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Was a Filipino Catholic priest, monsignor, and Bible translator from the Philippines. He became an o

Was a Filipino Catholic priest, monsignor, and Bible translator from the Philippines. He became an official member of the priesthood on May 14, 1942. He translated the Holy Bible from the original Hebrew and Greek. Apart from this, he also became the rector of the Manila Cathedral from 1962 to 1975, and at the same time as the chancellor of the Archdiocese of Manila.

Was a Filipino poet, literary critic, short story writer, and painter. He was awarded the National A

Was a Filipino poet, literary critic, short story writer, and painter. He was awarded the National Artist of the Philippines title for literature in 1973,[1] as well as the Guggenheim Fellowship in creative writing by Conrad Aiken.[2] He is known to have introduced the "reversed consonance rime scheme" in writing poetry, as well as the extensive use of punctuation marks—especially commas, which made him known as the Comma Poet

Is a Peruvian writer, he was born in Lima, Peru in 1969, now he is living in Jakarta,Indonesia.Since

Is a Peruvian writer, he was born in Lima, Peru in 1969, now he is living in Jakarta,Indonesia.Since 1993 his poetry has been published in different newspapers and specialized magazines in different countries in the world such as, Peru, Chile, USA, Argent

Was a Colombian political figure and President of Colombia.Marroquín joined the Colombian Conservat

Was a Colombian political figure and President of Colombia.Marroquín joined the Colombian Conservative Party and was elected to the House of Representatives and the Senate. He was also appointed as Minister of Education. He was elected as vice-president of the Republic of Colombia in 1898 and later elected as president in 1900 and re-elected in 1904.[1]

Popularly known as Pete Lacaba, is a multi-awarded Filipino film writer, editor, poet, screenwriter,

Popularly known as Pete Lacaba, is a multi-awarded Filipino film writer, editor, poet, screenwriter, journalist and translator .

Is a writer and activist who reorganized the Communist Party of the Philippines and added elements o

Is a writer and activist who reorganized the Communist Party of the Philippines and added elements of Maoism to its philosophy.

Is a renowned lawyer, constitutional law expert, and author in the Philippines. He was a member of t

Is a renowned lawyer, constitutional law expert, and author in the Philippines. He was a member of the Philippine Constitutional Commission of 1986 and a delegate to the 1971 Constitutional Convention.

Is a veteran newscaster and talk show host. He is currently the station manager of the terrestrial t

Is a veteran newscaster and talk show host. He is currently the station manager of the terrestrial television station UNTV 37, who is owned by his former co-host, Daniel Razon.

Is a German composer. In 1950 he was co-founder of the German Section of the Jeunesses Musicales, to

Is a German composer. In 1950 he was co-founder of the German Section of the Jeunesses Musicales, together with Herbert Barth, Reiner Bredemeyer and Eckhart Rolfs (Schmidt 2001). Starting in 1952 he did pioneering work in the use of concrete and electronic sounds, joining Pierre Schaefer’s Groupe de Recherche Musicale in 1953 (Schmidt 2001). In 1955 he worked in the electronic studio of NWDR in Cologne, and spent some time in 1959 in Scherchen’s experimental studio in Gravesano (Schmidt 2001). From 1959 until its closure in 1966 Riedl was director of the Siemens Studio for electronic music (Schmidt 2001). The concert series Neue Musik München / Klang-Aktionen initiated by Riedl in 1960 (Schmidt 2001) continues to this day.[citation needed] In 1967 he established the Musik/Film/Dia/Licht-Galerie group, and in 1974 in Bonn founded the Kultur Forum, which he directed until 1982 (Schmidt 2001).

