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gwendolynlerman · 2 years

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93 English words that derive from place names

This is not a comprehensive list and focuses only on Europe and Mediterranean countries. It excludes cheese and wines.

All definitions taken from Wiktionary, excluding definitions that refer to nationalities.

academia (the Academy, Greece, an Athenian gymnasium where Plato taught): the scientific and cultural community engaged in higher education and research, taken as a whole.

afro (Africa): hairstyle characterized by tightly curled locks and a rounded shape.

alpine (the Alps): of, relating to, or inhabiting mountains, especially above the timberline.

Alsatian (Alsace, France): a German shepherd dog.

angora (Ankara, Turkey): an angora cat; a goat of a domesticated breed that produces mohair; a rabbit belonging to the Angora rabbit breed, one of the oldest domestic breeds of rabbits in the world, raised chiefly in Europe for its silky and long hair (a subspecies of the European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus).

Armageddon (Tel Megiddo, Israel): (Christianity, Islam) Mount Megiddo, the site of a prophesied final battle between the forces of good and evil; (by extension) the battle itself.

Armagnac (Armagnac, France): a brandy made in the region of Armagnac.

attic (Attica, Greece): the space, often unfinished and with sloped walls, directly below the roof in the uppermost part of a house or other building, generally used for storage or habitation.

badminton (Badminton House, an estate in Gloucestershire, United Kingdom): a racquet sport played indoors on a court by two opposing players (singles) or two opposing pairs of players (doubles), in which a shuttlecock is volleyed over a net and the competitions are presided by an umpire in British English and a referee in American English.

balaclava (Balaklava, Ukraine): a type of warm headgear covering the neck, head, and often part of the face, with apertures left as necessary, often made out of wool.

bayonet (Bayonne, France): a pointed instrument of the dagger kind fitted on the muzzle of a musket or rifle, so as to give the soldier increased means of offense and defense. Originally, the bayonet was made with a handle, which needed to be fitted into the bore of the musket after the soldier had fired.

bedlam (Bedlam, United Kingdom, alternative name of the English lunatic asylum, Bethlem Royal Hospital): a place or situation of chaotic uproar, and where confusion prevails.

beyond the pale (The Pale, Ireland): of a person or their behaviour: outside the bounds of what is acceptable, or regarded as good judgment, morality, etc.

Bible (Byblos, Lebanon): the main religious text in Christianity.

bohemian (Bohemia, Czech Republic): an unconventional or nonconformist artist or writer.

bolognese (Bologna, Italy): an Italian sauce made of ground meat and tomato.

bugger (Bulgaria): a heretic; (Britain law) someone who commits buggery; a sodomite.

Byzantine (Byzantium [present-day Istanbul], Turkey): overly complex or intricate.

cardigan (Cardigan, United Kingdom): a type of sweater or jumper that fastens up the front with buttons or a zipper, usually machine- or hand-knitted from wool.

Caucasian (Caucasus): of a racial classification pertaining to people having certain phenotypical features such as straight, curly, or wavy hair and very light to brown pigmented skin, and originating from Europe, parts of Northern Africa and Central, South, and Western Asia.

chartreuse (Chartreuse Mountains, France): a yellow or green liqueur made by Carthusian monks; a greenish-yellow colour.

coach (Kocs, Hungary): a wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse power.

cognac (Cognac, France): a brandy distilled from white wine in the region around Cognac in France.

cologne (Cologne, Germany): a type of perfume consisting of 2-5% essential oils, 70-90% alcohol and water.

copper (Cyprus): a reddish-brown, malleable, ductile metallic element with high electrical and thermal conductivity, symbol Cu, and atomic number 29.

cordovan (Córdoba, Spain): a leather from Córdoba originally of tanned goatskin later of horsehide.

cravat (Croatia): a wide fabric band worn as a necktie by men having long ends hanging in front.

Dalmatian (Dalmatia, Croatia): one of a breed of dog with a short, white coat with dark spots.

damask (Damascus, Syria): an ornate silk fabric originating from Damascus.

