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*[[Herbert Blake]] ''Eubie'' [http://www.oconnormusic.org/composers-b.htm] |
*[[Herbert Blake]] ''Eubie'' [http://www.oconnormusic.org/composers-b.htm] |
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*[[Irving Berlin]] ''Mr. American Music'' [http://www.oconnormusic.org/composers-b.htm] |
*[[Irving Berlin]] ''Mr. American Music'' [http://www.oconnormusic.org/composers-b.htm] |
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*[[Jean Baptiste Davaux]] ''the Father of the Rondo'' <!--Jean Baptiste Davaux; but Gluck was the first to introduce the musical rondo into France, in the opera of Orpheus.--> [http://www.bibliomania.com/2/3/frameset.html] |
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*[[Jean-Philippe Rameau]] ''the Greatest French Musical Dramatist" [http://www.oconnormusic.org/composers-r.htm] |
*[[Jean-Philippe Rameau]] ''the Greatest French Musical Dramatist" [http://www.oconnormusic.org/composers-r.htm] |
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*[[Johann Christian Bach]] ''the English Bach'', ''the London Bach'' [http://www.oconnormusic.org/composers-b.htm] |
*[[Johann Christian Bach]] ''the English Bach'', ''the London Bach'' [http://www.oconnormusic.org/composers-b.htm] |
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Revision as of 14:33, 2 April 2007
Famous Nicknames in the Arts
Drama
- Ben Jonson Rare Ben [1]
Music
- Baltasarini Beaujoyeulux [2]
- Bessie Smith the Empress of the Blues [3]
- Bill (Luther) Robinson Bojangles [4]
- Elvis Presley the King of Rock 'n' Roll [5]
- Eric Coates the Greatest British Composer of Light Music in the 20th Century]] [6]
- George Frederick Handel the Thunderbolt [7]
- Guillaume de Machaut the Leading Representative of the Ars Nova Tradition [8]
- Herbert Blake Eubie [9]
- Irving Berlin Mr. American Music [10]
- Jean Baptiste Davaux the Father of the Rondo [11]
- Jean-Philippe Rameau the Greatest French Musical Dramatist" [12]
- Johann Christian Bach the English Bach, the London Bach [13]
- Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach Bückeburg Bach [14]
- Johann Strauss Jr. the Waltz King [15]
- Joseph Haydn the Father of the Modern Symphony [16]
- Josquin Des Préz the Greatest Composer of the High Renaissance]] [17]
- Lauritz Lebrecht Hommel Melchior the Heroic Tenor, the Premier Heldentenor of the 20th Century [18]
- Liberace the Master of Las Vegas [19]
- Louis Armstrong Satchmo (Satchel Mouth) [20]
- Niccolò Paganin the Greatest Violin Virtuoso of All Time [21]
- Renata Tebaldi the Voice of an Angel [22]
- Scott Joplin the Father of Ragtime [23]
- W. C. Handy the Father of the Blues [24]
- Wilhelm Friedemann Bach the Halle Back
Painting
- Ambrogio de Bondone Giotto, Ambrogiotto [25]
- Andrea del Castagno Andrew of the Hanged Men [26]
- Godefroi Mind (1768-1814) the Raphael of Cats [27]
- Eustace Lesueur (1617-1655) the French Raphael [28]
- Jean Dumont the Roman (le Romain)
- Luca Giordano Luca Fa Presto (Luke work quickly) [29]
- Roger van der Weyde Roger of Bruges
Poetry
- Adam de la Halle Adam le Bossu (Adam the Hunchback) [30]
- John Dryden England's First Poet Laureate [31]
- Neidhardt von Reuenthal Neidhardt Fuchs (the Fox) [32]
Others
- Francois Rabelais the Father of Ridicule [33]
- Stephen Picart (1631-1721), the French engraver, the Roman (le Romain)