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Robert Carver (other)
Robert Carver may refer to: * Robert Carver (composer) (c. 1485–c. 1570), Scottish Renaissance composer of Christian sacred music * Robert Carver (painter) Robert Carver (c. 1730 – 1791) was an Irish painter, who worked as a painter of theatre scenery as well as painting framed works. Carver was one of the leading landscape painters in the second half of eighteenth century Ireland. Life ... (1730–1791), Irish painter * Bob Carver (fl. 1972–2013), audio electronics engineer See also * Robert Carter (other) {{hndis, Carver, Robert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Carver (composer)
Robert Carver CRSA (also ''Carvor'', ''Arnot''; c. 1485 – c. 1570) was a Scottish Canon regular and composer of Christian sacred music during the Renaissance. Carver is regarded as Scotland's greatest composer of the 16th century. He is best known for his polyphonic choral music, of which there are five surviving masses and two surviving motets. The works that can definitely be attributed to him can be found in the ''Carver Choirbook'' held in the National Library of Scotland. Carver's work, noted for the gradual build-up of ideas towards a resolution in the final passages, is still performed and recorded today. Carver was influenced by composers in continental Europe, and his surviving music differs greatly from that produced by many of his contemporaries in Scotland or England at the time. Highly ornate in style, it resembles most closely the richly decorated music of the ''Eton Choirbook''. Carver was the subject of the 1991 BBC radio play '' Carver'' by John Purser, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Carver (painter)
Robert Carver (c. 1730 – 1791) was an Irish painter, who worked as a painter of theatre scenery as well as painting framed works. Carver was one of the leading landscape painters in the second half of eighteenth century Ireland. Life Robert Carver was born in Dublin circa 1730. His father was Richard Carver (died 1754), who was a landscape and history painter born in Waterford. Carver was initially trained by his father, and later studied under Robert West at West's school on George's Lane, Dublin. During his early career, Carver's address was at Lazar's Hill, Dublin. Carver was married to Anne Jolly. Their only known child was a son, John Carver, who died in 1766. Carver suffered from gout for a number of years. Carver died of pneumonia on 14 November 1791 at his home at 13 Bow Street, Covent Garden. He is buried at the churchyard of St Paul's, Covent Garden. Career He began exhibiting watercolours in Dublin, which were well received. In a Cork theatre, Carver p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Carver
Robert W. (Bob) Carver is an American designer of audio equipment based in the Pacific Northwest. Educated as a physicist and engineer, he found an interest in audio equipment at a young age. He applied his talent to produce numerous innovative high fidelity designs since the 1970s. He is known for designing the Phase Linear 700, at 350 W per channel the most powerful consumer audio amplifier available in 1972. He went on to found the Carver Corporation in 1979, Sunfire in 1994, and thBob Carver LLCin 2011 which was sold to Jade Design in June, 2013. However, in December 2013, Bob Carver and Jade Design parted ways. ''ThePoorAudiophile''. Posted: December 14, 2013 Amplifier modeling Carver caused a stir in the industry in the mid-1980s when he challenged two high-end audio magazines to give him any audio amplifie ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |