the same year on "Tour De Force - Live"; and finally appeared throughout "Scenario", utilizing a Fairlight CMI digital synthesizer and contributing to more than half of the album's compositions.

paragraph: Hammer returned to solo work with the release of "Black Sheep" in 1978. He then formed a new band, known as "Hammer". Also in 1978, he wrote and performed on three songs for Jeff Beck's next album, "There and Back" which was released in 1980. One of the album tracks, "Star Cycle," went on to become the theme for the British television series "The Tube".

paragraph: He formed Schon & Hammer, a duo with ex Santana and Journey guitarist Neal Schon, that recorded "Untold Passion" in 1981 and "Here to Stay" in 1982.

paragraph: Hammer took the stage with Jeff Beck in December 1983 for the nine U.S. benefit concerts that raised money for Ronnie Lane's A.R.M.S. (Action Research into Multiple Sclerosis), featuring Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, Joe Cocker and a host of others. Into 1984, his various talents were employed on recordings as diverse as James Young's (Styx) first solo album, "City Slicker" for which he co-wrote and produced; John Abercrombie's "Night"; Mick Jagger's first solo album, "She's the Boss"; and Jeff Beck's "Flash" which included Hammer's song "Escape", winner of the 1985 Grammy award for "Best Rock Instrumental Performance".

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:Miami Vice and successes.

paragraph: Hammer's original scores for three major motion pictures complement a long list of credits for documentaries, "made-for-TV" movies in the U.S., commercials, and station identifications. But his greatest challenge came in the fall of 1984, when the producers of "Miami Vice" enlisted him to commence the rigorous weekly schedule of scoring the series.

paragraph: The popular success of his music on the series was evident after just one season when, on 2 November 1985, the "Miami Vice Soundtrack" hit number one on the "Billboard" Top Pop album charts. The album achieved quadruple-platinum status with U.S. sales of more than four million copies.

paragraph: At the Grammy awards in February 1986, "Miami Vice Theme" earned Hammer two awards; one for "Best Pop Instrumental Performance" and one for "Best Instrumental Composition". He also earned Emmy award nominations in 1985 and 1986, for "Outstanding Achievement in Musical Composition". At the end of 1986, Hammer won Keyboard Magazine's poll as "Best Studio Synthesist" for a second consecutive year. He had previously won the "Best Lead Synthesist" honor for seven years, at which time he was inducted into the Keyboard Hall of Fame.

paragraph: In 1988, Hammer bowed out of full-time musical chores for "Miami Vice."

paragraph: The first project to spring from the new Red Gate was Hammer's original soundtrack for "Clinton and Nadine" for HBO Films.

paragraph: Hammer's next two assignments contributed greatly to his next album. First, at the end of the summer, he was commissioned to compose and perform a theme entitled "The Runner" for a major series of television advertisements in England that starred Bob Geldof. Second, Hammer composed and performed the theme music for the top-rated new bi-weekly pan-European television series, "Eurocops", which premiered in seven countries that November.

paragraph: "Snapshots" was the first full album from the new Red Gate studio in 1989, with Hammer composing, performing and producing every track. The promo video for "Too Much to Lose," the album's first European single, featured Jeff Beck, David Gilmour of Pink Floyd, and Ringo Starr.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:The 1990s.

paragraph: In the early 90s Jan toured with drummer Tony Williams. Notably, they featured as Jan Hammer / Tony Williams Group

paragraph: Thursday July 4, 1991, Spectrum de Montréal (Montreal Jazz Festival). The show was documented on both DVD and audio CD.

paragraph: The 1990s saw a renewed focus on scoring, starting with "I Come in Peace" (a.k.a. "Dark Angel", composed in 1989 but released in 1990), "Curiosity Kills" and all twenty episodes of the British television series, "Chancer", several episodes of HBO's "Tales from the Crypt"; a television spot for Amnesty International, featuring Czech president Václav Havel, two pilots for NBC, "Knight Rider 2000" and "News at 12", "The Taking of Beverly Hills" (Columbia Pictures) and New Line Cinema's "Sunset Heat". He also composed the original theme song for TV Nova, a television channel in his native Czech Republic.

paragraph: "Crockett's Theme" was re-released with Hammer's theme tune for "Chancer" in the UK in 1991 after the former featured in a series of commercials for NatWest.

paragraph: Hammer's next project was as composer and performer of the original score for the Miramar Productions video album, "Beyond the Mind's Eye".

paragraph: In late 1993 (and through 2000) Hammer was commissioned to compose all the original music for TV Nova, the first commercial television network in Eastern Europe, based in the Czech Republic, which had its launch on February 4th, 1994. He composed everything—including themes for 23 original shows produced by the network, 50 separate station ID's, the music for all of the network's special broadcasts, plus the music for all the news, sports and weather programs.

paragraph: 1994 saw Hammer recording "Drive", his first full-fledged album of original new non-soundtrack material under his name in several years. He was reunited with longtime partner Jeff Beck on "Underground", reminiscent of their collaborations of the past.

paragraph: In 1995, Hammer returned to his scoring and soundtrack work. He began with the one-hour Universal drama "Vanishing Son", then went on to compose the theme and score for 13 episodes of the series. He composed and performed the original music for two feature films, both released in 1996: "A Modern Affair" and "In the Kingdom of the Blind the Man with One Eye Is King". Hammer wrapped up the year scoring "Beastmaster III: The Eye of Braxus".

paragraph: In 1996, Hammer's scoring assignments included the NBC Movie of the Week, "The Babysitter’s Seduction", "The Secret Agent Club", and "The Corporate Ladder".

paragraph: In 1997, Hammer also composed the hard-driving rock soundtrack for the new CD-ROM game, Outlaw Racers (MegaMedia). His next project was the theme and original music score for the pilot and the series of "Prince Street".

