|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mendelssohn put this Italian word for a brisk tempo on the first movement of his "Italian" symphony |
|
|
...where we've met Zonker, B.D. & Boopsie |
|
|
His novel "Sister Carrie" sold fewer than 500 copies in its first edition |
|
|
A Cuban 1-peso note shows Jose Marti on the obverse & this man entering Havana in 1959 on the reverse |
|
|
Urging his execution, in 1792 Robespierre said this king "must perish because our country must live!" |
|
|
It means "to the point of making one sick" |
|
|
Joseph Rheinberger played this instrument for his parish church at age 7 & wrote 2 notable sonatas for it |
|
|
...about a witch who was once married to Attila the Hun |
|
|
This experimental novelist named William published a 1953 account of drug addiction under the name William Lee |
|
|
This country's $50 bill features William Lyon Mackenzie King, its longest-serving prime minister |
|
|
A busy guy, he was King of Italy (1900 to 1946), Emperor of Ethiopia (1936 to 1941) & King of Albania (1939 to 1943) |
|
|
Literally "rare bird", it's used today to describe something very unusual |
|
|
A 1725 notebook of compositions by this Baroque master bears the name of a wife who bore him 13 children |
|
|
...named for the character seen here (don't forget his degree) |
|
|
This novel by Richard Wright tells of Bigger Thomas, the product of a Chicago slum |
|
|
Pitcairn Island & the Cook Islands use this country's dollar as their currency |
|
|
|
Be careful at the Roman flea market & remember this, Latin for "buyer beware" |
|
|
"Blessed are they that go mourning" is the opening chorus of Brahms' "German" this |
|
|
...by Matt Groening of "Simpsons" fame |
|
|
This series of tales by Ovid with a plural title begins with the creation of the world |
|
|
This country's 1,000-pound notes feature Hafez al-Assad & scenes depicting its oil industry |
|
|
This country's King Bhumbol was born in Cambridge, Mass., where his father was studying at Harvard |
|
|
It's the legal phrase meaning "friend of the court" |
|
|
Richard Chamberlain played him in "The Music Lovers", which featured his piano concerto No. 1, heard here |
|
|
...seen here & often called the greatest ever produced |
|
|
Isabel Archer is the title woman of this Henry James masterpiece |
|
|
In 1999 Denmark honored this author of "Out of Africa" by featuring her on the 50-kroner bill |
|
|
Killed in battle in 1031, this king of Norway was made a saint in 1164 |
|
|
This phrase means "there's no accounting for taste" |
|