Biography Category
(sl t´k n) (KEY) , 1944–, American conductor, b. Los Angeles. Raised in a musical family, he studied violin, viola, piano, and composition. He was ...
1620–82, French astronomer, noted for having made the first accurate measurement of a degree of the earth’s meridian. The figures he established w...
(b ´d rzh kh sm ´tänä) (KEY) , 1824–84, Czech composer, creator of a national style in Czech music. He studied in Pilsen and in Prague, where in...
1901–76, American astrophysicist, b. Florence, Colo. From 1926 to 1932 he was with the Lick Observatory in Calif. In 1932 he joined the faculty at H...
(ändr ´ä säns v ´n ) (KEY) , c.1460–1529, Florentine sculptor and architect of the High Renaissance, b. Monte Sansavino. His real name was Andr...
(fränch s´k d rôs´s sälv ä´t ) (KEY) , 1510–63, Italian painter. Salviati studied with Andrea Del Sarto and was greatly influenced by Parm...