paragraph: Hammer started off 1999 by writing, performing and producing a tune, "Even Odds" for Jeff Beck's latest album "Who Else!" (Epic). Also, 1999 saw the release of "The Lost Trident Sessions", the third (and last) studio album from his former group, the Mahavishnu Orchestra. The album was recorded in 1973 just prior to the band's breakup.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.:2000 to present.

paragraph: Jan Hammer produced the original score for "Cocaine Cowboys", a 2006 documentary depicting the infamous Miami drug trade scene of the 1980s. Hammer's soundtrack of the film was released in 2007.

paragraph: Also in the autumn of 2004 Hammer released the album "The Best of Miami Vice" on the Reality label in the U.S. "The Best of Miami Vice" contains newly recorded versions of "Miami Vice Theme" and "Crockett's Theme", as well as one bonus track never before released on CD.

paragraph: In February 2005, Universal Studios Home Entertainment released the first season of "Miami Vice" on three double-sided DVDs. One of the package's discs contained bonus material, including an extensive interview and archival footage of Hammer creating music for the show back in 1985.

paragraph: To coincide with the release of the DVD, Reality Records released a newly recorded version of "Crockett's Theme" to AC (Adult Contemporary) radio in America.

paragraph: In 2006 Hammer was asked to collaborate with the singer/rapper TQ for a brand new version of his song "Crockett's Theme". The result of their work was "The Jan Hammer Project Featuring TQ (Terrance Quaites): Crockett's Theme". A CD single of this new version climbed up the charts in Europe, hitting No. 1 on the iTunes Europe download list.

paragraph: In a 2012 interview, Jan Hammer indicated that he is working on a compilation of unreleased works.

paragraph: In a 2014 interview with the Rolling Stone he claimed he always felt halfway between experimental music and prog-rock. He also claimed to have recorded the theme song for Miami Vice before the series was made, and that it had been the piece he presented to Michael Mann when announcing his interest of being involved with the series. He stated that he used a Fairlight CMI to compose the music to the series while sampling drums and percussion into it with real acoustic sound. He added that he would have been interested in scoring the 2006 film version of Miami Vice, but that he was never approached by Michael Mann about it.

paragraph: He recorded a version of the "Squidbillies" theme in 2014.

paragraph: On 20 July 2018 he released his first album of new material in over 10 years: Seasons - Part 1.

paragraph: On 25 June 2019, "The New York Times Magazine" listed Jan Hammer among hundreds of artists whose material was reportedly destroyed in the 2008 Universal fire.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Hammer became a US citizen in 1978. He has a son, Paul, who fronts the band Savoir Adore.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jan Hammer Interview – Mahavishnu, Miami Vice and More

paragraph: BULLET::::- Interview – Discusses his guitar sound experimentations

description: Czech-born American musician, composer and record producer

wikidata_label: Jan Hammer

wikipedia_title: Jan Hammer


text: trouvère

text: chanson

text: jeux-partis

text: polyphonic

text: rondel

text: motet

text: Jeu de Robin et Marion

text: secular

text: Arras, France

text: Hunchback

text: grammar

text: theology

text: Cistercian

text: abbey

text: Vaucelles

text: Cambrai

text: rondeaux

text: motet

text: jeux-partis

text: Robert II, Count of Artois

text: Charles of Anjou

text: Louis IX

text: Naples

text: Jeu de Robin et Marion

text: Coussemaker's

text: pastoral

text: folk music

text: Fétis

text: comic opera

text: Julien Tiersot

text: Opéra-Comique

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text: La Valliere manuscript

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text: Monmerqué

text: Ernest Langlois

categories: French male classical composers,French male dramatists and playwrights,13th-century French poets,French male poets,13th-century composers,Trouvères,People from Arras,1288 deaths,1237 births

paragraph: Adam de la Halle

paragraph: Adam de la Halle, also known as Adam le Bossu (Adam the Hunchback) (1240 – 1287) was a French-born trouvère, poet and musician. Adam's literary and musical works include chansons and jeux-partis (poetic debates) in the style of the trouvères; polyphonic rondel and motets in the style of early liturgical polyphony; and a musical play, "Jeu de Robin et Marion" (c. 1282–83), which is considered the earliest surviving secular French play with music. He was a member of the Confrérie des jongleurs et bourgeois d'Arras.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: A, "le Bossu d'Arras" and "Adam d'Arras", suggest that he came from Arras, France. The sobriquet "the Hunchback" was probably a family name; Adam himself points out that he was not one. His father, Henri de la Halle, was a well-known Citizen of Arras, and Adam studied grammar, theology, and music at the Cistercian abbey of Vaucelles, near Cambrai. Father and son had their share in the civil discords in Arras, and for a sho

paragraph: m had been destined for the church, but renounced this intention, and married a certain Marie, who figures in many of his songs, "rondeaux", motets and "jeux-partis". Afterwards he joined the household of Robert II, Count of Artois; and then was attached to Charles of Anjou, brother of Louis IX, whose fortunes he followed in Egypt, Syria, Palestine, and Italy.

paragraph: At the court of Charles, after Charles became king of Naples, Adam wrote his "Jeu de Robin et Marion", the most famous of his works. Adam's shorter pieces are accompanied by music, of which a transcript in modern notation, with the original score, is given in Coussemaker's edition. His "Jeu de Robin et Marion" is cited as the earliest French play with music on a secular subject. The pastoral, which tells how Marion resisted the knight, and remained faithful to Robert the shepherd, is based on an old chanson, "Robin m'aime, Robin m'a". It consists of dialogue varied by refrains already current in popular song. The melodies to which these are set have the character of folk music, and are more spontaneous and melodious than the more elaborate music of his songs and motets. Fétis considered "Le Jeu de Robin et Marion" and "Le Jeu de la feuillée" forerunners of the comic opera. An adaptation of "Le Jeu Robin et Marion", by Julien Tiersot, was played at Arras by a company from the Paris Opéra-Comique on the occasion of a festival in 1896 in honour of Adam de le Hale.

