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Natela Svanidze
Natela Svanidze ( ka, ნათელა დამიანეს ასული სვანიძე, '; russian: Натела Дамиановна Сванидзе, '; 4 September 1926 – 17 November 2017) was a Georgian composer. Biography Natela Svanidze was born in Akhaltsikhe, Georgia. She studied composition at Tbilisi State Conservatoire with Andria Balanchivadze, graduating in 1951. She was awarded the title of Honored Artist of Georgia in 1981. Svanidze died on 17 November 2017, at the age of 91. Works Svanidze composes for orchestra, chamber ensemble, solo instrument and experimental performances. Selected works include: *1949 – "Symphony Dances" for orchestra *1951 – "Samgori" symphony poem *1963 – "Kvarkvare" symphony poem *1965 – "Burlesque" for piano, wind and percussion instruments *1967 – Symphony for piano, string and percussion instruments *1968 – Symphony-ballet for symphony orchestra *1983 – Symphony No. 2 *1954 – "Garden of Kartli" canta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akhaltsikhe
Akhaltsikhe ( ka, ახალციხე ), formerly known as Lomsia ( ka, ლომსია), is a small city in Georgia's southwestern region (''mkhare'') of Samtskhe–Javakheti. It is situated on both banks of a small river Potskhovi (a left tributary of the Kura), which divides the city between the old city in the north and new in the south. The 9th-century Akhaltsikhe (Rabati) Castle, which was recently restored, is located in the old part of the city. It is one of the main attractions of the Samtskhe-Javakheti region, along with Vardzia, Vale, Okrostsikhe and Zarzma. Toponymy Akhaltsikhe is the Georgian name of the town, which literally means "new fortress". It is attested in Arabic sources as ''Akhiskha'' (and ''Akhsikhath''), in Persian as ''Akhesqeh'' (also spelled as ''Akheshkheh''), and in Turkish sources as ''Ahıska''. History The town is mentioned among the settlements conquered by general Habib ibn Maslama al-Fihri during the reign of Umayyad Caliph Mu'awi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Deaths
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People's Artists Of Georgia
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People From Akhaltsikhe
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Classical Composers From Georgia (country)
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21st-century Women Composers
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21st-century Classical Composers
The 1st century was the century spanning AD 1 (Roman numerals, I) through AD 100 (Roman numerals, C) according to the Julian calendar. It is often written as the or to distinguish it from the 1st century BC (or BCE) which preceded it. The 1st century is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or History by period, historical period. The 1st century also saw the Christianity in the 1st century, appearance of Christianity. During this period, Europe, North Africa and the Near East fell under increasing domination by the Roman Empire, which continued expanding, most notably conquering Britain under the emperor Claudius (AD 43). The reforms introduced by Augustus during his long reign stabilized the empire after the turmoil of the previous century's civil wars. Later in the century the Julio-Claudian dynasty, which had been founded by Augustus, came to an end with the suicide of Nero in AD 68. There followed the famous Year of Four Emperors, a brief period of civil war and inst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1926 Births
Events January * January 3 – Theodoros Pangalos (general), Theodoros Pangalos declares himself dictator in Greece. * January 8 **Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Kingdom of Hejaz, Hejaz. ** Bảo Đại, Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuy ascends the throne, the last monarch of Vietnam. * January 12 – Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll premiere their radio program ''Sam 'n' Henry'', in which the two white performers portray two black characters from Harlem looking to strike it rich in the big city (it is a precursor to Gosden and Correll's more popular later program, ''Amos 'n' Andy''). * January 16 – A BBC comic radio play broadcast by Ronald Knox, about a workers' revolution, causes a panic in London. * January 21 – The Belgian Parliament accepts the Locarno Treaties. * January 26 – Scottish inventor John Logie Baird demonstrates a mechanical television system at his London laboratory for members of the Royal Institution and a report ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgia (country)
Georgia (, ; ) is a transcontinental country at the intersection of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is part of the Caucasus region, bounded by the Black Sea to the west, by Russia to the north and northeast, by Turkey to the southwest, by Armenia to the south, and by Azerbaijan to the southeast. The country covers an area of , and has a population of 3.7 million people. Tbilisi is its capital as well as its largest city, home to roughly a third of the Georgian population. During the classical era, several independent kingdoms became established in what is now Georgia, such as Colchis and Iberia. In the early 4th century, ethnic Georgians officially adopted Christianity, which contributed to the spiritual and political unification of the early Georgian states. In the Middle Ages, the unified Kingdom of Georgia emerged and reached its Golden Age during the reign of King David IV and Queen Tamar in the 12th and early 13th centuries. Thereafter, the kingdom decl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ioseb Noneshvili
Ioseb ( ka, იოსებ) is a Georgian given name and may refer to: *Ioseb Abakelia (1882–1938), pioneering Georgian physician and medical scholar, specializing in phthisiatry *Catholicos Ioseb of Abkhazia (1739–1776), Georgian Orthodox hierarch, Metropolitan Bishop of Gelati and Catholicos of Abkhazia *Ioseb Bardanashvili (born 1948 in Georgia), Israeli and Georgian composer *Ioseb Chakhvashvili (born 1993), Georgian Football Midfielder *Ioseb Chugoshvili (born 1986), amateur Belarusian Greco-Roman wrestler of Georgian origin, *Ioseb Dzhugashvili (aka Joseph Stalin) (1878–1953), Georgian revolutionary and Soviet political leader *Ioseb Grishashvili, pen name of Ioseb Mamulishvili (1889–1965), poet and historian from Georgia * Ioseb Iremashvili (1878–1944), Georgian politician and author *Ioseb Kechakmadze (1939–2013), Georgian composer See also *Joseph Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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