Danish (Denmark): a sweet and flaky yeast-raised roll made from a dough using butter or margarine and filled with remonce (butter and sugar) or custard.

denim (“de Nîmes” [from Nîmes], France): textile often made of cotton with a distinct diagonal pattern.

derby (from the Epsom Derby horse race, in Derbyshire, United Kingdom): any of several annual horse races.

dollar (Joachimstal [present-day Jáchymov], Czech Republic): official designation for currency in some parts of the world, including Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, and elsewhere. Its symbol is $.

duffel bag (Duffel, Belgium): a large, cylindrical, duffel cloth bag used to carry personal gear, especially by soldiers.

fez (Fez, Morocco): a felt hat in the shape of a truncated cone, having a flat top with a tassel attached.

frankfurter (Frankfurt, Germany): a moist sausage of soft, even texture and flavor, often made from mechanically recovered meat or meat slurry.

frankly (the Franks, France and Germany): in a frank or candid manner, especially in a way that may seem too open, excessively honest, or slightly blunt.

geyser (The Great Geysir, Iceland): a boiling natural spring which throws forth at frequent intervals jets of water, mud etc., driven up by the expansive power of steam.

jeans (Genoa, Italy): a pair of trousers made from denim cotton.

jersey (Jersey, United Kingdom): a garment knitted from wool, worn over the upper body.

hamburger (Hamburg, Germany): a hot sandwich consisting of a patty of cooked ground beef or a meat substitute, in a sliced bun, sometimes also containing salad vegetables, condiments, or both.

hollandaise (Holland, the Netherlands): an emulsion of butter and lemon juice using egg yolks as the emulsifying agent, used in French cooking.

italics (Italy): letters in an italic typeface.

laconic (Laconia, Greece): using as few words as possible; pithy and concise.

lesbian (Lesbos, Greece): (of a woman) homosexual, gay; preferring mostly or exclusively women as romantic or sexual partners.

limerick (Limerick, Ireland): a humorous, often bawdy verse of five anapestic lines, with the rhyme scheme aabba, and typically having a 8–8–5–5–8 cadence.

limousine (Limousin, France): an automobile body with seats and permanent top like a coupe, and with the top projecting over the driver and a projecting front.

magenta (Magenta, Italy): a vibrant light purple, purplish-red, reddish-purple, or pinkish purple color obtained by mixing red and blue light (thus a secondary color), but primary in the CMYK color system used in printing.

magnet (Magnesia, Greece): a piece of material that attracts some metals by magnetism.

Maltese (Malta): a small breed of dog with a long silky coat.

marathon (Marathon, Greece): a 42.195 kilometer (26 mile 385 yard) road race.

mausoleum (Mausolus, ruler of Caria, Turkey): a large stately tomb or a building housing such a tomb or several tombs.

mayonnaise (Maó, Spain): a dressing made from vegetable oil, raw egg yolks and seasoning, used on salads, with french fries, in sandwiches etc.

meander (Büyük Menderes River, Turkey): one of the turns of a winding, crooked, or involved course.

muscovite (Moscow, Russia): a pale brown mineral of the mica group, being a basic potassium aluminosilicate with the chemical formula KAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH,F)2; used as an electrical insulator etc.

muslin (Mosul, Iraq): any of several varieties of thin cotton cloth.

Neanderthal (Neandertal, Germany): old-fashioned, opposed to change.

Nokia (Nokia, Finland): a phone produced by the Nokia company.

Olympics (Olympia, Greece): an international multi-sport event (inspired by the ancient festival) taking place every fourth year

ottoman (Turkey): an upholstered sofa, without arms or a back, sometimes with a compartment for storing linen etc.

paisley (Paisley, Scotland): a motif of a swirling droplet.

parchment (Pergamon [present-day Bergama], Turkey): material, made from the polished skin of a calf, sheep, goat or other animal, used like paper for writing.

peach (Persia [present-day Iran]): a tree (Prunus persica), native to China and now widely cultivated throughout temperate regions, having pink flowers and edible fruit.

pilsner (Pilsen, Czech Republic): a pale, light lager beer.

polonium (Poland): a rare, highly radioactive chemical element (symbol Po) with atomic number 84.