paragraph: His other play, "Le jeu Adan" or "Le jeu de la Feuillee" (ca. 1262), is a satirical drama in which he introduces himself, his father and the citizens of Arras with their peculiarities. His works include a "congé", or satirical farewell to the city of Arras, and an unfinished "chanson de geste" in honour of Charles of Anjou, "Le roi de Sicile", begun in 1282; another short piece, "Le jeu du pelerin", is sometimes attributed to him.

paragraph: His known works include thirty-six chansons (literally, "songs"), forty-six "rondets de carole", eighteen "jeux-partis", fourteen "rondeaux", five motets, one "rondeau-virelai", one "ballette", one "dit d'amour", and one "congé".

paragraph: Section::::Recordings.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1955 – Adam de La Halle. "Le jeu de Robin et Marion"; "13 rondeaux" (Raimbaut de Vaqueiras, Guillaume d'Amiens, Anon.). Pro Musica Antiqua, Brussels, Safford Cape, conductor. Recorded June 23, 1953, in the Palais des Academies, Brussels. Archive Production II. Research Period: The Central Middle Ages. Series A: Troubadours, Trouvères and Minnesingers; Series B: Music of the Minstrels; Series C: Early Polyphony before 1300. LP recording, 1 disc: analog, monaural, 33⅓ rpm, 12 in. [Germany]: Archive Production.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1991 – Adam de La Halle. "Le jeu de Robin et Marion". Ensemble Perceval, Guy Robert, director. Recorded 1980. CD recording, 1 disc: digital, stereo, 4¾ in. Arion ARN 68162. France: Arion.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1991 – Adam de La Halle. "Le jeu de Robin et Marion". Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, Thomas Binkley, cond. Recorded May 1987 at the Barfüsserkirche in Basel, Switzerland. CD recording, 1 disc: digital, stereo, 4¾ in. Focus 913. [Bloomington, Ind.]: Focus.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1998 – "Robin Loves Me" arranged for solo guitar (and performed by) Gareth Koch as the final track of his "Carmina Burana" CD released by ABC Classics in 2006.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2004 – Zodiac. Ars Nova and Ars Subtilior in the Low Countries and Europe" Capilla Flamenca. Eufoda 1360.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2006 – Adam de La Halle. "D'amoureus cuer voel chanter", Anne Delafosse-Quentin, Les Jardins de Courtoisie, Zig Zag Territoires (ZZT070401)

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- The manuscript which contains almost all of Adam's work is the La Valliere manuscript, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, fonds français 25566, dating from the end of the 13th century.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Many of his pieces are also contained in the manuscript Oxford, Bodleian Library, Douce 308.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Oeuvres completes" (1872), edited by E. de Coussemaker.

paragraph: BULLET::::- article by Paulin Paris in: "Histoire litteraire de La France" (vol. xx. pp. 638–675)

paragraph: BULLET::::- G. Raynaud, "Recueil des motets francais des XIIe et XIIIe siecles" (1882)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Canchons et Partures des... Adan delle Hale", a critical edition by Rudolf Berger,(Halle, 1900)

paragraph: BULLET::::- The edition of Adam's two jeux in: Monmerqué and Michel's "Theatre francais au moyen age" (1842)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ernest Langlois, "Le jeu de Robin et Marion" (1896), with a translation in modern French

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Guesnon, La Satire a Arras au XIIIe, siecle" (1900)

paragraph: BULLET::::- A full bibliography of works on the subject in: No. 6 of the "Bibliothèque de bibliographies critiques", by Henri Guy.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Recent French ed. of complete works: edited by Pierre-Yves Badel (Paris: Livre de poche, 1995) ()

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Archives de littérature du Moyen Âge (Arlima) A complete online bibliography of Adam de la Halle and his works

alias:
Adam de La Hale
Le bossu d'Arras
Adam le Bossu
Adam the Hunchback
The Hunchback of Arras

description: French poet, composer and trouvère

wikidata_label: Adam de la Halle

wikipedia_title: Adam de la Halle


text: 2016 Summer Olympics

categories: Lithuanian male rowers,Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics,Olympic silver medalists for Lithuania,1993 births,Olympic rowers of Lithuania,Living people

paragraph: Dominykas Jančionis

paragraph: Dominykas Jančionis (born 28 February 1993) is a Lithuanian rower.

paragraph: In 2016 European championships he won silver with Lithuanian quadruple sculls team. He was also selected to the national team to represent Lithuania in 2016 Summer Olympics.

description: Lithuanian rower

wikidata_label: Dominykas Jančionis

wikipedia_title: Dominykas Jančionis


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rower
2016 European Championships
2016 Summer Olympics

categories: Lithuanian male rowers,Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics,World Rowing Championships medalists for Lithuania,1993 births,Olympic rowers of Lithuania,Place of birth missing (living people),Living people

paragraph: Aurimas Adomavičius

paragraph: Aurimas Adomavičius (born 23 September 1993) is a Lithuanian rower.

paragraph: At the 2016 European Championships, he won silver with the Lithuanian quadruple sculls team. He was also selected to the national team to represent Lithuania in the 2016 Summer Olympics.

