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90719 | 13132 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90719 | Albenon | |
90720 | 888555 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90720 | Alchenstorf | Alchenstorf is a municipality of the administrative district Emmental in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. |
90721 | 13132 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90721 | As of January 2005 | |
90722 | 1032643 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90722 | Allmendingen bei Bern | Allmendingen bei Bern is a municipality of the administrative district Bern-Mittelland in the canton of Berne in Switzerland.
The municipality is between Rubigen and Muri bei Bern, near Berne. |
90723 | 9071722 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90723 | Amsoldingen | Amsoldingen is a municipality of the administrative district Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. |
90724 | 1608898 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90724 | John Maynard Keynes | John Maynard Keynes, 1st Baron Keynes, CB (5 June 1883 – 21 April 1946) was a British economist. His ideas, called Keynesian economics, had a big impact on modern economic and political theory. His ideas also had a big impact on many governments' tax and economic policies. He said governments should use tax and banking... |
90726 | 1579873 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90726 | American robin | The American robin ("Turdus migratorius") is a migratory songbird. Also known as the North American robin, it belongs in the thrush family, "Turdidae". It was named after the European robin. This is because the European robin has a bright orange-red face and breast. The two species are not closely related. The American... |
90728 | 10326235 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90728 | New-age music | New-age music is a type of music which is often related to New Age belief. It is usually soft and instrumental; it means, only few New Age music pieces have a singer. New Age music is good for resting, thinking and meditation.
One of the first people in this genre was Stephen Halpern. He created music to be used for me... |
90737 | 1388038 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90737 | Write Once Read Many | Write Once Read Many (times) or WORM is a classification of computer storage media. It is used to describe media that can only be written once. After they are written, they can only be read.
There are two different kinds of such media: |
90738 | 863768 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90738 | Charles-Marie Widor | Charles-Marie Widor (born Lyon, 21 February, 1844; died Paris, 12 March, 1937) was a French organist and composer. He was one of the greatest organists of his time and he had many pupils who learned a lot from him and became famous. Widor is best known for his organ works which he called “symphonies”. The "Toccata" fro... |
90744 | 2133 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90744 | Hassfurt | |
90745 | 22027 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90745 | Marcel Dupré | Marcel Dupré (born Rouen, Normandy, 3 May 1886; died Meudon, near Paris, 30 May 1971), was a leading French organist, composer, and teacher.
Biography.
Marcel Dupré was born to a musical family in Rouen (Normandy, France). His father Albert Dupré was organist at the gothic abbey of St Ouen in Rouen. The young Marcel wa... |
90746 | 824868 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90746 | Paul Hindemith | Paul Hindemith (pronounce: powl HIN-deh-mitt; 16 November 1895 in Hanau - 28 December 1963 in Frankfurt am Main) was a German composer, violist, teacher, music theorist and conductor. He was one of the most important and influential German composers during the years between the two World Wars. His style was at first in... |
90747 | 3650 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90747 | Influential | |
90748 | 966595 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90748 | Louis Vierne | Louis Vierne (8 October 1870 – 2 June 1937) was a French organist and composer. He wrote a lot of music for the organ, including six large works called symphonies, "24 Fantasy Pieces" (which includes his famous "Carillon de Westminster"), and "24 Pieces In Free Style". Some of these can be played on the harmonium as we... |
90754 | 86802 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90754 | Jehan Alain | Jehan Alain (born Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Paris, 3 February 1911; died near Saumur, 20 June 1940) was a French organist and composer. He learned to play the organ at home on an organ that his father had built. In his short life he composed many works. His most famous organ pieces are "Trois Danses" (Three Dances) and a ... |
90756 | 3650 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90756 | Heel | |
90759 | 1055293 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90759 | Shame | Shame is an emotion. Shame is rooted in a social or cultural environment. Some people feel shame when some of the rules (that are accepted by the respective society) have been broken. A person can feel ashamed because he or she has thought or done something no one else knows about. Children are often told to be ashamed... |
90760 | 3650 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90760 | Widor | |
90764 | 293183 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90764 | Keynes (disambiguation) | Keynes could mean: |
90765 | 10339289 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90765 | Moulin Rouge | Moulin Rouge ("Red Windmill") is a traditional cabaret and nightclub which began in 1889. It is on Boulevard de Clichy in the 18th "arrondissement" (district of the city). This is near the French quarter of Montmartre in the red-light district of Paris called Pigalle. The theatre can be recognized by the large red wind... |
90766 | 1626831 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90766 | Henri Matisse | Henri Matisse (Le Cateau-Cambrésis, Nord, 31 December 1869 – 3 November 1954) was a French artist known for his use of color and his original ideas.