Pomeranian (Pomerania, Germany and Poland): a breed of small, fluffy, energetic toy dogs in the canine family of spitzes.

quince (Kydonia, Greece): the pear-shaped fruit of a small tree of the rose family, Cydonia oblonga.

romantic (Rome, Italy): of a work of literature, a writer etc.: being like or having the characteristics of a romance, or poetic tale of a mythic or quasi-historical time; fantastic.

Rottweiler (Rottweil, Germany): a very large muscular breed of dog of German origin with black fur and tanned markings.

rugby (Rugby, United Kingdom): a form of football in which players can hold or kick an ovoid ball; rugby football. The ball cannot be handled forwards and points are scored by touching the ball to the ground in the area past the opponent’s territory or by kicking the ball between goalposts and over a crossbar.

samaritan (Samaria, Palestine): a person who gives help or sympathy to someone in distress.

sandwich (Sandwich, United Kingdom): a dish or foodstuff where at least one piece, but typically two or more pieces, of bread serve(s) as the wrapper or container of some other food.

sardines (Sardinia, Italy): any one of several species of small herring which are commonly preserved in olive oil or in tins for food, especially the pilchard, or European sardine Sardina pilchardus (syn. Clupea pilchardus). The California sardine Sardinops sagax (syn. Clupea sagax) is similar. The American sardines of the Atlantic coast are mostly the young of the Atlantic herring and of the menhaden.

sardonic (Sardinia, Italy): scornfully mocking or cynical.

scotch (Scotland, United Kingdom): whisky distilled in Scotland, especially from malted barley.

sienna (Siena, Italy): a form of clay containing iron and manganese.

solecism (Soli, Turkey): an erroneous or improper usage.

spa (Spa, Belgium): a health resort near a mineral spring or hot spring.

spaniel (Spain): any of various small to medium-sized breeds of gun dog having a broad muzzle, long, wavy fur and long ears that hang at the side of the head, bred for flushing and retrieving game.

spartan (Sparta, Greece): austere, frugal, characterized by self-denial.

spruce (Prussia [present-day Germany]): any of various large coniferous evergreen trees or shrubs from the genus Picea, found in northern temperate and boreal regions; originally and more fully spruce fir.

suede (Sweden): a type of soft leather, made from calfskin, with a brushed texture to resemble fabric, often used to make boots, clothing and fashion accessories.

swede (Sweden): the fleshy yellow root of a variety of rape, Brassica napus var. napobrassica, resembling a large turnip, grown as a vegetable.

tangerine (Tangier, Morocco): any of several varieties of mandarin oranges.

tarantula (Taranto, Italy): any of the large, hairy New World spiders comprising the family Theraphosidae.

Trojan horse (Troy, Turkey): a subversive person or device placed within the ranks of the enemy.

turkey (Turkey): a bird in the genus Meleagris with a fan-shaped tail and wattled neck, especially the wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo, now domesticated).

turquoise (Turkey): a sky-blue, greenish-blue, or greenish-gray semi-precious gemstone.

tweed (River Tweed, United Kingdom): a coarse woolen fabric used for clothing.

vaudeville (Vallée de Vire [valley of the river Vire], France): a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment which originated from France and flourished in Europe and North America from the 1880s through the 1920s.

volcano (Mt. Etna, Italy, believed to be the forge of Vulcan, the Roman god of fire): a vent or fissure on the surface of a planet (usually in a mountainous form) with a magma chamber attached to the mantle of a planet or moon, periodically erupting forth lava and volcanic gases onto the surface.

wellies (Wellington, United Kingdom): Wellington boots

wiener (Vienna, Austria): a sausage made from beef, chicken or pork.

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opheliaintherushes · 2 months

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A staggering episode of Masters of the Air tonight, and one in which I have to let an anecdote about William Wyler from Mark Harris's Five Came Back provide the commentary:

Harris describes how Wyler had spent fortunes before the war, trying and failing to bribe government officials to get his relatives out of Alsace; he flew with the Memphis Belle even though he was in mortal peril, as a Jew, and a world-famous one at that, if the plane was shot down; he survived but lost his hearing in one ear. Finally, as the war in Europe neared its end, he became obsessed with returning to Mulhouse, his childhood home, and enlisted Ernest Hemingway's brother to help him go AWOL in his quest.