description: Lithuanian rower

wikidata_label: Aurimas Adomavičius

wikipedia_title: Aurimas Adomavičius


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Christian
saint
martyr
Trier
Emperor Maximian
Rictius Varus
vicarius
Roman
Gaul
feast day
May 10

categories: Saints of Germania,3rd-century Christian saints,287 deaths

paragraph: Palmatius

paragraph: Palmatius was a Christian saint martyred with 11 companions in Trier in around 287. They were among many killed under the Emperor Maximian by Rictius Varus, the "vicarius" in Roman Gaul.

paragraph: His feast day is May 10.

description: Christian saint

wikidata_label: Palmatius

wikipedia_title: Palmatius


text:
AVN Award
sex industry
AVN
French
actresses
Katsuni
Hungarian
Aleska Diamond
Polish

paragraph: The AVN Award for Female Foreign Performer of the Year is an award that has been given by sex industry company AVN since the award's inception in 2003. French-born actresses Katsuni and Anissa Kate have each won the award three times, while Hungarian-born Aleska Diamond and Polish-born actress Misha Cross have won the award twice.

paragraph: As of January 2019, the titleholder is Anissa Kate.


text:
Victor-Émile Michelet
Guillaume Apollinaire
Adolphe van Bever
Paul Léautaud
notice biographique
La Revue Blanche
Julien Leclercq
Le Barc de Boutteville
Paul-Napoléon Roinard
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Paul-Napoléon Roinard

categories: 19th-century French poets,French anarchists,Writers from Normandy,People from Seine-Maritime,20th-century French poets,1856 births

paragraph: Paul-Napoléon Roinard

paragraph: Paul-Napoléon Roinard (4 February 1856 – 26 October 1930) was a French anarchist poet.

paragraph: Section::::Works.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Nos plaies", poésies, cover drawn by the author, Paris, Soc. typographique, 1886, in-18 ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Chanson d’Amour", poetry, music by Louis Hesse. Paris, Durdilly. s. d., en feuille ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Six étages", récit en vers, Paris, Ed. Girard, s. d., en feuille ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Berceuse", poetry, s. 1. n. d. [Paris, Ed. Girard], 2 ff., la couverture sert de titre (50 exempl.).

paragraph: BULLET::::- "À Dieu, s’il existe", Paris, chez l’auteur, 7, rue Pixérécourt, s. d., en feuille, ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- "La Mort du Rêve", poems, Paris, Soc. du Mercure de France, 1902, in-8° ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Sur l’Avenue sans fin", poem, Paris et Reims, Revue de Paris et de Champagne (et chez l’auteur), 1906, in-8°.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Portraits du prochain siècle" (1894) ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- "La Poésie symboliste. Trois entretiens sur les temps héroïques, période symboliste, au Salon des artistes indépendants, 1908. Nos maîtres et nos morts, par P.-N. Roinard. Les Survivants, par Victor-Émile Michelet. La Phalange nouvelle, par Guillaume Apollinaire" (1908) ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Les Miroirs, moralité lyrique en cinq phases, huit stades, sept gloses et en vers", Éd. de « la Phalange », 1908 ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- "La Légende rouge, synthèse d'idées et de caractères révolutionnaires, suivi d'un débat sur Le nombre et la rime et d'un ballet-mimodrame, La Ronde des fleurs" (1921) ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Chercheurs d'impossible. Contre-partie du Donneur d'illusions", féerie tragique, 5 acts, 11 tableaux, in verse, 1929.

paragraph: Section::::Prefaces and notices.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Portraits du prochain siècle", Paris, Girard, 1894, in-18.

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Œuvres posthumes de Paul Audricourt. Paris, Mouillot, 1902, in-18 ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Soirée d’Art social. Programme illustré par Deluermoz.

paragraph: Section::::Sources.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Adolphe van Bever, Paul Léautaud, "Poètes d'aujourd'hui", t. 2 Paris, Mercure de France, 1908, (p. 178-82)

paragraph: BULLET::::- : notice biographique.

paragraph: Section::::Bibliography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Léon Bloy, "Léon Bloy devant les cochons", Paris, Chamuel, 1894, in-18 ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- Léon Bloy, "Le Mendiant ingrat", Bruxelles, Deman, 1898, in-18 ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- Léon Bocquet, « P.-N. Roinard », "Le Beffroi (Lille)", octobre 1902 ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jean Court, "Le Cantique des Cantiques au Théâtre d’Art", Mercure de France, janvier 1892 ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- Georges Docquois, "Le Congrès des Poètes", Paris, Bibliothèque artistique et littéraire, 1894, in-16 ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- Félicien Fagus, « P.-N. Roinard », "La Revue des Beaux-Arts et des Lettres", 1 May 1899 ; Sur le même, "La Revue Blanche", 1 November 1902.

paragraph: BULLET::::- A.-M. Gossez, "Poètes du Nord. 1880-190S, morceaux choisis, accompagnés d’un essai bio-bibliographique, etc.", Paris, Ollendorff, 1902, in-18.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Julien Leclercq, « Roinard », notice dans "les Portraits du prochain siècle", Paris, Girard, 1894, in-18 ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- M.-C. Poinsot, "Anthologie des poètes normands contemporains (Portraits de P.-N. Roinard)", Paris, Floury, s. d., in-16.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Anonyme, « Banquet à Roinard » "La Plume", 15 juin 1902 ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- Anonyme, "Échos. Les Fêtes Cornéliennes de Rouen", Mercure de France, juillet 1904 ;

paragraph: Section::::Iconography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Louis Anquetin: oil portrait, 1885 (belongs to M. Roinard) ; oil portrait in [Exposition des Portraits du prochain siècle, chez Le Barc de Boutteville, 1893] (belongs to M. Roinard), reprod. in "la Revue Encyclopédique", 15 November 1893 ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- A. Brière, « Croquis », "La Plume", 15 June 1892 ;

paragraph: BULLET::::- F. Courché: Dessin à la plume, reprod. in "le Messager Parisien", 1888.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Paul-Napoléon Roinard on data.bnf.fr