He is mainly known as a painter, but he was also a draughtsman, printmaker and sculptor. Matisse was one of the main artists who helped to create modern art early in the 2... |
90768 | 532461 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90768 | AFI's 100 Years of Musicals | Part of the AFI 100 Years... series, AFI's 100 Years of Musicals is a list of the top American musical movies. The list was unveiled by the American Film Institute at the Hollywood Bowl on September 3, 2006. Unlike most of the previous lists, it only includes 25 winners and was not presented in a televised program. |
90772 | 640235 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90772 | Abu Nuwas | Abū Nuwās al-Ḥasan ibn Hānī al-Ḥakamī (variant: Al-Ḥasan ibn Hānī 'Abd al-Awal al-Ṣabāḥ, Abū 'Alī (), known as Abū Nuwās al-Salamī () or just Abū Nuwās ( "Abū Novās"); 756814) was a classical Arabic poet. He was born in Persia. He is in "The Book of One Thousand and One Nights". |
90774 | 145452 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90774 | Montmartre | Montmartre is a hill 130 metres high and is also the name of the district which surrounds the hill. It is in north Paris and famous for its nightlife.
Many artists had studios or worked around the community of Montmartre such as Salvador Dalí, Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso and Vincent van Gogh.
Name origin.
Montmartre me... |
90777 | 640235 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90777 | Arnaut Danièl | Arnaut Daniel de Riberac (today "Arnaut Danièl") wrote and performed music and poetry in the 12th century. He was Occitan. |
90778 | 640235 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90778 | Cabaret | Cabaret is a form of entertainment having comedy, song, dance, and theatre. Cabarets are mostly performed in a restaurant or nightclub with a stage for performances and the audience sitting at tables (often dining or drinking) watching the performance. The venue itself can also be called a "cabaret". Sometimes it is ca... |
90779 | 640235 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90779 | Disney Studios Australia | Disney Studios Australia is a major movie studio in Sydney, Australia. Since opening in May 1998, the studio has been involved in the production of a number of successful movies, including "The Matrix", "Moulin Rouge!", "Mission Impossible II", ', ' and "Superman Returns".
Movies.
The studio has been involved in a numb... |
90780 | 532461 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90780 | Thomas Aquinas | St. Thomas Aquinas, (1225 – 7 March 1274) was a Catholic Dominican priest from Italy, saint and philosopher. He was born in Roccasecca, as the son of Count Andulf of Aquino and Countess Theodora of Teano.