Then, Harris details a conversation between Wyler and the woman watching his father’s old shop in his Alsatian hometown; it volleys between the woman’s anger at the American bombs that had recently hit and Wyler’s anger at the collaboration that had thrived during the war. He speaks to the mayor in search of family and friends, but the mayor tells him not to ask questions:

"Take my advice, don't look for anybody. If you see people you know, be glad they're alive. But don't look for them. You won't find them."

All of the Jews are gone.

#Masters of the Air #read Five Came Back #watch Five Came Back #I'm still taking it all in #give your three best performers the spotlight and watch them go #look John Orloff wrote Why We Fight #I trust him till the end #the moment Rosie counters the doctor #understated but will be understood

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amortentiaopenheart · 1 year

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Meet my LI

Name: Ethan Jonah Ramsey

Date of birth: 19/02/1980

Place of birth: Providence, Rhode Island

Education: Francis Holland School (London, UK), UCLA (LA, California), John Hopkins University (USA)

Profession: Doctor, Head of Diagnostics Team at Edenbrook, Attending.

Department: General internal

Disorders/Chronic diseases: N/A

Notable achievements: Author of 'Diagnostic Principles'; Research on rare diseases and syndromes

Siblings: N/A

Family: Father, Alan Ramsey; Mother, Louise Ramsey (estranged); Retriever, Jenner Ramsey

Marital status: Engaged; Dr. Catherine Jane Valentine

Relationships: Dr. Raeesa Jordan (JHU), Dr. Harper Emery (Edenbrook), Dr. Catherine Valentine (Edenbrook)

Nicknames: E, Honey

Ethnicity: British

Religion: Christianity

Height: 6'3"

Weight: 78 kg

Appearance/physique: Fair skin, blue eyes, blackish-brown hair, minimal stubble, sinewy physique.

Face claim: David James Gandy

Random facts about Ethan

His name means 'firm'. (He lives up to it lol)

He initially wanted to be a homicide detective, then a journalist.

He was, needless to say, an extremely quiet kid in school, solely focused on academics.

He was socially awkward and dealt with trauma and anxiety after his mother's abandonment.

He plays cello, piano and flute prodigiously well.

He's a natural dancer.

He loves operas and classic literature.

He had two Alsatians, Leo and Bella, when he was in middle school.

He loves Indian, British and American delicacies.

He needs high quality coffee. He can't stand the Edenbrook 'caffeinated dishwater' coffee.

He prefers scotch to any other drink.

Developed separation anxiety disorder when he was betrayed by Tobias and the girl he fell for in med school.

He's a total dog person, although he loves every animal.

He's an international level martial-arts fighter.

He was the student judge in the Global Science Exhibition.

Ask him to draw something, and he'll run to the other end of the world.

He's a great cook, but can't make pancakes without burning them.

His favourite scent is the Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue Intense Perfume.

His favourite colour is blue. He also has an attraction for green and white.

He was, obviously, hated and feared throughout his school and college life for being a prodigious student.

He was a troublemaker, but was so lovable that he got away with almost everything.

His way of getting over stress? Bro. He doesn't get over stress. He just pushes it to the back of his mind and bottles it up. Well, he used to. Now he's a bit more open since Catherine entered his life.

He can't use social media properly, and thus had many accidents on media he would have given anything to avoid if he had known.

His favourite gemstone is sapphire.

He loves formal wear. Though his closet is diverse, a major section is filled with suits and tuxes.

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All you need to know about Ethan from my perspective! >>>>>

Have a great day!