paragraph: BULLET::::- Paul-Napoléon Roinard on wikisource

description: French painter, poet and librettist

wikidata_label: Paul-Napoléon Roinard

wikipedia_title: Paul-Napoléon Roinard


text: pen name

text: United States Marines

text: USS "Constitution"

text: Nathaniel Hill Wright

text: Nathaniel Coverly

text: The Female Marine

text: Plymouth, Massachusetts

text: romance genre

text: War of 1812

text: Nathaniel Hill Wright

text: Joan Druett

text: Mary Anne Talbot

text: Almira Paul

text: Opha May Johnson

categories: Popular culture about the United States Marine Corps,Hoaxes in the United States,Year of birth missing,Women in the United States Marine Corps,United States Marines,Year of death missing,Female wartime cross-dressers

paragraph: Lucy Brewer

paragraph: Lucy Brewer (also known as Eliza Bowen or Louisa Baker) is the pen name of a writer who purported to be the first woman in the United States Marines, serving aboard the USS "Constitution" as a sharpshooter. Brewer's adventures were probably written by Nathaniel Hill Wright (1787–1824) or Wright's publisher, Nathaniel Coverly.

paragraph: Section::::The legend.

paragraph: According to "her" book "The Female Marine" (original title: "The Adventures of Lucy Brewer"), Brewer supposedly grew up on a farm near Plymouth, Massachusetts and, at age 16, fell in love with a boy named Henry. When she became pregnant, Henry refused to marry her, and she set out for Boston. In Boston, Lucy was tricked into prostitution after her baby died in childbirth. This series of seduction and betrayal precisely follows the strict line of the romance genre—until, that is, motivated by a patriotic desire to fight in the War of 1812, Brewer tricked her way onto the "Constitution", pretending to be a man named George Baker.

paragraph: She served valiantly for three years and in many naval battles against the British before being honorably discharged, all the while keeping her true gender a secret. The book ends with Lucy returning to Plymouth as a woman and settling down into traditional married life. "She displays resourcefulness, self-reliance, and mobility—characteristics commonly deemed male that this female marine appropriates to deal with her extraordinary predicament," Elizabeth Reis notes. In the end, though, "All's well that ends well in The Female Marine, as characters revert to their true natures, aligned with prescribed categories of gender and sex. The chaotic world of gender impersonation settles into one of blissful morality, and Lucy accepts the conventions of the cult of true womanhood."

paragraph: No one by the name of Lucy Brewer (or that of her other pseudonyms, or that of her husband) can be found in historical records; in addition, it is highly unlikely a woman could have disguised herself for three years on the "Constitution", as the crew had little to no privacy (for example, no toilet facilities or private quarters existed on the ship, and physical examinations were thorough in the Marines). In addition, "The Female Marine"'s identifying details of the "Constitution"'s travels and battles are nearly verbatim to accounts published by the ship's commanders in contemporary newspapers.

paragraph: In 1816, shortly after the publication of the first edition of "The Female Marine", a woman named Rachel Sperry, claiming to have run the brothel into which Brewer was supposedly tricked, wrote "A Brief Reply" to Brewer's tale. Sperry wanted "to give her all the praise to which she is entitled, in justice to her" military exploits, but claimed that rather than being tricked into prostitution, Brewer made "rapid progress in all the deceptive arts of harlotry" – deceptive arts, she implies, that served her well in tricking her way onto the "Constitution". Rachel Sperry has no more historical record than Brewer, but the publication of "her" "Brief Reply" both spurred public interest in and gave weight to the legitimacy and veracity of "The Female Marine". As recently as 1963, in fact, the story was regarded as factual by some accounts.

paragraph: Section::::Beyond the legend.

paragraph: According to Daniel A. Cohen, editor of "The Female Marine and Related Works: Narratives of Cross-Dressing and Urban Vice in America's Early Republic", the true author of "The Female Marine" was probably Nathaniel Hill Wright. Wright was a young Massachusetts writer acquainted with Nathaniel Coverly, the printer of "The Female Marine". Cohen writes:

paragraph: Joan Druett writes that "Coverly could have been inspired by a fellow opportunist, Robert Kirby of London," who published the tale of Mary Anne Talbot, an Englishwoman who served as a man in the Napoleonic wars. In spite of their dubious authenticity, the books became extremely popular (Coverly also published the story of Almira Paul, a figure similar to Lucy Brewer, who is probably also fictional). At least 19 editions of "The Female Marine" were published between 1815 and 1818. The books were aimed at sailors, prostitutes, and (in particular) "juveniles." Surviving copies, when signed, mostly bear the names of women, and are "typically worn and tattered – suggesting that many of the modest volumes were literally read to pieces by their eager purchasers."

paragraph: Alexander Medlicott notes that "The Female Marine" is the "first American novel to employ a woman warrior as the focal point of the action" – though the "History of Constantius and Pulchera; or, Virtue rewarded" bears small similarities. Although "Constantius and Pulchera" was published anonymously in 1795, an 1831 edition included a poem by Nathaniel Hill Wright, and is often listed in library catalogs as, including the Constantius and Pulchera novel, being authored by Wright.

paragraph: The official first female Marine was Opha May Johnson, though in 2001, a Marines message honored the achievements of women in the Marine Corps who form a "unique lineage [that] can trace its roots back to Lucy Brewer, the legendary woman who served aboard the USS Constitution during the War of 1812."