His early education was at the Benedictine monastery at Montecassino. He attended the University of Naples, where h... |
90781 | 586 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90781 | Craig Pearce | Craig Pearce is an Australian actor and screenwriter. He co-wrote the play "Strictly Ballroom" and the screenplay of the movie version with Baz Luhrmann. He also wrote the screenplay for the 1996 movie "Romeo + Juliet" and co-wrote the 2001 movie "Moulin Rouge!", also with Baz Luhrmann. |
90782 | 13132 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90782 | Arnaut Daniel | |
90784 | 22027 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90784 | Donald McAlpine | Donald McAlpine is an Australian cinematographer. He was born in 1934 in New South Wales, Australia. He has been involved in over fifty movies. His more recent work has been seen in Baz Luhrmann's hit musical "Moulin Rouge!" (2001), for which he earned an "Academy Award" nomination, Adam Sandler's "Anger Management" (2... |
90785 | 966595 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90785 | Herbert Howells | Herbert Howells CBE, CH, was an English composer, organist, and teacher. He was born in Lydney, Gloucestershire on 17 October 1892 to Oliver and Elizabeth Howells. He died in London on 23 February 1983. He wrote a lot of church music for the Anglican Church, including several Service settings of the Magnificat and Nunc... |
90786 | 22027 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90786 | Jill Bilcock | Jillian (Jill) Bilcock (born 1948 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) is a movie editor. She is a graduate of the Swinbourne College of Technology. Bilcock won the 2002 Eddie Award (best edited comedy or musical movie) for "Moulin Rouge!". She also was nominated for the Academy Award for movie Editing for that movie. Bi... |
90790 | 1508758 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90790 | Jim Broadbent | James Broadbent (born 24 May 1949) is an English actor.
Broadbent was born in Lincolnshire; he lives in London. |
90792 | 1508758 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90792 | John Leguizamo | John Leguizamo (born July 22, 1964) is an Emmy Award-winning and Golden Globe-nominated American comedian, actor and producer. |
90793 | 1291270 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90793 | Nut (fruit) | A nut is a hard-shelled fruit of some plants. They are an important part of the diet. Many dried seeds and fruits are called 'nuts' in English, but only some are nuts to a botanist.
Nuts are made of the seed and the fruit. Most seeds come from fruits, and the seeds are released from the fruit. But nuts have a stony fr... |
90794 | 532461 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90794 | Richard Roxburgh | Richard Roxburgh (born January 1, 1962) is an Australian actor. He has starred in many Australian movies and has appeared in supporting roles in a number of Hollywood productions. Roxburgh normally plays the role of villains.
Awards.
Australian Film Institute
Film Crities Circle of Australia Awards |
90796 | 1604351 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90796 | Speed of sound | The speed of sound is per hour or per second in dry air in room temperature. It travels at 1500 meters per second through water. Sound moves faster through liquids and solids than air, since they have a larger specific modulus, meaning they are stiffer. Sound cannot travel through a vacuum, which is a space without any... |
90797 | 532461 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90797 | Notrium | Notrium is a freeware video game for the PC. It is at version 1.341. "Notrium" was developed by independent Finnish programmer Ville Mönkkönen. It is the seventh game that Ville has made, but it is only the fifth game to be made in English. Released in 2003, it won second place in the 'Adventure Game of the Year' conte... |
90799 | 22027 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90799 | Phase (matter) | |
90800 | 966595 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90800 | Sigfrid Karg-Elert | Sigfrid Karg-Elert (born Oberndorf am Neckar, 21 November 1877; died Leipzig, 9 April 1933) was a German composer. He wrote in a late Romantic style. He is mainly remembered for his music for organ and harmonium, his favourite instrument. He wrote a set of 66 Chorale improvisations for organ, the best known of which is... |
90806 | 640235 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90806 | Louis-Claude Daquin | Louis-Claude Daquin (born in Paris, 4 July 1694; died in Paris, 15 June 1772) was a French composer. He was writing in the last part of the Baroque period and the early part of the Classical music period. He was a virtuoso organist and harpsichordist. He wrote a lot of excellent music for organ and for harpsichord. His... |
90810 | 3650 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90810 | Louis Claude Daquin | |
90814 | 3650 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90814 | Daquin | |
90815 | 3650 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90815 | Karg-Elert | |
90816 | 3650 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90816 | Crystal Palace Exhibition | |
90817 | 13267 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90817 | Crest | |
90818 | 22027 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90818 | John Bull (composer) | John Bull (born 1562 or 1563; died 15 March 1628) was an English composer, musician, and organ builder. He was famous for playing the harpsichord and organ. Most of his compositions were written for keyboard instruments. He became a Gentleman, and then organist, at the Chapel Royal. He was also known for getting into t... |
90819 | 693482 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90819 | Poliomyelitis | Poliomyelitis, or polio, is a virus that causes a serious disease. It is spread from person to person.
