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Legenda Dochiei - Sculptura In Piatra De Gheorghe Iliescu-Calinesti, Parcul Herastrau
Legenda may refer to: Aerospace * Legenda (satellite system) ("Legend" in Russian), Soviet military satellite system of the 1970-80s Film and theatre *''Legenda'', 1911 play by Stanisław Wyspiański * , a 1971 film by Sylwester Chęciński Music Classical music * ''Legenda'' for violin Henryk Wieniawski * ''Legenda'' for orchestra Vasily Kalafati * ''Legenda'' for orchestra List of compositions by Henryk Górecki * ''Legenda'' for male voice choir List of compositions by Einojuhani Rautavaara * ''Legenda Bałtyku'' ("The Legend of the Baltic"), a 1924 Polish opera by Feliks Nowowiejski Popular music * ''Legenda'', a 2012 album by Mari Hamada * ''Legenda'', a 1990 album by Sheila Majid * ''Legenda'', a 1991 album by the Polish group Armia * ''Legenda'', a 2010 song by Marcin Mroziński * ''Legenda'' (″Легенда″), a 1987 song by the Russian band Kino Other uses * Legend A legend is a Folklore genre, genre of folklore that consists of a narrative featuring human ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legenda (satellite System)
Legenda, or the MKRC Legenda system, is a Soviet satellite targeting system mated to the SS-N-19 missile. It consisted of the US-P SIGINT satellites and the US-A Radar Ocean reconnaissance satellites, which were nuclear powered. Legenda system consist of 37 ELINT satellite named US-P and 32 US-A nuclear powered radar satellite to provide global coverage Legenda is now non-functional after the US-A and US-P sats were deactivated. It is being replaced by the Liana system with 4 operational satellites as of July 2021. See also * P-700 Granit The P-700 ''Granit'' (russian: П-700 "Гранит"; en, granite) is a Soviet and Russian naval anti-ship cruise missile. Its GRAU designation is 3M45, its NATO reporting name SS-N-19 ''Shipwreck''. It comes in surface-to-surface and subma ... References Military equipment of the Soviet Union Space program of the Soviet Union {{Soviet-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanisław Wyspiański
Stanisław Mateusz Ignacy Wyspiański (; 15 January 1869 – 28 November 1907) was a Polish playwright, painter and poet, as well as interior and furniture designer. A patriotic writer, he created a series of symbolic, national dramas within the artistic philosophy of the Young Poland Movement. Wyspiański was one of the most outstanding and multifaceted artists of his time in Poland under the foreign partitions. He successfully joined the trends of modernism with themes of the Polish folk tradition and Romantic history. Unofficially, he came to be known as the Fourth Polish Bard (in addition to the earlier Three Bards: Adam Mickiewicz, Juliusz Słowacki, and Zygmunt Krasiński). Biography Stanisław Wyspiański was born to Franciszek Wyspiański and Maria Rogowska. His father, a sculptor, owned an atelier at the foot of Wawel Hill. His mother died of tuberculosis in 1876 when Stanisław was seven years old. Due to problems with alcohol, Stanisław's father could not fulfil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylwester Chęciński
Sylwester Chęciński (21 May 1930, Skwarki – 8 December 2021, Wrocław) was a Polish film and television director. He was born in Susiec, Poland, on 21 May 1930. Chęciński died in Wrocław on 8 December 2021, at the age of 91. Biography Chęciński was born 21 May 1930 in Skwarki. In 1950, he graduated from the 1st Secondary School of General Education named after Jędrzej Śniadeckiego in Dzierżoniów, and in 1956 the Directing Department of the State Film School in Łódź. He is best known for the trilogy Sami swoi, Nie ma mocnych and Kochaj albo rzuć. He directed his first film ''Historia żółtej ciżemki'' in 1961. In the years 1976–1980 he was the deputy artistic director of the film group "Iluzjon", and in the years 1988–1991 the deputy artistic director of the film group "Kadr". For lifetime achievement, he received "Platinum Lions" at the 39th Gdynia Film Festival (2014) and the Polish Academy Life Achievement Award (2017). Chęciński died on December ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henryk Wieniawski