description: United States Marine

wikidata_label: Lucy Brewer

wikipedia_title: Lucy Brewer


text:
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heldentenor roles
Richard Wagner
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Dream of Gerontius
Bradford
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categories: Gilbert and Sullivan performers,English operatic tenors,Green Howards officers,1865 births,1941 deaths

paragraph: John Coates (tenor)

paragraph: John Coates (29 June 1865 – 16 August 1941) was a leading English tenor, who sang in opera and oratorio and on the concert platform. His repertoire ranged from Bach and Purcell to contemporary works, and embraced the major heldentenor roles in Richard Wagner's operas. For more than 40 years, with only a four-year interruption for military service during World War I, he overcame the limitations of a voice that was not naturally large by impressing listeners with his intense artistic expression, lively diction, musical versatility and memorable stage presence.

paragraph: Coates spent some time on the European continent, toured Australia and South Africa in 1912–13 and performed in North America in the 1890s and again in 1925. He performed most often, however, in his native country and became a beloved figure at England's regional music festivals. Elgar's "Dream of Gerontius" was one of his specialties. After 1921, he limited his performances to the concert stage and recitals, still performing a wide-ranging repertoire, but championing English composers. A dispute with music publishers about royalties clouded his later years.

paragraph: Section::::Training and career as baritone.

paragraph: John Coates was born in Girlington, Bradford. He came from a musical family on both sides, and for many generations. He attended Bradford Grammar School, where Frederick Delius was his (slightly younger) contemporary. His early singing experience came as a chorister in a church choir (under his father's direction), where he learnt the importance of accent in singing from the performance of the Gregorian chant. He studied voice under multiple teachers: in Yorkshire under J. G. Walton, Robert Burton and Dr. J. C. Bridge, in London under W. Shakespeare and T. A. Wallworth, and in Paris under Jacques Bouhy.

paragraph: Coates began his performing career as a baritone. He first appeared as Valentin in Gounod's "Faust", as an amateur, with the Carl Rosa Opera Company in Manchester and Liverpool. After further training, he was engaged by the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company for its 1894 tour, at first playing the baritone role of Mr. Goldbury in "Utopia Limited" in the original American production. He then created the role of Baron van den Berg in "Mirette" with D'Oyly Carte at the Savoy Theatre, followed by more touring, and left the company in 1895. Coates then sang in Edwardian musical comedies in London and on tour in the United States. He also introduced Arthur Sullivan's song, "The Absent-Minded Beggar" at the Alhambra Theatre in 1899.

paragraph: Section::::1900-1916 in opera and touring.

paragraph: In the later 1890s, Coates left the stage for a medical operation on his vocal cords and further study, and reappeared as a tenor in light opera in 1899-1900 at the Globe Theatre in London. He first appeared at the Globe Theatre in "The Gay Pretenders" in November 1900 and then at Covent Garden Opera House to create the role of Claudio in Charles Villiers Stanford's four-act opera "Much Ado About Nothing" in 1901. Here he was in enthusiastic company with Marie Brema (Beatrice), David Bispham (Benedick), Suzanne Adams (Hero), Pol Plançon and Putnam Griswold, though the press did not much appreciate the value of the work or their efforts. This was followed by Gounod's "Faust", this time in the title role. That year he also appeared in the "Gürzenich's Concerts and Opera" at Cologne and at Leipzig.

paragraph: Coates became one of the most popular festival singers in England, singing at the triennial Leeds Festival in 1901 and performing Elgar's oratorio "Dream of Gerontius" at Worcester in 1902, followed by numerous other Elgar works. In 1902, he was heard at the Berlin and Hanover royal opera houses and, in 1906, at key venues in Dresden, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Mannheim and Paris, plus the Cincinnati May Festival. He sang for the English seasons of the Moody-Manners Company at Covent Garden in 1907 and 1908. Coates took part in the May 1908 premiere (concert) performance of Ethel Smyth's "The Wreckers", with Blanche Marchesi, under the baton of Artur Nikisch at the Queen's Hall, and in the Thomas Beecham production of the same work at His Majesty's a year later. He appeared with the Carl Rosa company in 1909. Coates was a successful London Don Jose in Bizet's "Carmen". He was with the Beecham Company for the spring, summer and winter seasons of 1910, in which the brilliant production of Offenbach's "The Tales of Hoffman" owed its success mainly to him, and he also appeared in an exceptionally romantic interpretation of Pedro in Eugen d'Albert's "Tiefland". In 1911-13, he toured with the Quinlan Opera Company in provincial England, Australia and South Africa.

paragraph: Despite his lack of raw vocal power, Coates was still considered to be among the finest of English Wagnerian tenors, especially as Siegfried and Tristan, owing to the strength of his musicianship, his evident intelligence and his impressive deportment on stage. Before the First World War, he also appeared in London as Lohengrin, Tannhäuser as well as Tristan. He sang often in Wagner concerts and appeared as Parsifal in concert performances of the opera. He sang Lohengrin at Cologne, too, and in 1911, performed the Siegfrieds of both "Siegfried" and "Götterdämmerung" for the Denhof Opera Company under Sir Thomas Beecham, appearing opposite the Wotan of Frederic Austin.

paragraph: Section::::1901-1916 in Festival and oratorio.

paragraph: The year 1901 saw John Coates' first English festival engagement, at Leeds, and he was thereafter in all the chief English festivals, notably at Worcester, Brighton and Norwich, and at The Crystal Palace. In November 1900 he appeared for Henry J. Wood in the Arthur Sullivan Memorial Concert at Queen's Hall in "The Golden Legend", alongside Lillian Blauvelt, Louise Kirkby Lunn and David Ffrangcon-Davies.