#ethan ramsey #ethan ramsey x mc #ethan x mc #open heart #choices #jamespotterthefirst #open heart choices #pictagram #choices fic writers creations #david gandy

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stardustshimmer · 7 months

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Muenster (English: /ˈmʌnstər/ or /ˈmʊnstər/) or munster is a semi-soft cheese from the United States. It is thought to be an imitation of the Alsatian washed-rind Munster cheese, introduced by German immigrants. It is distinct from the processed dairy food Sweet Muenster Cheese. Its name is not related to the German cities of Münster in Westphalia or in Lower Saxony or the Irish province of Munster, but rather to the city of Munster in Alsace, which was part of Germany at the time the cheese was introduced in the US by German immigrants, but is now in France.

Muenster is pale in color and smooth in texture with an orange rind. The cheese is made from pasteurized cow's milk. The rind's orange color is from annatto, a sweet and nutty seasoning used to add flavor and color to cheeses such as Cheddar, Colby, Red Leicester, and Mimolette. Muenster usually has a very mild flavor and smooth, soft texture. In some cases, when properly aged, it can develop a strong flavor with a pungent aroma. This cheese is commonly served as an appetizer. Because it melts well, it is also often used in dishes such as grilled cheese sandwiches, tuna melts, quesadillas, cheeseburgers, macaroni and cheese, and pizza.

The spelling "Muenster" distinguishes the American cheese from Munster cheese, which is made from unpasteurized cow's milk in the Vosges mountains in Alsace. The orange tinge of Munster's rind occurs naturally as a byproduct of the cheese-making process. A regional variation is also produced in the Franche-Comté region in France. The name Munster-Géromé, used today in France, is a protected A.O.C. and is strictly regulated in its production technique and source geography.

This is not how I'm starting my morning

#random asks #stardust's mystical mailbox #food mention

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bjornolf-bjarki · 2 years

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Ok, I have quite a list from the interesting ask meme. Feel free to omit any of these for spoiler reasons!

4, 17, 27, 30, 32, 36 and 38

I am very intrigued 👀

Thanks, @rotten-hearts-sharp-teeth! 4: He's about as tall as Alucard. Though his friend TJ (I'll reveal more about the other ocs sometime) is even taller than that.

17: He has an American Alsatian dog named Kain, he's a very good and fluffy boy. Kain was trained from birth to be a hunting/battle dog and to protect his owners by Sigurd's brother Joshua.

27: His living space is fairly neat but he's busy with commissions for weapons and armor coming from Eurasia since there is still some fighting going on.

30: Sigurd does have one surviving brother, Rhodri. Rhodri is serving as a mercenary for the King of Normandy to help his family pay the mortgage. He and his brother had been distant since a military disaster in New York when another war kicked off after a few events in the past but they still care for each other.

32: The most valuable thing in his possession? Well, it isn't in his possession, it's with Joshua, in his burial mound on Mount Snowden in Wales. Sigurd isn't of fully Nordic origins, instead, it was a secondary name given to him by his Uncle Wayland Smith, a German immigrant that lives in an autonomous province named Mercia, England. His first real name is Konstantin or Constantine because his father is a Russian immigrant and his mother is a mixed-race Welsh woman who had to adopt his two brothers Joshua and Rhodri after her sister was killed in an accident and was forced to leave Wales after her father, a nearly revolutionary Welsh politician advocating for Welsh independence was framed for connections in an IRA terror attack. And after Joshua died Constantine gave his first sword, forged by his brother mind you, to his burial mound so he could take it to the Welsh Pagan version of the afterlife. This is what it looks like:

36: I would say he is selectively competitive. He mostly just minds his own business with strangers but with his friends, he often gets them into little competitions to see what they could do best and would push themselves further and further for fun. This would rarely happen due to them living in a very hostile conservative town but they have fun still. However, things will change drastically and will force them to move with their families to England so they'll have a hard time having fun for quite some time.

38: He can go either way honestly. As long as he's got something to do around outside or inside he's comfortable. He does hate it when things get fucked up though.

#Ask game #ask #answer #hellsing #hellsing ultimate #oc #ocs #hellsing oc #thanks for the ask

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if-you-fan-a-fire · 2 years

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“GOBI DESERT ROAMER TIRED OF CHINESE,” Kingston Whig-Standard. October 24, 1932. Page 12. ---- They Know Nothing of Co-Operation Says Discoverer of Eggs ---- VANCOUVER— Dr. Roy Chapman Andrews, explorer and anthropologist, famous for his discovery of dinosaur eggs in the Gobi desert, is through with China for good, he announced on his return to this continent a few days ago from the far East.

