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Moyse
Moyse is a surname and a given name. Surname * Alec Moyse (1935–1994), English footballer * Alphonse Moyse, Jr. (1898–1973), American bridge player, writer, and publisher and editor of ''The Bridge World'' * Arthur Moyse (1914–2003), Anglo-Irish anarchist, artist and writer * Blanche Honegger Moyse (1909–2011), Swiss-born American music conductor * Clara Moyse Tadlock (1840–1926), British-born American poet and author * Édouard Moyse (1827-1908), French painter and artist * Heather Moyse (born 1978), Canadian multi-sport athlete * John Moyse (died 1860), captured British soldier allegedly executed by Chinese soldiers for refusing to kow-tow to a general * Louis Moyse (1912–2007), French flutist and composer * Marcel Moyse (1889–1984), French flutist and father of Louis Moyse * Walter Moyse (born 1981), Canadian basketball player and brother of Heather Moyse Given name * Moyse Alcan (1817–1869), French Jewish publisher, composer and poet * Moyse Bayle Moys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel Moyse
Marcel Moyse (pron. ''moh-EEZ''; May 17, 1889, in St. Amour, France – November 1, 1984, in Brattleboro, Vermont, United States) was a French flautist. Moyse studied at the Paris Conservatory and was a student of Philippe Gaubert, Adolphe Hennebains, and Paul Taffanel; all of whom were flute virtuosos in their time. Moyse played principal flute in various Paris orchestras and appeared widely as a soloist and made many recordings. His trademark tone was clear, flexible, penetrating, and controlled by a fast vibrato. This was a characteristic of the 'French style' of flute playing that was to influence the modern standard for flutists worldwide. Moyse taught on the faculty of the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal, and was a founder of the Marlboro Music School and festival in Vermont. Moyse strove to teach his students "not how to play the flute, but to make music". Among his students were James Galway, Paula Robison, Trevor Wye, William Bennett, Carol Wincenc, B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heather Moyse
Heather Moyse (born July 23, 1978) is a Canadian athlete and two-time Olympic gold medalist, representing Canada in international competition as a bobsledder, rugby union player, and track cyclist and competing at the Canadian intercollegiate level in rugby, soccer and track and field. Awards Moyse was a two-time Female Athlete of the Year at Three Oaks Senior High School in Summerside, Prince Edward Island where she competed in soccer, basketball, rugby and track and field. A graduate of the University of Waterloo kinesiology program, she was inducted into that school's Sports Hall of Fame in 2002. Moyse received the Lieutenant-Governor's Award as P.E.I.’s outstanding athlete in 2006 and 2010, was named Prince Edward Island's Senior Female Athlete of the Year for 2005, 2006 and 2010 and has won ten Sport P.E.I. awards in total since 1998 . In 2010, Moyse and bobsled pilot Kaillie Humphries were nominated as Sportswoman of the Year by the American Women's Sports Foundation in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moyse Louveture
Moyse (Moïse, Moise) Hyacinthe L’Ouverture (1773 - 1801) was a military leader in Saint-Domingue during the Haitian Revolution. Originally allied with Toussaint L’Ouverture, Moyse grew disillusioned with the minimal labor reform and land distribution for black former slaves under the L’Ouverture administration and lead a rebellion against Toussaint in 1801. Though executed, the insurrection he directed highlighted the failure of the Haitian Revolution in creating real revolutionary labor change and ignited the movement that drove L’Ouverture from office. Early life, family There are conflicting accounts of Moyse’s family history. Trinidadian historian C.L.R. James reports Moyse had been stolen from Africa as a child as part of the trans-Atlantic slave trade and was originally part of the Arada Nation, a coastal West African kingdom in what is now southern Benin. Others say he was born a Creole slave in 1773 on the Bréda plantation near Haut-du-Cap, on the outskirts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Moyse