Most of the time, polio has no symptoms unless the polio virus gets into the blood. It is uncommon for the virus to enter the brain or spinal cord. If this does happen, it can cause muscles to become paralyzed. Some ... |
90820 | 22027 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90820 | Polio | |
90822 | 10243661 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90822 | Dystopia | A dystopia is the opposite of a utopia (a place everyone enjoys living in). It is an imagined place or society in which people do not enjoy living in because it often has many problems, such as poverty, pollution, or a cruel ruler with main aspects such as terror, war, surveillance, oppression and more. Dystopian world... |
90824 | 12154 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90824 | Hearing impairment | |
90825 | 36199 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90825 | Centre (department) | Centre is one of the ten departments (French: "départments", singular "départment") of Haiti. It is in the center of the country, along the border with the Dominican Republic. It is the only department of Haiti that does not border the sea.
Geography.
The "Départment du Centre" has an area of 3,675 km². It is bordered ... |
90826 | 1641222 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90826 | Burj Khalifa | The Burj Khalifa (, "Khalifa Tower") is a megatall skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates named after Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and is the tallest building ever built, at . Before the building opened, it was called Burj Dubai. The building is 162 stories high. Construction of the tower was started on 6 January 20... |
90827 | 3609 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90827 | Dubai Tower | |
90828 | 532461 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90828 | Aswan Low Dam | The Aswan Low Dam or Old Aswan Dam is a dam across the Nile River in Aswan, Egypt. It is built of masonry and held in place just by gravity. It was the first dam across the Nile, and was built by the British between 1899 and 1902. When it was done, it was the largest masonry dam in the world. This type of dam is called... |
90832 | 13028 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90832 | HTGAWFTG | |
90833 | 9860749 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90833 | Billboard (magazine) | Billboard is an international American music and entertainment magazine. It is most famous for the "Billboard" charts, which lists the top albums and singles of the week.
The magazine was started on November 1, 1894 in Cincinnati, Ohio by William H. Donaldson and James Hennegan. It was originally called "Billboard Adve... |
90834 | 2864 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90834 | Tel Aviv-Yafo | |
90836 | 22027 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90836 | Tom Brosseau | Thomas Anderson "Tom" Brosseau (born November 3, 1976) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.
Life.
He was born and grew up in Grand Forks, North Dakota. His song "How to Grow a Woman from the Ground" was covered by Chris Thile, who released a 2006 album of the same name.
Right now, Brosseau is touring the Un... |
90837 | 868175 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90837 | The Strokes | The Strokes are an American band formed in 1998. They became famous in the early 2000s as a leading group in the garage rock revival. The members of the band are Julian Casablancas, Nick Valensi, Albert Hammond Jr., Nikolai Fraiture and Fabrizio Moretti. The band has released six studio albums, but their first album, "... |
90838 | 966595 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90838 | Henry Head Battery | The Henry Head Battery is found on the La Perouse side of the inlet to Botany Bay near the edge of a cliff that drops down into the ocean on Henry Head, La Perouse, New South Wales, Australia.
History.
This fort and bunker building was built in-between 1892 - 1895 with a large disappearing gun emplacement (a special h... |
90839 | 314522 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90839 | Georges Head Battery | The Georges Head Battery, also called the Georges Head Military Fortifications is a fort on the Georges Head, in the suburb of Mosman in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The Georges Head fort is one of many forts that were built on Sydney Harbour meant to defend the colony of New South Wales, just in case another co... |
90846 | 10273168 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90846 | Virgin Records | Virgin Records is a British record label. It was started by Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. They sold it to Thorn EMI. In 2006, they came together with Capitol Records to become Capitol Music Group.
