Xenakis, Iannis (1922-2001)

Xenakis, Iannis (1922-2001)

Xenakis, Iannis (1922-2001)   Alternative last name spellings:  Alternative first name spellings: Yannis. Ianis. Ian. Alias: –   «Art, and, above all, music, has a fundamental function, which is to catalyze the sublimation that it can bring about through all...
Alfonso X of Castile (1221-1284)

Alfonso X of Castile (1221-1284)

Alfonso X of Castile (1221-1284)   Alternative last name spellings: – Alternative first name spellings: – Alias: El sabio.   «Had I been present at the Creation, I would have given some useful hints for the better ordering of the universe.»   GENERAL INFO...
Danican Philidor, François-André (1726-1795)

Danican Philidor, François-André (1726-1795)

Danican Philidor, François-André (1726-1795) Alternative last name spellings: – Alternative first name spellings: – Alias: –     GENERAL INFO Description: François-André Danican Philidor was a French musician and chess player, considered one of the...
Saint Hildegard of Bingen (1098 – 1179)

Saint Hildegard of Bingen (1098 – 1179)

Saint Hildegard of Bingen (1098 – 1179)   Alternative last name spellings:  Alternative first name spellings:  Alias: Sibyl of the Rhine. The Teutonic prophetess. «O form of woman, sister of Wisdom, how great is your glory!...
Sappho (ca. 650/610 – 580 BC)

Sappho (ca. 650/610 – 580 BC)

Sappho (ca. 650/610 – 580 BC)   Alternative last name spellings: – Alternative first name spellings: Sappho of Lesbos. Alias: – «To have beauty is to have only that, but to have goodness is to be beautiful too.»   GENERAL INFO Description: Sappho,...