“I am tired of Chinese promises of co-operation in my scientific work,” said Dr. Andrews. “Why, they don't even know the meaning of co-operation. They are glad enough to have me spend a lot of money on scientific equipment and they encouraged me to go out into the desert in search of scientific specimens but as soon as found anything worth while, they stepped in and took them away.

“Everything I had, except scientific instruments, I auctioned off before I left China," said Dr. Andrews. “I even had to part with my Alsatian dog Wolf to whom I had become very much attached. However he has a good home with an American newspaper correspondent.”

While Dr. Andrews is through with China he does not intend to abandon his scientific work in the Gobi Desert. He will merely cease operating out of Peiping and make his base at Mukden instead, he said.

#gobi desert #vancouver #beijing #mukden #paleontology #paleontologist #european imperialism in china #racism in canada #anti-chinese racism #republic of china #manchurian state #invasion of manchuria #mukden incident #japanese imperialism #dinosaur eggs #the great depression

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entitiesandeggbutts · 2 months

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POV you’re sautéing garlic and Jade claims to be starving

#eggbutt rambles #big dog #she doesn’t look it but she’s 100lb #american alsatian #and yes she is named after #jade harley #because of her big ol’ doggles looking like the glasses #she usually avoids the kitchen while we’re cooking #but yesterday even she couldn’t resist the garlic #she also started sniffing the chickpeas #she has great but weird taste

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outoftowninac · 2 years

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BUDDIES

1920

Buddies is a musical by George V. Hobart with music and lyrics by B.C. Hilliam, and musical contributions by Melville Gideon and Cole Porter. It was originally produced by Arch and Edgar Selwyn.

The song “I Never Realized” was partly credited to Cole Porter. The song turned up again in the London musical The Eclipse in November 1919.

The original cast included Peggy Wood as Julie, Donald Brian as Sonny, and Roland Young as Babe.

The musical takes place in the home of Madame Benoit, somewhere in Brittany, France.

The story unfolds a few days after the Armistice. A group of soldiers are billeted with Madame Benoit and her daughter Julie. One doughboy, Babe, falls in love with Julie but is too shy to court her. Fond of Babe and hoping to make him jealous enough to speak up, Julie flirts with his buddy, Sonny. Her ruse works! But trouble arrives in the form of an Alsatian restauranteur who accuses Madame Benoit’s deceased war hero son of robbing him in America. He insists she repay him the money. Julie offers to marry him to save the honor of her late brother. The entanglements are cleverly resolved at the last moment so that all may end happily.

“Good-bye, trenches; Hello, Frenchies!” ~ BUDDIES

Buddies had its world premiere at Park Square Theatre in Boston starting on August 12, 1919, where the role of Babe was played by Wallace Eddinger.

Buddies opened on Broadway at the Selwyn Theatre (now the American Airlines Theatre) on October 27, 1919.

ABOUT THE VENUE: Producers Edgar and Archie Selwyn owned several theaters in the United States including three in New York. The Selwyn opened in 1918. It included such novel features as separate smoking rooms for men and women as well as a shower and telephone in each dressing room. It became a movie theater in the 1930s and eventually fell into disrepair. In 1997 The Roundabout Theatre Company, renovated the theater including the ceiling dome and the murals. The theater, renamed for its principal sponsor, reopened in 2000.

~ ALEXANDER WOOLCOTT in THE NEW YORK TIMES

“The jokes about Brooklyn are abundant, but if Miss Wood, who comes from Brooklyn herself, can stand them, probably the public can.” ~ NEW YORK SUN

The “Merry Music Play” ran for 259 performances.

After its Broadway run, the play opened in Atlantic City at Woods Theatre on the Boardwalk on July 26, 1920. Ralph Morgan replaced Roland Young in the role of Babe. Although Virginia O’Brien had replaced Peggy Wood on Broadway, she rejoined the company for this tour.