paragraph: He was above all admired in "The Dream of Gerontius", in which work he and fellow English-born tenor Gervase Elwes held foremost place in public esteem. In the 1902 Sheffield Festival he sang Gerontius under Elgar's baton with Marie Brema and Ffrangcon-Davies, and with the same soloists under Henry J. Wood at the Queen's Hall, with the London Choral Society, in February 1904. He was chosen to appear at the Festival of Elgar's music under Hans Richter at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, performing "Gerontius" on 14 March 1904 with Kirkby Lunn and Ffrangcon-Davies, and then with Agnes Nicholls, Kennerley Rumford and Andrew Black in "The Apostles", on 15 March of that same year.

paragraph: Elgar, writing to Frank Schuster in 1905, wanted to hear Coates perform the 'Three Holy Kings' scene from Wolfrum's "Weihnachtsmysterium". "Gerontius" was performed with the 1904 line-up under Henry Wood's direction in his 1906 season. Then Frederic Austin was "Priest" and "Angel of the Agony" to Coates's "Soul" at the Festivals of Southport (1906) and Birmingham (1909) and at Manchester (1908). In 1907, in correspondence, Elgar wrote of him: 'The Arch-chanter John was the greatest success and a joy to see.'

paragraph: Classical-singing commentator Michael Scott (who, incidentally, calls Coates 'one of the finest English singers on record') notes in "The Record of Singing" that his repertoire was exceptionally wide-ranging and included Handel's "Messiah" and "Belshazzar", Mendelssohn's "St Paul" and "Elijah", Bach's "St Matthew Passion", Elgar's "King Olaf" and Saint-Saëns's "The Promised Land". John Coates and Gervase Elwes were great friends, and Coates stood in for an indisposed Elwes on (at least) one occasion at Gloucester. On another occasion, at Worcester in 1911, Elwes (a Roman Catholic) was booked to sing "Gerontius", but upon being told that the name of Mary Mother of God must be excluded from the text (to sing, 'Jesu, pray for me' instead of 'Mary' etc., and with other absurd substitutions and cuts) on the insistence of the Dean and Chapter, he refused to perform, and Coates was called in to replace him. Coates performed the Bach "Mass in B minor" in the April Festival of 1915 at Queen's Hall, under Henri Verbrugghen.

paragraph: Section::::War service and later career.

paragraph: Coates then saw four years' war service in France as a captain in the Yorkshire Regiment (from 1916-1919). In March 1919, he signaled his return to music by giving the first of a long series of English-song recitals, with Anthony Bernard at the piano, at the Queen's Hall. His programs, his enjoyment of the work, his diction and characterization were intensely admired in them.

paragraph: In 1921, he appeared again in opera as Don José in Carmen and as Lohengrin for Carl Rosa at Covent Garden, but thereafter devoted most of his efforts to concert performance. In 1921 he sang Gerontius at the memorial meeting for Gervase Elwes at the Royal Albert Hall with the Royal Choral Society. (He sang wonderfully, according to the "Sunday Times", a courageous thing to do since in his own words he found the sudden death of Elwes in a train accident 'too shocking, too staggering to contemplate. It has affected me to the very depths of my nature ... it brought me to my knees.') From 1920 he began to specialise in song-recitals, of which he gave several each year, favouring all-English performances and championing English composers, but drawing from the repertoire of German and French songs also. In 1922 Roger Quilter, who had written much for Elwes and worked closely with him, dedicated his 'Morning song' (Thomas Heywood) to Coates, one of his most vibrant and characteristic miniatures, though Coates did not give the first performance of it.

paragraph: As the 1920s unfurled, Coates faced competition at home from an emerging generation of British tenors led by Walter Widdop and Heddle Nash. He toured overseas energetically and in 1925 he made his only extended tour of North America, including Canada as well as the United States on his itinerary. For this trip his usual partner on the piano, Berkeley Mason, was not available. Instead, he found Gerald Moore, then a young accompanist at the beginning of his career. Moore had often heard Coates' recitals at Chelsea Town Hall, but it was through the Australian baritone Peter Dawson (with whom Moore had toured) that the contact came. Once the contact was made, Moore became Coates' sole accompanist for four or five years. Moore devotes a chapter of his memoirs to Coates. He found the tenor a hard taskmaster, but one who transformed him from a mediocre accompanist to an artist with a full realisation of the duties and possibilities of the accompanist's role, aware of the necessity of being a full participant in every living nuance and accent of the music at hand. Moore considered that Coates had laid the groundwork of whatever was truly excellent in his work. Indeed, Coates had told him that the American tour would 'kill or cure' him, and considered the result a 'cure'. The Coates-Moore partnership eventually dissolved over a rehearsal-fees' disagreement, though any cracks in the friendship were repaired by 1929.

paragraph: Like his renowned British tenor predecessors Sims Reeves and Edward Lloyd, Coates had a famously protective wife. Moore refers to Coates' home life as serene, with an adorable spouse, sons and daughters; but he thought, despite Coates's good humour, he was not a happy person because he was too much of a worrier. Coates developed financial headaches, too. He wasted a good deal of money in a legal case that he launched against the Performing Right Society, in which he argued that he should not have to pay a royalty to perform music in public which had been brought to him in manuscript, and which therefore, by agreeing to sing it, Coates had encouraged the publishers to publish. He lost the case, and it preyed on his mind and finances for long after, though he refused offers of financial support from other singers. In his last years he thought of going back on the stage and started to slim, but he was seized with anaemia and became permanently confined to bed, frustrated at being unable to assist his country as the Second World War took hold. In July 1940, Gerald Moore presented a half-hour broadcast in tribute to their work together, and received a last letter from him in friendship and gratitude.

paragraph: Coates died in Northwood, London in 1941, aged 76.

paragraph: Section::::Reputation.

