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Nightingales
The common nightingale is a songbird found in Eurasia. Nightingale may also refer to: Birds * Thrush nightingale, a songbird found in Eurasia * Red-billed leiothrix, a songbird of the Indian Subcontinent Literature * "Nightingale" (short story), a short story by Alastair Reynolds, in the 2006 collection ''Galactic North'' * "The Nightingale" (fairy tale), an 1843 fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen * ''The Nightingale'' (Turnbull novel), a novel by Agnes Sligh Turnbull * Nightingale the Robber, a character in Russian folklore * '' The Nightingale: A Conversation Poem'', a 1798 poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge * ''The Nightingale'', a 1988 novel by Kara Dalkey * ''The Nightingale'' (journal), the first nursing journal published in 1886; see Nursing literature * ''The Nightingale'' (Pinkney book), a 2002 children's picture book by Jerry Pinkney * ''The Nightingale'' (Hannah novel), a work of historical fiction by Kristin Hannah *''The Nightingales'', a 2018 play by Willia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Common Nightingale
The common nightingale, rufous nightingale or simply nightingale (''Luscinia megarhynchos''), is a small passerine bird best known for its powerful and beautiful song. It was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae. It belongs to a group of more terrestrial species, often called chats. Etymology "Nightingale" is derived from "night" and the Old English ''galan'', "to sing". The genus name ''Luscinia'' is Latin for "nightingale" and ''megarhynchos'' is from Ancient Greek ''megas'', "great" and ''rhunkhos'' "bill". Subspecies *western nightingale (''L. m. megarhynchos'') - Western Europe, North Africa and Asia Minor, wintering in tropical Africa *Caucasian nightingale (''L. m. africana'') - The Caucasus and eastern Turkey to southwestern Iran and Iraq, wintering in East Africa *eastern nightingale (''L. m. golzii'') - The Aral Sea to Mongolia, wintering in coastal East Africa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Nightingale (opera)
, description = ''conte lyrique'' , librettist = , based_on = , premiere_date = , premiere_location = Palais Garnier, Paris ''The Nightingale'' (Russian: Соловей – ''Solovyei''; French: ''Le Rossignol'') is a Russian '' conte lyrique'' in three acts by Igor Stravinsky. The libretto, based on the 1843 tale " The Nightingale" by Hans Christian Andersen, was written by the composer and Stepan Mitusov. It was first performed on 26 May 1914 by the Ballets Russes at the Palais Garnier in Paris. Stravinsky had begun work on the opera in 1908, but put it aside for several years after he had received the commission from Sergei Diaghilev for the ballet ''The Firebird''. He completed it in 1914, after he had completed his other two major ballets for Diaghilev, ''Petrushka'' and ''The Rite of Spring''. Because the time between the writing of the first and second acts extended over six years, stylistically the work reflects Stravinsky's significantly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Nightingale (Alyabyev)
''Solovey'' (Соловей, The Nightingale) is a Russian-language art song by Russian composer Alexander Alyabyev (1787-1851) based on the poem ''Russkaya pesnya'' by Anton Delvig. It was composed while Alyabyev was in prison, in 1826. The song is a showpiece for coloratura sopranos and is the only work of Alyabyev to become part of the standard performance repertory. Text and composition The poem itself was probably developed by Delvig during the summer of 1825 from the words to a folk-song melody, as were many of the poems in his ''Russian Melodies''. Alyabyev did not know baron Delvig, so probably encountered the poem as printed as "Russian Melody no.6" in the second volume of Delvig and Pushkin's almanac '' Northern Flowers'', which was approved for printing by the censor 26 February 1826. Accounts of the composition of the song vary - one has it that the composer had his piano delivered to his damp cell. :Соловей мой, соловей, Голосистый солов ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilberto Gil
Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira (; born 26 June 1942), is a Brazilian singer-songwriter and politician, known for both his musical innovation and political activism. From 2003 to 2008, he served as Brazil's Minister of Culture in the administration of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Gil's musical style incorporates an eclectic range of influences, including rock, Brazilian genres including samba, African music, and reggae. Gil started to play music as a child and was a teenager when he joined his first band. He began his career as a bossa nova musician and grew to write songs that reflected a focus on political awareness and social activism. He was a key figure in the Música popular brasileira and tropicália movements of the 1960s, alongside artists such as longtime collaborator Caetano Veloso. The Brazilian military regime that took power in 1964 saw both Gil and Veloso as a threat, and the two were held for nine months in 1969 before they were told to leave the country ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nightingale (Yoshikazu Mera Album)
''Nightingale'' is a 1998 recital album of Japanese classical songs by countertenor Yoshikazu Mera.Classic CD. 2000 - Issues 120-129 - Page 171 "The rise and rise of Yoshikazu Mera has been one of the less predictable spin-offs of Bach Collegium ... their toes into "Nightingale" or "Romance" (two past Mera CDs) since Bachians will probably already have Suzuki's St John ..." Track listing *1-6 Song of Aiyan, song cycle for voice & piano by Kosaku Yamada *7-12 Six Songs for Children, for voice & piano by Ikuma Dan *13-15 Japanese Flute, song cycle for voice, flute & piano by Shiro Fukai *17-20 Four Songs of Dusk, song cycle for voice & piano by Hikaru Hayashi was a Japanese composer, pianist and conductor. Hayashi is considered to be one of the most renowned and accomplished Japanese composers of the postwar period. In particular, Hayashi was noted for his choral suite ''Scenes from Hiroshima'' (195 ... *21 Cherry Blossoms Lane Sadao Bekku References 1998 classical albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nightingale (George Adams Album)
''Nightingale'' is an album by saxophonist George Adams which was recorded in 1988 and released on the Blue Note label the following year. accessed June 27, 2018 Reception The review by Scott Yanow states "This is an odd session that should been much more successful. ... Adams puts plenty of feeling into the melodies, but some really cannot be saved".Track listing # " Bridge over Troubled Water" ( |