Reviewing the show in the Atlantic City Press, the writer started by noting the status of Atlantic City as a try-out town (aka “dog town”). That reputation would continue until 1930, when all but one theatre was still presenting regular theatrical productions, and very few were try-outs.

Also in New Jersey, Buddies played the Savoy Theatre in Asbury Park on September 9th.

#Buddies #Atlantic City #Broadway Musical #Selwyns #Peggy Wood #Woods Theatre #Boardwalk #New Jersey #B.C. Hilliam #George Hobart #1919 #World War One #Cole Porter #American Airlines Theatre #Broadway

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reddancer1 · 3 months

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PETER SCHICKELE DIES AT 88

Schickele seated barefoot atop a piano, circa 1980s

Back in the '70s, I loved listening to his 33-1/3 rpm records. He was known as the musical parodist behind 'P.D.Q. Bach'.

Johann Peter Schickele (/ˈʃɪkəli/;[1] July 17, 1935 – January 16, 2024) was an American composer, musical educator and parodist, best known for comedy albums featuring his music, which he presented as being composed by the fictional P. D. Q. Bach. He also hosted a long-running weekly radio program called Schickele Mix.[2]

From 1990 to 1993, Schickele's P. D. Q. Bach recordings earned him four consecutive wins for the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album.[3]

Early life

Johann Peter Schickele was born on July 17, 1935, in Ames, Iowa,[1][4] to Alsatian immigrant parents. His father Rainer Schickele (1905, Berlin – 1989, Berkeley, California) was the son of writer René Schickele and was an agricultural economist teaching at Iowa State University.[5] In 1945, Schickele's father took a position at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., then became chairman of the Agricultural Sciences Department at North Dakota Agricultural College (now North Dakota State University) in Fargo, North Dakota. in 1946.[5]

Schickele (rear) and others at Swarthmore College

In Fargo, the younger Schickele studied composition with Sigvald Thompson of the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony Orchestra. He graduated from Fargo Central High School in 1952, then attended Swarthmore College, graduating in 1957 with a degree in music. He was the first student at Swarthmore to earn a music degree. He was a contemporary of Ted Nelson at Swarthmore, and he scored Nelson's experimental film The Epiphany of Slocum Furlow. It was his first film score.[6] He graduated from the Juilliard School in 1960[7] with a master's degree in musical composition.[8] He studied composition with Roy Harris and Vincent Persichetti.[9]

Early career

Schickele in Milwaukee in 1981

Schickele wrote music for a number of folk musicians, most notably Joan Baez, for whom he also orchestrated and arranged three albums during the mid-1960s, Noël (1966), Joan (1967), and Baptism (1968). He also composed the original score for the 1972 science fiction film Silent Running.[10]

Schickele, an accomplished bassoonist, was also a member of the chamber rock trio the Open Window, which wrote and performed music for the 1969 revue Oh! Calcutta![11] and released three albums.[12][13][14]

The humorous aspect of Schickele's musical career came from his early interest in the music of Spike Jones, whose musical ensemble lampooned popular music in the 1940s and 1950s.[4] While at Juilliard (1959), Schickele teamed with conductor Jorge Mester to present a humorous concert, which became an annual event at the college. In 1965, Schickele moved the concept to The Town Hall (New York City) and invited the public to attend;[4] Vanguard Records released an album of that concert, and the character of "P. D. Q. Bach" was launched.[15] By 1972, the concerts had become so popular that they were moved to Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center.

P. D. Q. Bach

Schickele developed an elaborate parody around his studies of P. D. Q. Bach, the fictional "youngest and the oddest of the twenty-odd children" of Johann Sebastian Bach.[4] Among the fictional composer's "forgotten" repertory are such farcical works as The Abduction of Figaro, Canine Cantata: "Wachet Arf!" (S. K9), Good King Kong Looked Out, the Trite Quintet (S. 6 of 1), "O Little Town of Hackensack", A Little Nightmare Music, the cantata Iphigenia in Brooklyn, the Concerto for Horn and Hardart, and the dramatic oratorio Oedipus Tex, featuring the "Okay Chorale". P. D. Q. Bach is ostensibly a Baroque composer, but Schickele extended his repertoire to parody much more modern works such as Einstein on the Fritz, a parody of his Juilliard classmate Philip Glass.[16]