Louis Moyse (pron. ''moh-EEZ''; 14 August 1912 – 30 July 2007) was a French flute player and composer. He was the son of influential French flutist Marcel Moyse, a co-founder of the Vermont Marlboro Music Festival, and taught many world-class flutists all over the world. He died of heart failure at age 94. Louis Moyse was born in Scheveningen, Netherlands during one of his father's tours. His first flute teachers were his father and Philippe Gaubert. Louis Moyse was a member of the successful Moyse Trio where his father played flute, Louis played piano and his former wife, Blanche Honegger Moyse, violin. Louis Moyse also taught for 27 years at Marlboro College, and was professor at Boston University and the University of Toronto. He continued giving private lessons in Westport, New York while touring with his wife Janet White Moyse, of 33 years, around the world and the United States. They later moved to Montpelier, Vermont, for the last nine years of his life. He also gave ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Moyse
Walter Moyse (born in 1981) is a 6'11" (210 cm) Canadian basketball player, playing professional basketball in Europe following a successful collegiate career at Acadia University in Canada. Born in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, he is the younger brother of Canadian Gold Medal Olympian and World Rugby Hall of Fame member Heather Moyse. Premier Basketball League Moyse was the 2nd overall draft pick by the Halifax Rainmen in the 2008 Premier Basketball League draft, held on October 16, 2008. At the time, Rainmen owner Andre Levingston commented that "Moyse is a great pick. He is very athletic for his size; he runs the floor well and finishes around the basket. Moyse is a player with length that will beat most big men down the floor.". However Moyse and the Rainmen were unable to come to terms on a contract for the 2008–2009 season. Switzerland 2007-2008 was Moyse's second season playing for Villars of the Swiss "B" league. In the 2007-2008 regular season he led Villars to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blanche Honegger Moyse
Blanche Honegger Moyse (; September 23, 1909 – February 10, 2011) was a Swiss-born American conductor who lived in Brattleboro, Vermont at the time of her death. She was particularly admired for her devotion to the choral works of Johann Sebastian Bach and her ability to draw deeply moving performances from both amateur and professional musicians. Soprano Arleen Auger has said of her, "I’ve sung Bach all over the world, often with people who are considered the best, and in my opinion no one is performing Bach any better than Blanche Moyse is doing it in Brattleboro." She had been pointed out by the writer Benjamin Ivry as perhaps having been "classical music's best kept secret". ''The Wall Street Journal'' critic Greg Sandow said of her performance of Bach's St. John Passion at the age of 89: "Sometimes you hear a concert that sticks with you. For months you think about it, keeping it alive in your mind, unable to banish it merely to memory." Moyse was born in Geneva, Switzer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Moyse
Private John Moyse was a British soldier of the 3rd (East Kent) Regiment who according to popular legend was captured by Chinese soldiers during the Second Opium War and later was executed for refusing to prostrate himself before the Chinese general. This alleged act of defiance was later immortalised in ''The Private of the Buffs'', a poem by Sir Francis Hastings Doyle. Historical background The Second Opium War (1856–1860) was fought to guarantee European sovereignty of the seas after a Chinese-owned and British-registered ship, ''The Arrow'', was seized in 1856 for being involved in smuggling and piracy. Since it had been flying the British Ensign, the British government pressed for an apology. They allied with France and Russia and invaded China from 1857 to 1858. In 1858, China sued for peace and agreed to the Treaty of Tientsin, which allowed the creation of French and English embassies in Beijing, and the Treaty of Aigun, which redrew Russia's border with China. In 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Locotracteurs Gaston Moyse