In 2013, the British Virgin Records joined Mercury Records to start a new label: Virgin EMI. |
90847 | 14389 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90847 | Equal sign | |
90849 | 314522 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90849 | Death Cab for Cutie | Death Cab for Cutie (Death Cab or DCFC) is an American indie band. The band was started in 1997 in Bellingham, Washington. The band members are Ben Gibbard (singer, guitar), Dave Depper (singer, guitar), Chris Walla (guitar, production), Nick Harmer (bass) and Jason McGerr (drums).
The band's name was taken from the so... |
90850 | 1508758 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90850 | Dave Matthews Band | Dave Matthews Band (DMB) is a band from the United States. In 1991, Dave Matthews started the band in Charlottesville, Virginia. The other band members are Stefan Lessard, Boyd Tinsley, and Carter Beauford. Saxophone player LeRoi Moore was in the band until he died in 2008. Since 1998, they usually performed with Butch... |
90851 | 12154 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90851 | Death cab for cutie | |
90852 | 12154 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90852 | DCFC | |
90853 | 12154 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90853 | Death cab | |
90857 | 532461 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90857 | Fuzûlî | Fużūlī (فضولی) was the pen name of the poet Muhammad bin Suleyman (محمد بن سليمان) (c. 1483 – 1556). He is one of the greatest contributors to the Dîvân tradition of Azerbaijani literature,
Fuzûlî wrote his collected poems (dîvân) in three different languages: Azerbaijani, Persian, and Arabic. Although his Turkic works... |
90858 | 1649820 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90858 | Suleiman the Magnificent | Suleiman I, commonly known as Suleiman the Magnificent in Western Europe and Suleiman the Lawgiver () in his Ottoman realm, was the tenth Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. He became sultan when he was 26 years old. He reigned for 46 years, from 1520 to 1566, which was longer than any other Ottoman sultan. He is known in th... |
90871 | 1639749 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90871 | Kalidasa | Kālidās (Devanāgarī: कालिदास) was an Indian Sanskrit playwright and the author of "Meghadoot", "Shākuntal" and other Sanskrit works. He has a similar place in Sanskrit as a poet and a dramatist, as Shakespeare in English.
Kālidās's plays and poetry are based on Hindu mythology and philosophy.
Life.
There is very little... |
90875 | 11132 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90875 | Coburg, Germany | |
90877 | 11132 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90877 | Sesslach | |
90878 | 11132 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90878 | Seßach | |
90882 | 10220408 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90882 | Water organ | The water organ or hydraulic organ is a kind of pipe organ. As in the pipe organ, the sound is made by air blowing through the pipes, but power to make the air blow does not come from bellows or from electricity as in the modern organ, but from water, for example from a waterfall.
A hydraulis is an early type of pipe o... |
90897 | 9038492 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90897 | User interface | A User interface allows a user to interact with a machine. User interfaces mainly provide two things:
Many machines can be very dangerous. A machine should have a user interface that can be handled easily, even if the person operating the machine has panicked. The user interface should therefore be intuitive, and simpl... |
90902 | 40158 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90902 | Cherenkov | |
90918 | 1011873 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90918 | Pizza Hut | Pizza Hut is an American pizza restaurant, also serves salads, pastas and bread sticks. In 2008, Pizza Hut serves chicken wings as a part of the Wingstreet restaurant franchise logo. Pizza Hut is an American restaurant chain and international franchise founded in 1958 by Dan and Frank Carney. The company is known for i... |
90919 | 1521690 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90919 | Intersection (road) | An intersection is where two or more roads come together. Intersections are also known as "junctions". At an intersection, there can be stop signs on one or both sides of the intersection. There can also be a traffic light.
Kinds of intersections.
There are two major types of intersections.
<br> |
90921 | 11161 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90921 | Simple English Wikibooks | |
90922 | 1174418 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90922 | Package | Package or packaging can mean: |
90935 | 314522 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90935 | Chrysalis | A chrysalis is the pupa of a butterfly. The word "chrysalis" comes from the Greek language word for gold because butterflies often have a brighter pupa than other insects. |
90936 | 11132 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90936 | Des Moines | |
90957 | 36199 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90957 | Artibonite (department) | Artibonite is one of the ten departments (French: "départments", singular "départment") of Haiti. It is named Artibonite because the Artibonite river flows across the department from east to west. Its capital is Gonaïves.