His fictitious "home establishment" is the University of Southern North Dakota at Hoople, where he reports having tenure as "Very Full Professor" of "musicolology" and "musical pathology". He also invented a range of rather unusual instruments. The most complicated of these is the Hardart, a tone-generating device mounted on the frame of an "automat", a coin-operated food dispenser. This modified automat is used in the Concerto for Horn and Hardart, a play on the name of Horn & Hardart who pioneered the American use of the automat in their restaurants.[1]

Schickele also invented the "dill piccolo" for playing sour notes, the "left-handed sewer flute", the "tromboon" ("a cross between a trombone and a bassoon, having all the disadvantages of both"), the "lasso d'amore", the double-reed slide music stand, the "tuba mirum" (a flexible tube filled with wine), and the "pastaphone" (an uncooked tube of pasta played as a horn).[17]: 153

To a large degree, Schickele's music as P. D. Q. Bach has overshadowed his work as a "serious" composer.[18][19]

Schickele performed two concerts to commemorate the 50th anniversary of his first concert at The Town Hall in New York on December 28 and 29, 2015.[20] He reduced his concert appearances due to health issues, but continued to schedule live concert performances through 2018.[21]

Other musical career

Schickele composed more than 100 original works for symphony orchestra, choral groups, chamber ensemble, voice, television and an animated adaptation of Where the Wild Things Are (which he also narrated).[15] He made a brief foray into cinema with the Bruce Dern film Silent Running (1972), for which he composed the musical score and co-wrote the original songs "Silent Running" and "Rejoice in the Sun" with Diane Lampert. He also wrote music for school bands, as well as for a number of musicals, including Oh! Calcutta!, and organized numerous concert performances as both musical director and performer. Schickele was active on the international and North American concert circuit.[1]

Schickele's musical creations won him multiple awards. His extensive body of work is marked by a distinctive style which integrates the European classical tradition with an unmistakable American idiom.[22]

Schickele also created such not-quite-P. D. Q. Bach albums as Hornsmoke,[23] Sneaky Pete and the Wolf,[24] and The Emperor's New Clothes.[25]

Schickele's music is published by the Theodore Presser Company.

Radio

As a musical educator he also hosted the classical music educational radio program Schickele Mix, which aired on many public radio stations in the United States (and internationally on Public Radio International). The program began in 1992; lack of funding ended the production of new programs by 1999, and rebroadcasts of the existing programs finally ceased in June 2007.[26] Only 119 of the 169 programs were in the rebroadcast rotation, because earlier shows contained American Public Radio production IDs rather than ones crediting Public Radio International. In March 2006, some of the other "lost episodes" were added back to the rotation,[2] with one notable program remnant of the "Periodic Table of Musics", listing the names of musicians and composers as mythical element names in a format reminiscent of the periodic table.[27]

Personal life

Schickele married poet Susan Sindall on October 27, 1962.[28] His children, Matt and Karla, are both musicians. The two played together in the trio Beekeeper in the 1990s.[29] Karla is also an orchestral music composer.

Schickele's brother David Schickele (1937–1999) was a film director and musician.[30]

Peter Schickele died at his home in Bearsville, New York, on January 16, 2024, at the age of 88.[1] ~ wikipedia.com

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The American Alsatian is a large breed of domestic dog that was developed in the United States in the late 1980s. It was created by Lois Denny, who aimed to create a breed that resembled the wolves of the Alsatian region of France but with a more docile and trainable temperament.

To achieve this, Denny used a variety of breeds, including the Alaskan Malamute, German Shepherd, and English Mastiff.

The breed was officially recognized by the American Rare Breed Association in 1997, and it has since been recognized by several other breed registries. The American Alsatian is known for its intelligence, loyalty, and calm temperament. It is also known for its large size, with males standing up to 29 inches tall at the shoulder and weighing up to 110 pounds.

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