Armand Zildjian

Armand Zildjian was an Armenian-American manufacturer of cymbals and the head of the Avedis Zildjian Company.

The Little Revue

The Little Revue was an American early-broadcast television series, which ran on the ABC network from 1949 to 1950

Vincent La Selva

Vincent La Selva was an American conductor. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, he began performing at the age of 8 and by the age of 12 he was conducting student performances. He received his bachelor's degree from the Juilliard School, where he served on the

Holiday (1930 film)

Holiday is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic comedy film which tells the story of a young man who is torn between his free-thinking lifestyle and the tradition of his wealthy fiancée's family. It stars Ann Harding, Mary Astor, Edward Everett Horton

Claire Raphael Reis

Claire Raphael Reis was a music promoter and the founder of the People's Music League in New York City. The League was intended to provide free concerts for immigrants and public schools

Alice Tully

Alice Bigelow Tully was an American singer of opera and recital, music promoter, patron of the arts and philanthropist from New York. She was a second cousin of the American actress Katharine Hepburn

Let There Be Stars

Let There Be Stars was a variety television series broadcast on ABC in 1949, the first program to originate in Hollywood for a major TV network. It debuted on October 16, 1949, and ended on November 27, 1949

Modesta

Modesta is a 1956 short film, set in Puerto Rico, in which a peasant woman rebels against her husband's authoritarianism. She and the other women of her community organize the Liberated Women League to fight for their rights. It stars Antonia Hidalgo and

Hannah Cowley (writer)

Hannah Cowley was an English playwright and poet. Although Cowley's plays and poetry did not enjoy wide popularity after the 19th century, critic Melinda Finberg rates her as "one of the foremost playwrights of the late eighteenth century" whose "skill

551 BC

The year 551 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 203 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 551 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the

Giorgos Gkiouzelis

Georgios "Giorgos" Gkiouzelis is a Greek professional basketball player for Ionikos Nikaias of the Greek Basket League. He is a 2.04 m (6'8") tall and 98 kg (215 lb.) power forward