paragraph: Conductor Sir Thomas Beecham remarked of him: 'Coates was among the half-dozen most interesting artistic personalities of the time in England – scrupulous, fastidious and conscientious in all that he attempted. His appearance on the stage was noble and animated, and his voice, although of moderate power, was flexible and expressive. His diction was admirable and his singing of English an unalloyed pleasure to the ear.' In 1924 Eaglefield Hull wrote: 'He unites to a fine tenor voice, wide culture, perfection of vocal declamation and high dramatic attainments.'

paragraph: Of his concert repertoire Gerald Moore wrote: 'Was there ever a singer with a wider repertoire ...? He was equally at home in the lieder of Beethoven, Schubert and Schumann as he was with the early English songs of Arne, Byrd and Purcell; he championed the songs of Bax, Ireland, Howells, Warlock, and was abreast of the younger school; the chansons of Weckerlin, Bruneau, Lully, tripped as easily off his tongue as did Fauré and Duparc. In Germany they called him the ideal Siegfried and Lohengrin. He had played many roles at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, under Sir Thomas Beecham, and it is a moot point whether he or Gervase Elwes was the finest Gerontius of that era.'

paragraph: Section::::Recordings.

paragraph: John Coates recorded first for the British Gramophone Company, beginning in 1907. Afterwards, he made discs for Columbia Records (including by the electrical recording process). His acoustic recordings of 1907-1915 included:

paragraph: "Gramophone Company: English and Italian Catalogues:"

paragraph: BULLET::::- 3-2910 Take a pair of sparkling eyes, from "The Gondoliers" (Sullivan). 1907

paragraph: BULLET::::- 3-2911 John's wife (Roeckel). 1907

paragraph: BULLET::::- 3-2963 Eldorado (Mallison). 1908

paragraph: BULLET::::- 3-2968 There is a flower that bloometh, from "Maritana" (Vincent Wallace). 1908

paragraph: BULLET::::- 3-2984 At the mid hour of night (Cowen). 1908

paragraph: BULLET::::- 3-2985 Green grow the rashes, O. 1908

paragraph: BULLET::::- 4-2552 Ninetta (Brewer). 1915 (E34)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 4-2614 O may my dreams come true (Fothergill). 1915 (E34)

paragraph: BULLET::::- 02092 Cielo e mar, from "La Gioconda" (Ponchielli). 1907

paragraph: BULLET::::- 02100 Dai campi, dai prati, from "Mefistofele" (Boito). 1907

paragraph: BULLET::::- 02108 Lohengrin's farewell, from "Lohengrin" (Wagner). 1907

paragraph: BULLET::::- 02109 Lohengrin's narration, from "Lohengrin" (Wagner). 1907

paragraph: BULLET::::- 02111 Come into the garden, Maud (Balfe). 1907

paragraph: BULLET::::- 02144 Celeste Aida, from "Aida" (Verdi). 1908

paragraph: BULLET::::- 02145 Watchman's scene, from "Hymn of Praise" (Mendelssohn). 1908

paragraph: BULLET::::- 02172 Too late! (Atkins). 1909

paragraph: BULLET::::- 02584 In the Dawn (Elgar). 1915

paragraph: BULLET::::- 052219 Cielo e mar, from "La Gioconda" (Ponchielli). 1908

paragraph: BULLET::::- 052223 Giunto sul passo estremo, from "Mefistofele" (Boito). 1908

paragraph: Section::::Images.

paragraph: BULLET::::- In Kobbe 1922: John Coates as Siegfried (p195), Tristan (p229) and as Dick Johnson (La Fanciulla del West, Puccini)(p675).

paragraph: BULLET::::- In Scott 1979: John Coates portrait, Pl 125 (p171).

paragraph: BULLET::::- In Lee-Browne 1999: John Coates as Hoffmann, Plate vii.

paragraph: Section::::Sources.

paragraph: BULLET::::- T. Beecham, "A Mingled Chime" (Hutchinson, 1944).

paragraph: BULLET::::- T. Beecham, "Frederick Delius" (Hutchinson, 1959).

paragraph: BULLET::::- J.R. Bennett, "Voices of the Past: Catalogue of Vocal recordings from the English Catalogue of the Gramophone Company, etc." (1955).

paragraph: BULLET::::- J.R. Bennett, "Voices of the Past Vol. 2: Catalogue of Vocal recordings from the Italian Catalogues of the Gramophone Company, etc." (Oakwood Press, 1967).

paragraph: BULLET::::- D. Bispham, "A Quaker Singer's recollections" (Macmillan, New York 1920).

paragraph: BULLET::::- G. Davidson, "Opera Biographies" (Werner Laurie, London 1955).

paragraph: BULLET::::- A. Eaglefield-Hull (Ed), "A Dictionary of Modern Music and Musicians" (Dent, London 1924).

paragraph: BULLET::::- W. Elwes and R. Elwes, "Gervase Elwes, The Story of his Life" (Grayson and Grayson, London 1935).

paragraph: BULLET::::- G. Kobbé, "The Complete Opera Book", 1st English Edn (Putnam's, London 1922).

paragraph: BULLET::::- M. Lee-Browne, "Nothing so Charming as Musick! The Life and Times of Frederic Austin" (Thames, London 1999).

paragraph: BULLET::::- G. Moore, "Am I too Loud?" (Hamish Hamilton 1962).

paragraph: BULLET::::- H. Rosenthal and J. Warrack, "Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera" (Corrected Edition) (London 1974).

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Musical Times", 1 December 1911.

paragraph: BULLET::::- M. Scott, "The Record of Singing" Vol 2: 1914-1925 (Duckworth, London 1979).

paragraph: BULLET::::- H. Wood, "My Life of Music" (Gollancz, London 1938).

paragraph: BULLET::::- P.M. Young, "Letters of Edward Elgar and other writings" (Geoffrey Bles, London 1956).

description: British opera singer

wikidata_label: John Coates

wikipedia_title: John Coates (tenor)