''Locotracteurs Gaston Moyse'' was a French manufacturer of diesel shunting locomotives. Founded in 1922 by Gaston Moyse, the company closed in the late 1970s. The company produced numerous shunting locomotives, including the Y 7400 and Y 8000 for the French state railways (SNCF), and classes CP 1020 and CP 1050 for the Portuguese state railways (Comboios de Portugal CP — Comboios de Portugal, EPE (''CP''; English: ''Trains of Portugal'') is a state-owned company which operates passenger trains in Portugal. Before June 2009, CP stood for Caminhos de Ferro Portugueses (English: ''Portuguese Railways'') ...). and shunters for industrial use in steel works and on other industrial sites. References External links * Defunct locomotive manufacturers of France Manufacturing companies based in Paris Manufacturing companies established in 1922 Manufacturing companies disestablished in 1977 French companies established in 1922 1977 disestablishments in France ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moyse Charas
Moyse Charas, or Moses Charas (2 April 1619 – 17 January 1698), was an apothecary in France during the reign of Louis XIV. He became famous for publishing compendiums of medication formulas, which played vital roles in the development of modern pharmacy and chemistry. He is best remembered for his medical compendium ' published in 1676 (later translated into Latin version ''Pharmacopoeus Regius'', and English ''Royal Pharmacopoea'' in 1678.) Charas grew up and trained in apothecary in Orange. While working at the Jardin des Plantes in Paris, he was invited to England as pharmacist to Charles II of England. He was captured and held in prison by the Spanish Inquisition while travelling around Spain, until he renounced his Protestantism and converted to Catholicism. After solemnising his new faith in Paris, he was inducted to the French Academy of Sciences. Biography Charas was born in Uzès, Gard, in southern France, from a Huguenot family. His parents were Mouise and Jean Chara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moyse Building
The Moyse Building, also known as the Gray Building, is a historic building located at 13150 7th Street in Chino, California. Built in 1887, it is the oldest surviving building in the city. The building has served in several capacities for the city and has played a part in several civic firsts. After W. R. Dawson completed the building, he ran Chino's first post office from it. The second floor housed the city's first school, which had five students its first year. When Chino was first connected to telephone service, the Moyse Building was one of the first buildings with a connection. The building also hosted the city's first communal Thanksgiving celebration, which was led by the Rev. A. B. Orgen. In recent years, the building has housed the Chino Chamber of Commerce. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clara Moyse Tadlock
Clara Moyse Tadlock (October 24, 1840 – July 14, 1926) was a British-born American poet and author known for her travel writing. Literary career A native of Southampton, Moyse Tadlock emigrated to the United States in 1848 with her mother, sister, grandparents and uncle. She lived in Cincinnati, Ohio, before entering Westtown School in 1857. She later lived in Knoxville, Tennessee. She married Alexander Tadlock in Bloomington, Illinois, in 1865. Their only child, son Thomas Lewis Tadlock, died within a month of his birth in 1866. The Tadlocks are buried at Knoxville's Lynnhurst Cemetery. Moyse Tadlock authored two books, ''Solomon Grinder's Christmas Eve and Other Poems'' (1885) and ''Bohemian Days'' (1889). She also was a correspondent for ''The Maryville Times'' in Maryville, Tennessee, writing about her travels. Reception In his bibliography of American travel literature, Harold Frederick Smith described ''Bohemian Days'' as "a woman's account of a pleasure tour around ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Moyse
Arthur Moyse (21 June 1914 – 22 February 2003) was an Anglo-Irish anarchist, artist and writer. Biography In his youth he was actively involved in political activity including the battle of Cable Street in 1936. He also saw active service in World War Two, including the airborne landings at Arnhem in 1944, but he was court-martialled twice for insubordination. Publications * ''Fragments of Notes for an Autobiography'' * ''Golden Convolvulus'' * ''The Mask of Anarchy'' (Illustrations from Arthur Moyse) * ''More in Sorrow: Six Short Stories'' * ''Surrealism and Revolution'' (with Jim Duke) See also * Anarchism and the arts Anarchism has long had an association with the arts, particularly with visual art, music and literature. This can be dated back to the start of anarchism as a named political concept, and the writings of Pierre-Joseph Proudhon on the French rea ... * Surrealism References External links We Make Zines Blog discussing Arthur Moyse Irish ana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
