al-Nadim, Ibn (935–995)

al-Nadim, Ibn (935–995)

al-Nadim, Ibn (935–995) Alternative last name spellings: ibn Abī Ya’qūb Ishāq ibn Muḥammad ibn Ishāq al-Warrāq Alternative first name spellings: Abū al-Faraj Muḥammad ibn Ishāq al-Nadīm Alias:   GENERAL INFO Description: Ibn al-Nadim was an Arab erudite and...
Schoenberg, Arnold (1874-1951)

Schoenberg, Arnold (1874-1951)

Schoenberg, Arnold (1874-1951) Alternative last name spellings: Schönberg. Alternative first name spellings: Arnold Franz Walter. Alias: –   «An artistic impression is substantially the resultant of two components. One what the work of art gives the onlooker —...
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...
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)

Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)

Schumann, Robert (1810-1856) Alternative last name spellings: – Alternative first name spellings: – Alias: Skülander   «Sometimes I am so full of music, and so overflowing with melody, that I find it simply impossible to write down anything.»   GENERAL...