Nightingale (Erland And The Carnival Album)
''Nightingale'' is the second studio album by the folk rock project Erland and the Carnival, released in 2011 on the Full Time Hobby label. The album combines British folk themes with original rock music and received largely positive reviews." ''Dusted Magazine'' stated that "''Nightingale'' is a distinctive exemplar of folk revivalism for the age of indie," and This is Fake DIY marked the album as the point where the band had "proven their worth in instrumental experimentation." Recording process The album was recorded on board HMS President, a warship ship moored on the River Thames. According to the band, they at times tried to replicate strange noises made inside the ship. Stated Tong, "You could hear other boats passing by up the Thames. You could hear the propeller noises. It had all these weird super psychedelic sounds...We put all these contact mics around in the space we were recording in and just tried to capture it. And you'd take what you'd done home that night and ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christine Guldbrandsen
Christine Guldbrandsen (born 19 March 1985 in Bergen, Norway) is a singer who is best known internationally for being the Norwegian entrant in the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest. She has released three albums in Scandinavia: ''Surfing in the Air'', '' Moments'', and ''Christine''. A new album, ''Colors'', was released on 8 April 2011. She sings mainly in Norwegian, Danish and English. Biography Early life Guldbrandsen began singing in the local church choir at age three; at age 13 she was discovered by Kjetil Fluge. At 15 in 2000, she sang ''"Kulturbyåpningen"'' in Bergen; in the audience was Sony Music Entertainment, who gave Guldbrandsen her first record deal after the performance. The contract was a result of long-dedicated time and work with Kjetil Fluge, Atle Halstensen, and Erlend Fauske in the Bergen studio ''Sounds Familiar''. In 2001, 16-year-old Guldbrandsen wrote her first song, "Fly Away," a tribute to her father who had just died. 2003 Guldbrandsen's debut album, ''S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacks (band)
Jacks were a 1960s Japanese psychedelic rock group who released their best known studio album ''Vacant World'' in 1968. History The Jacks, originally known as "Nightingale", began their career in 1966 as a folk trio. After jazz drummer Takasuke Kida joined the group they headed into a new musical direction. ''Vacant World'', released in 1968 as ''Karappo No Sekai'' 'Vacant World''or ''Jacks no Sekai'' 'Jacks' World''in Japanese, is widely seen as one of the most important Japanese albums. The song "Vacant World" (or "Karappo no Sekai" in Japanese) was famously banned from Japanese airwaves due to lyrical content. The Jacks' musical legacy has carried on in Japan despite the fact that their career was quite short, disbanding shortly before the release of their second studio album '' Super Session'' (''Jacks No Kiseki'' in Japanese). After the breakup of Jacks, singer Yoshio Hayakawa released one acclaimed solo album before retiring from music, only to reemerge again as a solo a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dixie Nightingales
The Dixie Nightingales, also known as Ollie & the Nightingales and The Nightingales, was an African-American male vocal group, whose repertoire included gospel and later rhythm and blues and soul music. History The group, based in Memphis, Tennessee, was founded as ''The Gospel Writer Juniors'', later changing its name to ''The Dixie Nightingales''. The founding members included Ollie Hoskins (born 1936 in Batesville, Mississippi, United States, died October 26, 1997, Memphis, Tennessee), Willie Neal, Nelson Lesure, Bill Davis, and Rochester Neal. With Hoskins as lead singer, The Dixie Nightingales became one of the most prominent and successful southern gospel groups of the 1950s and 1960s, and made their first records for Pepper Records in 1958. During the late 1950s and early 1960s, one of their members was a teen-aged David Ruffin, who would later go on to find fame as lead singer of The Temptations. In 1962, The Dixie Nightingales moved to Nashboro Records. Three years later, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Nightingales
Nightingales (a.k.a. The Nightingales) are a British post-punk/alternative rock band, formed in 1979 in Birmingham, England, by four members of Birmingham's punk group The Prefects. They had been part of The Clash's 'White Riot Tour', recorded a couple of Peel Sessions, released a 45 on Rough Trade and, years after splitting up, had a retrospective CD released by US indie label Acute Records. Described in John Robb's book on 'post punk' ''Death To Trad Rock'' as "The misfits' misfits" and comprising an ever-fluctuating line up, based around lyricist/singer Robert Lloyd, the Nightingales enjoyed cult status in the early 1980s as darlings of the credible music scene and were championed by John Peel, who said of them – "Their performances will serve to confirm their excellence when we are far enough distanced from the 1980s to look at the period rationally and other, infinitely better known, bands stand revealed as charlatans". The original members were Robert Lloyd on voc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nightingale (band)
Nightingale is a Swedish rock band from Örebro. History Nightingale began in 1995 as a solo project of Dan Swanö, designed to explore his brief fascination with more of a cleanly-sung rock style evident on Edge of Sanity tracks such as "Sacrificed". The first album '' The Breathing Shadow'' was recorded and mastered by Swanö alone in the space of a week at his home Unisound studio, and has been described by some as a tribute to goth rock band The Sisters of Mercy. The second album '' The Closing Chronicles'' was recorded in April 1996 with his brother Dag acting as producer and contributing some guitar parts. Unlike the first album, it is somewhat influenced by progressive rock and heavy metal, and continues the conceptual storyline that began in ''The Breathing Shadow'' to the logical conclusion of the central characters' death, as it was intended to be the last Nightingale album. After this the band went on semi-hiatus, playing a couple of live concerts in small venues ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