Henryk Wieniawski (; 10 July 183531 March 1880) was a Polish virtuoso violinist, composer and pedagogue who is regarded amongst the greatest violinists in history. His younger brother Józef Wieniawski and nephew Adam Tadeusz Wieniawski were also accomplished musicians, as was his daughter Régine, who became a naturalised British subject upon marrying into the peerage and wrote music under the name Poldowski. Life Henryk Wieniawski was born in Lublin, Poland. His father, Tobiasz Pietruszka né Wolf Helman, was the son of a Jewish barber named Herschel Meyer Helman, from Lublin's Jewish neighborhood of Wieniawa. Wolf Helman later changed his name to Tadeusz Wieniawski, taking on the name of his neighborhood to blend into the Polish environment. Prior to obtaining his medical degree, he had converted to Catholicism. He married Regina Wolff, the daughter of a noted Jewish physician from Warsaw, and out of this marriage, Henryk was born. Henryk's talent for playing the violin wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasily Kalafati
Vasily Pavlovich Kalafati (russian: Василий Павлович Калафати, ''Vasilij Pavlovič Kalafati''; , Yevpatoria, Crimea – 20 March 1942, near Saint Petersburg, Leningrad) was a Russian composer and pedagogue of Greek descent. Kalafati was a pupil of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory, and would also teach composition and music theory there between 1907 and 1929, having been promoted to professor in 1923. His own students included Alexander Scriabin, Igor Stravinsky, and Heino Eller. He died during the German siege of Leningrad in World War II. Although largely forgotten after his death, Kalafati was one of the most important composers in Russia during his lifetime. He composed in a style which resembled that of Rimsky-Korsakov and his most notable works were an opera ''Cygany'' (based on Alexander Pushkin, Pushkin's poem ''The Gypsies (poem), The Gypsies''), a symphony in A minor, a symphonic poem ''Legenda'' (which won him a prize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Compositions By Henryk Górecki
Henryk Mikołaj Górecki ( , ; 6 December 1933 – 12 November 2010) was a Polish composer of contemporary classical music. This incomplete list of his compositions is sorted by opus number or date when no opus number is provided. Much of Górecki's work has been published by Boosey & Hawkes, which holds the rights for most of the world except in "countries of the former socialist copyright federation," where Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne holds the rights. Works Published * Four Preludes, Op. 1, piano (1955) * Toccata for two pianos, Op. 2 * Three Songs, Op. 3 (1956) ** No. 1 ''Do matki'' – To Mother ** No. 2 ''Jakiż to dzwon grobowy'' – What was this Funeral Bell ** No. 3 ''Ptak'' – The Bird * Variations for violin and piano, Op. 4 * Quartettino, Op. 5, two flutes, oboe, violin (1956) * Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 6, piano (1956, revised 1984, 1990) * Songs of Joy and Rhythm, Op. 7, piano and chamber orchestra (1956, revised 1959) * Sonatina in One Movement, Op. 8, violin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Compositions By Einojuhani Rautavaara
This is a list of compositions by Einojuhani Rautavaara. Rautavaara stopped using opus numbers for his new compositions during the 1970s. In addition, he revised several of his compositions many years after they were originally composed. Therefore, using opus numbers in connection with his works is not a necessity. Operas *''Kaivos (The Mine)'' (1957–1958/1960/1963) *''Apollo contra Marsyas'' (1970) *''The Abduction of the Sampo (Runo 42: Sammon ryosto)'', choral opera (1974/1982) *''Marjatta, the Lowly Maiden (Marjatta Matalan Neiti)'' (1975) *''A Dramatic Scene, "Late One Night" (En dramatisk Scen)'' (1976) *''Thomas'' (1982–1985) *''Vincent'' (1986–1987) *'' The House of the Sun (Auringon talo)'' (1989–1990) *''The Gift of the Magi (Tietäjien lahja)'', chamber opera (1993–1994) *'' Aleksis Kivi'' (1995–1996) *''Rasputin'' (2001–2003) Incidental Music * Incidental Music to ''sä-Peikko ja Simpukka-Ukko (Father Troll and Old Man Clam)'' (1952) * Soundtrack to '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legenda Bałtyku
''Legenda Bałtyku'' ("The Legend of the Baltic") is a 1924 Polish opera by Feliks Nowowiejski. It is a neo-romantic nationalist opera. ''Legenda Bałtyku'' premiered in Poznań Poznań () is a city on the River Warta in west-central Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business centre, and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint Joh ..., Poland, on 28 November 1924. Opera Poznan staged the opera in 1955 and Lodz Opera Company staged it in 1965.Józef Borzyszkowski The Kashubs, Pomerania and Gdańsk 2005 - Page 111 "The most famous was Feliks Nowowiejski, author of the melody of the Rota nti-German anthem written by Maria Konopnicka and in 1910and the Kashubian Anthem; he composed also the opera Legend of the Baltic," Plot The plot concerns the task set for the poor fisherman Doman (tenor) by Mestwin, the father of the maiden Bogna - to obtain the ring of Queen Jurata whose kingdom lies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mari Hamada
