Who's Who in Gay and Lesbian History
Who's Who in Gay and Lesbian History

Author: Robert Aldrich

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2020-10-07

Total Pages: 611

ISBN-13: 1000158888

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Who's Who in Gay and Lesbian History: From Antiquity to the Mid-Twentieth Century is a comprehensive and fascinating survey of the key figures in gay and lesbian history from classical times to the mid-twentieth century. Among those included are: * Classical heroes - Achilles; Aeneas; Ganymede * Literary giants - Sappho; Christopher Marlowe; Arthur Rimbaud; Oscar Wilde * Royalty and politicians - Edward II; King James I; Horace Walpole; Michel de Montaigne. Over the course of some 500 entries, expert contributors provide a complete and vivid picture of gay and lesbian life in the Western world throughout the ages.

Jordans Westward from Ireland
Jordans Westward from Ireland

Author: Phyllis Carlson

Publisher: Darlingford, Man. : P. Carlson

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13:

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The Jordan family was originally known as MacSiurtan which was the Gaelic surname adopted by the hibernized Norman family d'Exeter who descended from Jordan d'Exeter who came to Ireland after 1172. The emigrant ancestor of the Jordans in Ontario, Canada was William (1782-1870) and his wife, Lavinia Acton (1788-1883). They were born in County Mayo which was their ancestral home. The Jordans came to Canada in the early 1840s and settled in Torbolton, Ontario. Over 1720 descendents live throughout Canada and the United States.

Cuban Music from A to Z
Cuban Music from A to Z

Author: Helio Orovio

Publisher: Duke University Press

Published: 2004-03-12

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 082238521X

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Available in English for the first time, Cuban Music from A to Z is an encyclopedic guide to one of the world’s richest and most influential musical cultures. It is the most extensive compendium of information about the singers, composers, bands, instruments, and dances of Cuba ever assembled. With more than 1,300 entries and 150 illustrations, this volume is an essential reference guide to the music of the island that brought the world the danzón, the son, the mambo, the conga, and the cha-cha-chá. The life’s work of Cuban historian and musician Helio Orovio, Cuban Music from A to Z presents the people, genres, and history of Cuban music. Arranged alphabetically and cross-referenced, the entries span from Abakuá music and dance to Eddy Zervigón, a Cuban bandleader based in New York City. They reveal an extraordinary fusion of musical elements, evident in the unique blend of African and Spanish traditions of the son musical genre and in the integration of jazz and rumba in the timba style developed by bands like Afrocuba, Chucho Valdés’s Irakeke, José Luis Cortés’s ng La Banda, and the Buena Vista Social Club. Folk and classical music, little-known composers and international superstars, drums and string instruments, symphonies and theaters—it’s all here.

The Blues Encyclopedia
The Blues Encyclopedia

Author: Edward Komara

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2004-07

Total Pages: 1279

ISBN-13: 1135958327

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The first full-length authoritative Encyclopedia on the Blues as a musical form. A to Z in format, this work covers not only the performers, but also musical styles, regions, record labels and cultural aspects of the blues.

The Blues Encyclopedia
The Blues Encyclopedia

Author: Edward Komara

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2004-07-01

Total Pages: 1274

ISBN-13: 1135958319

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The Blues Encyclopedia is the first full-length authoritative Encyclopedia on the Blues as a musical form. While other books have collected biographies of blues performers, none have taken a scholarly approach. A to Z in format, this Encyclopedia covers not only the performers, but also musical styles, regions, record labels and cultural aspects of the blues, including race and gender issues. Special attention is paid to discographies and bibliographies.