The independence of Haiti was proclaimed in the "Place d'Armes" of Gonaïves on 1 January 1804 by J... |
90963 | 40158 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90963 | Pokemon evolution | |
90967 | 1674404 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90967 | Bohemianism |
The word Bohemian was first used in Paris to mean a Roma because many people thought that they came from Bohemia. The word was then used in the late 19th century (1800s) for poor painters, writers, musicians and actors who often travelled to Paris from other towns and tried to earn money. Paris was a famous town for ... |
90970 | 863768 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90970 | Henry Willis | Henry Willis (born: 27 April 1821, London - died: 11 February 1901, London) was a British builder of pipe organs. He built a very large number of organs, many of them for big cathedrals and concert halls in Britain, such as St. Paul's Cathedral, Truro Cathedral, and the Royal Albert Hall. He also built an organ for Que... |
90973 | 1572762 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90973 | Drug addiction | Drug addiction, also called substance dependence or dependence syndrome, is a condition where a person feels a strong need to take a drug. Addiction also involves other behaviors. These include finding it difficult to control the need to use the drug and feeling the use of the drug to be more important than more normal... |
90974 | 640235 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90974 | Aristide Cavaillé-Coll | Aristide Cavaillé-Coll (born in Montpellier, 4 February 1811; died in Paris, 13 October 1899) was a French organ-builder. He invented many new mechanical devices and his organs changed the way that composers could write for the instrument. César Franck, Alexandre Guilmant, and Charles-Marie Widor, in particular, were s... |
90977 | 693482 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90977 | Gottfried Silbermann | Gottfried Silbermann (born Kleinbobritzsch, 14 January 1683; died Dresden, 4 August 1753) was a very important German builder of keyboard instruments. He built harpsichords, clavichords, organs, and pianos.
Life.
He was born in Kleinbobritzsch. He learnt to build organs from his brother in Straßburg. In 1711 Silberman... |
90979 | 3650 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90979 | Cavaillé-Coll | |
90980 | 10044662 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90980 | Gulf of Gonâve | The Gulf of Gonâve () is a large gulf along the western coast of Haiti. It is at . Port-au-Prince, the capital city of Haiti, is on the coast of the gulf. Other cities on the gulf coast include Gonaïves, Saint-Marc, Miragoâne, and Jérémie.
Several islands are in the gulf; the largest is Gonâve Island, followed by the m... |
90981 | 3650 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90981 | Aristide Cavaillé Coll | |
90985 | 1644899 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90985 | Arp Schnitger | Arp Schnitger (born 2 July 1648; buried 28 July 1719) was a German builder of pipe organs. He mostly worked in Northern Europe, especially the Netherlands and Germany, where a number of his instruments survive to the present day. His organs are different from those of Gottfried Silbermann who worked in south Germany. A... |
90989 | 1674404 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90989 | Hello Kitty | Hello Kitty is a Japanese character of a cat. It was made in 1974 by a Japanese company named Sanrio. Her real name is Kitty White. The character has a large head. She usually has a red bow between her ears. She has no mouth. Sanrio said that she was not given a mouth because she communicates by using the heart instead... |
90996 | 22027 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90996 | Herman's Hermits | Herman's Hermits were a rock band from England. They were part of the "British Invasion" of bands during the 1960s, and were most popular in that decade. Their business manager was an American named Allen Klein, who also worked for Donovan, The Animals, and later The Rolling Stones and The Beatles.
None of the members ... |
90999 | 18539 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=90999 | Grand'Anse (department) | Grand'Anse, or "Grande Anse", is one of the ten departments (French: "départments", singular "départment") of Haiti. Its capital is Jérémie.
Geography.
The "Départment de la Grand'Anse" has an area of 2,091 km². It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Gonâve, to the east by the Nippes Department, to the south by the... |
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