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Ben Weber (other)
Ben Weber may refer to: * Ben Weber (composer) (1916–1979), American composer *Ben Weber (baseball) (born 1969), Major League Baseball right-handed relief pitcher *Ben Weber (actor) (born 1972), American film and television actor *Bernardus Weber Bernardus “Ben” Matheus Antonius Weber (born March 29, 1912, in Tilburg, the NetherlandsOctober 23, 1996 in Camarillo, California) was a Dutch sculptor, draughtsman, and pastellist. He received the honor of knighthood in the Dutch Order of Orang ... (born 1912), Dutch sculptor See also * Benjamin Webber (other) {{hndis, Weber, Ben ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Weber (composer)
William Jennings Bryan "Ben" Weber (July 23, 1916 in St. Louis – June 16, 1979 in New York City) was an American composer. Weber He was "one of the first Americans to embrace the 12-tone techniques of Schoenberg, starting in 1938"; he was largely self-taught. He worked initially as a copyist and only came to recognition in the 1950s. Weber used the twelve-tone technique but, rather than avoid tonality, he worked with it and achieved a virtuoso Romantic style: "Weber could not stifle his bent for expansive lyricism and bold gestures," wrote music critic Anthony Tommasini, adding: "One gets the sense that his adaptation of the 12-tone technique was his way of ensuring that his music would keep its cutting edge and not slip into Romanticism. There is a rather Brahmsian spirit trying to emerge here." He composed chamber music for various combinations of instruments, orchestral music including concertos for violin and piano, piano music, and songs. Weber also wrote an unpublished m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Weber (baseball)
Ben Edward Weber (born November 17, 1969) is an American Chiropractic, chiropractor and retired Major League Baseball right-handed relief pitcher. As an athlete, Weber was known for a unique pitching windup position, windup. Career Weber attended Port Neches-Groves High School and then the University of Houston. Weber was selected by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 20th round (537th overall) of the 1991 Major League Baseball draft. After spending six years in the Blue Jays minor league system, Weber was released and pitched in the independent Western Baseball League for the Salinas Peppers in 1996 and in Taiwan in the Taiwan Major League from 1997 to 1998. In 1999, he pitched in the San Francisco Giants minor league system. He was added to the 40-man roster on October 21. On April 3, 2000, Weber made his Major League debut against the Florida Marlins at the age of 30. On August 30, 2000, Weber was claimed off waivers by the Anaheim Angels, where he had two of his best years. In 2002, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Weber (actor)
Ben Weber (born May 14, 1972) is an American film and television actor. He has appeared in TV series such as ''Sex and the City'' and ''Everwood'' and films such as ''Kissing Jessica Stein,'' '' The Christmas Card'', and ''Coach Carter''. Weber also played David on the ABC Family television series ''The Secret Life of the American Teenager'' along with Molly Ringwald. In addition to film and television work, Weber was one of the original cavemen in the GEICO Cavemen The GEICO Cavemen are trademarked characters of the auto insurance company GEICO, used in a series of television advertisements that aired beginning in 2004. The campaign was created by Joe Lawson and Noel Ritter while working at The Martin Age ... advertising campaign. Filmography Film Television References External links * 1972 births American male actors Living people People from Bellingham, Washington {{US-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernardus Weber
Bernardus “Ben” Matheus Antonius Weber (born March 29, 1912, in Tilburg, the NetherlandsOctober 23, 1996 in Camarillo, California) was a Dutch sculptor, draughtsman, and pastellist. He received the honor of knighthood in the Dutch Order of Orange-Nassau by Queen Juliana of the Netherlands in 1977. Weber was a professor at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, California for 22 years where he also served as the university's artist-in-residence. He operated his own Thousand Oaks art studio with clients such as Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands along with collectors from Beverly Hills and Hollywood. Some of his notable works include the 15-foot Enormous Luther (“Gumby”) statue at Falde Plaza on the Cal Lutheran campus as well as art utilized in films, including the Oscar-winning Doris Day film ''Pillow Talk'' (1959). Early life Ben Weber was born in Tilburg, Netherlands on March 29, 1912. He attended the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Belgium and later the Arts and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |