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    Joan Tower (born September 6, 1938) is a Grammy-winning contemporary American composer, concert pianist and conductor. Lauded by The New Yorker as "one...
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    Joan of the Tower (5 July 1321 – 7 September 1362), daughter of Edward II of England and Isabella of France, was Queen of Scotland from 1329 to her death...
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    Pohlit and Franklin Stover, have written works featuring basset clarinet; Joan Tower's 1988 Clarinet Concerto is written to be played on either basset or standard...
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    England Joan of England, Queen of Scotland (1210–1238) Joan of Acre, Countess of Gloucester (1272–1307) daughter of Edward I of England Joan of the Tower (1321–1362)...
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  • a Marvel Comics character Sequoia (composition), by American composer Joan Tower "Sequoia", a song by Way Out West from Way Out West Sequoya (Ream), a...
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    Joan of Arc (French: Jeanne d'Arc [ʒan daʁk]; Middle French: Jehanne Darc [ʒəˈãnə ˈdark]; c. 1412 – 30 May 1431) is a patron saint of France, honored as...
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  • also refer to: Stroke (composition), a 2010 orchestral composition by Joan Tower Stroke (film), a 1992 Canadian short film Stroke (journal), a cardiology...
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  • Wurts Ion Tower (1889–1940), British Royal Navy officer, World War II air raid victim Jeremiah Tower (born 1942), American chef Joan Tower (born 1938)...
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  • is an orchestral composition in one movement by the American composer Joan Tower. The work was commissioned by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and was...
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    Joan Leslie Freeman is a retired American actress. Freeman was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa. She attended Mother Cabrini School in Burbank, California...
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    Joan Chandos Baez (/baɪz/ BYZE, Spanish: [ˈbaes]; born January 9, 1941) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and activist. Her contemporary folk...
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  • is an orchestral composition in one movement by the American composer Joan Tower. The work was jointly commissioned by the League of American Orchestras...
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    Inductee's Gallery|Library of Congress National Recording Registry Adds Joan Tower's Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman|WQXR Blog|WQXR "National Recording Registry...
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  • is a composition for solo flute and orchestra by the American composer Joan Tower. The work was commissioned by the American Composers Orchestra and was...
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    Rouse, Trombone Concerto Leon Kirchner, Music for Cello and Orchestra Joan Tower, Violin Concerto 1994: Gunther Schuller, Of Reminiscences and Reflections...
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    Stephen Shore, An-My Lê, Neil Gaiman, Bill T. Jones, Daniel Mendelsohn, Joan Tower, Masha Gessen, Kelly Reichardt, Francine Prose, Ann Lauterbach, Charles...
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  • a composition for solo violin and orchestra by the American composer Joan Tower. It was commissioned by the Barlow Endowment for Music Composition and...
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  • refer to: Silver Ladders (composition), an orchestral composition by Joan Tower Silver Ladders (album), a 2020 album by Mary Lattimore Silver Ladder,...
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    (1971) Toru Takemitsu, Entre-Temps for Oboe and String Quartett (1981) Joan Tower, Island Prelude (1988) Isang Yun, Concerto for Oboe (Oboe d'amore) and...
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  • of Scotland Joan of England, Countess of Gloucester (1272–1307), known as Joan of Acre, daughter of Edward I of England Joan of the Tower (1321–1362)...
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    Chris Thile, Pussy Riot, Caroline Polachek, Tanya Tagaq, Agnes Obel, Joan Tower, John Corigliano, the International Contemporary Ensemble, yMusic, Missy...
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    Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland (October 22, 1917 – December 15, 2013), known professionally as Joan Fontaine, was an English-American actress who is best...
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  • (Homage to Beethoven) is the first piano concerto by the American composer Joan Tower. The work was commissioned by the Hudson Valley Philharmonic, the Saint...
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  • 1920/2019 (category Compositions by Joan Tower)
    1920/2019 is an orchestral composition written by the American composer Joan Tower. The work was commissioned by the New York Philharmonic as part of "Project...
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    and Romero Lubambo. Other composers who have written for Isbin include Joan Tower, David Diamond, Ned Rorem, Howard Shore, John Duarte, Leo Brouwer, and...
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  • composition for solo clarinet and orchestra by the American composer Joan Tower. The work was commissioned by the Walter W. Naumburg Foundation for the...
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  • Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman (category Compositions by Joan Tower)
    of six short compositions, or “parts” of one 25-minute composition, by Joan Tower. Parts I and II are scored for brass and percussion, parts III and V are...
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  • Retrieved 8 December 2022. "A Short Biography of Joan Sanderson". radiosoundsfamiliar.com. "Fawlty Towers, Communication Problems". British Classic Comedy...
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  • Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji Patric Standford Mikis Theodorakis Michael Tippett Joan Tower Ralph Vaughan Williams Heitor Villa-Lobos William Walton Judith Weir Iannis...
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  • Island Prelude is a chamber work composed by Joan Tower in 1988. Intended for oboist Peter Bowman of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, it is originally...
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