is a Japanese heavy metal and pop rock singer. Since her debut in 1983, Hamada has been known as the "Heavy Metal Queen" of Japan. Throughout her career, she has released 25 singles and 23 studio albums. Biography Early history Mari Hamada started singing when she joined a choir at elementary school and participated in recording TV commercial jingles while in junior high. While at Musashigaoka High School, she formed a punk rock band called "Mari Band". During her tenure at Aoyama Gakuin University, Hamada was a backing vocalist for the band "Hamachan" and the lead vocalist of the all-female rock band "Misty Cats"; the latter having recorded the demo song "Misty Blue" for the various artists album ''Kichijōji Yamaha Studio Take-1 Presents: 7th One Way Contest'' in 1982. 1980s In 1983, Hamada released her debut album '' Lunatic Doll ~ Ansatsu Keikoku'', which was produced by Daiko Nagato and Loudness drummer Munetaka Higuchi and released by Victor Entertainment under t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheila Majid
Yang Hormat Dato’ Sheila Majid (born Shaheila binti Abdul Majid, 3 January 1965), is a Malaysian pop singer who is best known for her 1986 song, "Sinaran". Her musical prowess especially in the genre of jazz music has led her to be dubbed as Malaysia's Queen of Jazz. Biography Sheila Majid was born in Kuala Lumpur, (then in Selangor state), Malaysia on 3 January 1965. Her mother is a native Malay with Mandailing ancestry whose great-great-grandfather was Sutan Puasa, the founder of Kuala Lumpur. Her father was a Malay of Javanese descent, whose great-grandfather had settled in Malaya after surviving a shipwreck en route to Java from a pilgrimage in Mecca. Her paternal lineage can be traced back to Raden Hussein, brother of Raden Hassan, the first Muslim sultan of Demak; both were princes of Probowo Wijoyo V of Majapahit. She attended schools at Convent Goodshepherd Kindergarten, Methodist Girls Primary School and Methodist Girls Secondary School, all in Kuala Lumpur, M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armia
Armia ( en, Army) is Polish punk rock band founded in 1985 by Tomasz Budzyński, Sławomir Gołaszewski and Robert Brylewski. Armia is famous for its use of horn, which was unusual of punk rock bands in late 1980s and 1990s. With poetic (often inspired by philosophy and literature) lyrics, written by Budzyński, and evolving, creative music Armia has gained popularity and respect over the years, and its concerts now attract numerous fans of rock music. Armia's lyrics and cover art has frequently alluded to philosophy, literature and religion. The cover of the LP ''Legenda'' (''A Legend'') features Don Quijote and some lyrics were inspired by gnosticism. The title of the LP ''Czas i Byt'' (''Being and Time'') comes from Martin Heidegger's work Being and Time. Other sources of inspiration include the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien, the Bible, The Divine Comedy and Samuel Beckett (''Triodante''), Tove Jansson's The Moomins, films like Werner Herzog's Aguirre, the Wrath of God or Marek ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legenda (song)
Poland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song "Legenda" written by Marcin Nierubiec and Marcin Mroziński. The song was performed by Marcin Mroziński. The Polish broadcaster Telewizja Polska (TVP) organised the national final ''Krajowe Eliminacje 2010'' in order to select the Polish entry for the 2010 contest in Oslo, Norway. The national final took place on 14 February 2010 and featured ten entries. "Legenda" performed by Marcin Mroziński was selected as the winner after gaining 33.61% of the public vote. Poland was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 25 May 2010. Performing in position 9, "Legenda" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Poland placed thirteenth out of the 17 participating countries in the semi-final with 44 points. Background Prior to the 2010 contest, Poland had partici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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