Was a Czech composer, musicologist and librettist. His work represents a remarkable value in the con

Was a Czech composer, musicologist and librettist. His work represents a remarkable value in the context of Czech music after the World War II[1].Even though the Berg's style was at first influenced by Moravian folk music, his mature compositions are very individual and take advantage of new composition techniques and principles[1]. However, his works are not mere technical exercises. Particularly in chamber music Berg brought spontaneous creative invention[1]. Berg was successful in the field of vocal and scenic music, and composed song cycles to his own lyrics. He also made a number of contributions to the chamber opera genre, including The Return of Ulysses, European Tourism, and Euphrides in Front of the Gates of Tymenas.[2]

Was a Czech composer of classical music. He is often referred to as J. B. Foerster. The surname is s

Was a Czech composer of classical music. He is often referred to as J. B. Foerster. The surname is sometimes spelled Förster.Foerster was born in Detenice, in an area called the Bohemian Paradise. His was a musical family normally living in Prague, where his father, a composer also named Josef Foerster, taught at the Conservatory. (His father's students included Franz Lehár.[1]) Josef was educated accordingly, and duly studied there. He also showed an early interest in the theatre, and even thought of becoming an actor. From 1884 he worked as a critic, and he would prove to be a writer of distinction.

Was a Czech-born composer who wrote many popular songs, and also some less successful operas.Dessaue

Was a Czech-born composer who wrote many popular songs, and also some less successful operas.Dessauer was born into a wealthy Jewish family, and studied piano in Prague with Friedrich Dionys Weber and composition with Wenzel Johann Tomaschek. Dessauer began as a song composer, but later began composing operas, of which very few were performed.

Was a composer, oboist, viola da gamba virtuoso, cellist, and pedagogue.He was born in Lochovice in

Was a composer, oboist, viola da gamba virtuoso, cellist, and pedagogue.He was born in Lochovice in Bohemia and began his professional career as an oboist in the service of Countess Netolicka.[1] In 1777 he moved to Munich to serve in the court orchestra of Elector Maximilian Joseph. That year in Munich, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was greatly impressed the wind band trained by Fiala, and helped Fiala secure a position in 1778 after the death of the Elector.

Was a German-Hungarian car designer, born in Budapest, Hungary. Josef Ganz was born in a Jewish fami

Was a German-Hungarian car designer, born in Budapest, Hungary. Josef Ganz was born in a Jewish family with a Hungarian mother and a German father in Budapest, the then second-largest city within the Austro-Hungarian Empire, on July 1, 1898. His father, D

Was a Czech writer.Jedlicka studied aesthetics and ethnography at Prague University, but after the c

Was a Czech writer.Jedlicka studied aesthetics and ethnography at Prague University, but after the communist revolution in 1948 he was kicked out of university for being an anticommunist. He then worked in various professions - as laborer, teacher, TV assistant, and tutor among them. After 1953 he moved to Litvínov, an industrial town in northern Bohemia. B

Was a Czech organist, violinist, composer, conductor and pedagogue. He is author of several large or

Was a Czech organist, violinist, composer, conductor and pedagogue. He is author of several large organ compositions in the style of late romanticism.Klicka grew up in influenced by music. He studied at conservatory and organ school in Prague. He worked as organist and conductor and later became professor at the Prague Conservatory (in 1892–1895 as proxy for Antonín Dvorák, then in the USA).

Was a Czech pianist, organist, and composer of late Romantic music. Labor was an influential music t

Was a Czech pianist, organist, and composer of late Romantic music. Labor was an influential music teacher. As a friend of some key figures in Vienna, his importance was enhanced.He toured Europe as a pianist and, in the process, formed a lasting friendship with King Georg V of Hanover, who was also blind. Georg named him Royal Chamber Pianist in 1865. The following year, the two men settled in Vienna, where Labor began organ lessons and became a teacher, while continuing to compose and perform.

Was a Czech composer, pedagogue, and music critic.Some of his early music is set to German texts, bu

Was a Czech composer, pedagogue, and music critic.Some of his early music is set to German texts, but after 1848 he aligned himself with Czech nationalism. His reviews of music appeared in Dalibor and Slavoj. He was a co-founder of the Hlahol choral society and the Umelecká Beseda, an artists' union. He may have taught Antonín Dvorák.Zvonar composed overtures, chamber music, cantatas, an opera entitled Záboj, a requiem, and piano works, and his manuscripts are held at the National Museum in Prague. His songs were popular in his lifetime. However, he his best remembered as an educator; he was the author of the first history of Czech music, Dejiny ceské hudby (1860), as well as the first Czech language harmony treatise, Navedení k snadnému potrebných kadencí skládání (1859). His papers on Czech folk music were among the earliest founding documents of study in the field.

Was an Israeli author and playwright.Josef Mundy was born in Bucharest to a prosperous family. At th

Was an Israeli author and playwright.Josef Mundy was born in Bucharest to a prosperous family. At the age of 16 he immigrated to Israel. In the 1960s he spent a period in France, and spent significant time abroad throughout his life. Ha-Mashber, published in 1970, was his first play to gain recognition. Initially staged by HaMartef ("the basement") Theatre, it had an eventual run of over 1,000 performances.

Was a Czech composer who contributed to the formation of late eighteenth-century classicism in music

Was a Czech composer who contributed to the formation of late eighteenth-century classicism in music.He achieved the rank of master miller in 1761, but gave up the family profession in order to pursue musical studies. In Prague, he studied composition with Franz Habermann and Josef Seger in the early 1760s. His ambitions led him to travel to Venice in 1763 to study with Giovanni Pescetti. His travel to Italy was subsidized in part from family wealth, in part from the Bohemian nobleman Vincenz von Waldstein.

Was a Czech piano virtuoso and composer.

Was a Czech piano virtuoso and composer.

Was a Czech pianist and composer.From 1840 to 1846 Pischna studied oboe at the Prague Conservatory.[

Was a Czech pianist and composer.From 1840 to 1846 Pischna studied oboe at the Prague Conservatory.[1] He worked for thirty-five years as a pianist and piano teacher in Moscow.[1] Of his compositions, the 60 Klavierübungen (60 Exercices progressifs - 60 Piano Exercises) have commanded an abiding importance. They have appeared in several editions and been used up to the present time in piano teaching.[1]

Was a Czech pianist and composer of German descent.Proksch, who became blind at the age of 17, was a

Was a Czech pianist and composer of German descent.Proksch, who became blind at the age of 17, was a pupil of Jan Antonín Koželuh.[1] In 1830, Proksch opened the Musikbildungsanstalt (Music Academy) in Prague.[1] His teaching method of having several students play simultaneously during piano lessons was continued for over a hundred years. His most famous student was Bedrich Smetana, whom Prosch taught piano and music theory from 1843 to 1847.[1]

Was a Czech cellist, composer and conductor. He was the uncle of composer and music theorist Anton R

Was a Czech cellist, composer and conductor. He was the uncle of composer and music theorist Anton Reicha.Josef Reicha was born in Chudenice. In 1761 he moved to Prague, where he was taught cello by Franz Joseph Werner. In 1771 Reicha became first cellist in the Kapelle of Prince (Fürst) Kraft Ernst von Oettingen-Wallerstein. Together with the famous violinist Anton Janitsch, who also played in the Kapelle, Reicha toured several European cities during late 1770s and visited Leopold Mozart in Salzburg in 1778.[1] In his letters to Wolfgang Amadeus, Leopold praised Reicha's cello playing and compared the style of one of his cello concerts to those by Wolfgang Amadeus.

Was a conductor, composer, and composition teacher. He was one of the first students of Alban Berg[1

Was a conductor, composer, and composition teacher. He was one of the first students of Alban Berg[1], with whom he studied before World War I[2]. As a conductor Schmid had been an assistant to both Zemlinsky[3] and Erich Kleiber[4]. As a composer Schmid was associated with Berg and Webern but considered himself a musical "godson" of Schoenberg.[5]. After the War Schmid emigrated to New York City and established himself as a teacher of composition, basing his teaching on the writings of Schoenbergs. His most important composition students included Robert Di Domenica and Joe Maneri.