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Burrito Express : Mexican restaurant in Pasadena , California; established in 1978Rincón Chileno : Chilean restaurant in Los Angeles, established in 1973Ross Mihara (born c. 1963 ): American news anchor and sumo commentatorString Quartet No. 16 (Shostakovich) : an unrealized work that Dmitri Shostakovich outlined in a 1974 conversationSymphony for Strings : a 1940 symphony by Georgy Sviridov Tachikawa Sumito (1929–1985): Japanese baritone singer, radio host, and television personalityDon Tait (1941–2023): American classical music radio host, producer, and record collectorSofiya Vakman (1911–2000): Soviet and Russian pianistSix Poems by Marina Tsvetayeva Gogoliad Nikolai Gogol 's Petersburg Tales [ru ] Grigori Kozintsev King Lear King Lear Angelito de Canal 13 Corporación de Televisión de la Universidad Católica de Chile Vocalises SATB chorus a capella by Jānis Ivanovs Earnest Andersson (1878–1943): American auto-didact polymath who, after becoming wealthy from his inventions, studied composition privately with Igor Stravinsky Un día de vida Emilio Fernández , which was received poorly at home in Mexico, but became a landmark film in Yugoslavia Sen-bong (Avangard: Koreyskiy Kolkhoz) Koryo-saram kolkhoz in the Kazakh SSR Symphony No. 4 (Popov) : a 1949 symphony for vocal quartet and a capella chorus by Gavriil Popov , subtitled Glory to the Fatherland "The Andy Griffith Show ThemeCBS television sitcom The Andy Griffith Show Earle Hagen
Greeting Prelude Happy Birthday to You "Yekaterina Nosenko (1881–1939): Russian-born French painter, calligrapher, and amanuensis who was Stravinsky's cousin and first wife"Tarantella ": Stravinsky's earliest surviving musical composition, composed in October 1898
"The Owl and the Pussy Cat ": Stravinsky's final completed composition, composed in October 1966
Two Sketches for a Sonata American premieres of Dmitri Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7 (GA ): Title explains itselfVera Brodsky Lawrence (1909–1996): American pianist, musicologist, and editor credited as a major figure in the revivals of the music of Louis Moreau Gottschalk and Scott Joplin Four Verses of Captain Lebyadkin Katyusha Maslova Resurrection Leo Tolstoy El Monte Legion Stadium (1928–1974): a defunct multi-purpose venue in El Monte, California Begleitungsmusik zu einer Lichtspielscene Arnold Schoenberg Nagaoka Nobuko (1928–1945): Japanese pianistFujita Haruko (1918–2001): Japanese pianist, music critic, professor, and juristKanzuri : a traditional fermented Japanese chili pasteYuri Shcherbinin (1940–2019): Soviet-born Ukrainian musicologist, teacher, Wikipedian, Wikimedian, and collector of classical music memorabilia"March of the Soviet Militia ": a 1970 march for wind band by Dmitri Shostakovich
Piano Quintet/In Memoriam… : a 1976 quintet for piano and string quartet and 1979 orchestration thereof by Alfred Schnittke On Guard for Peace Sergei Prokofiev based on texts by Samuil Marshak Loyalty Yevgeny Dolmatovsky October Federico Ruiz (born 1948): Venezuelan composer and arts administratorBeate Ulbricht (born Mariya Pestunova; 1944–1991): adopted Soviet daughter of SED General Secretary Walter Ulbricht "Park Avenue Beat ": theme music for the CBS television drama Perry Mason Fred Steiner
Im Won-sik (1919–2002): Japanese-born Korean conductor, composer, and teacherUeda Masashi (1904–1966): Japanese conductor, bassoonist, and pianist who specialized in Soviet musicBrigitte Manceaux (1914–1963): French pianist and niece/confidante of Francis Poulenc Shimaguchi Komao (1911–1945): Japanese composer of popular and patriotic musicNitta Hachirō (1908–1988): Japanese singer of popular music and operaErik Thomas Tawaststjerna (born 1951): Finnish pianist, teacher, and son of Erik W. Tawaststjerna "Intervision ": a 1971 television score used to announce the international news segment on the Soviet Intervision program
Lyubomir Pipkov (1904–1974): Bulgarian composer, pianist, and teacherFive Fragments Curry House (1983–2020): defunct Japanese-American table service restaurants founded by House Foods specializing in Japanese curry and yōshoku Mira Mendelson (1914–1968): Soviet poet, translator, and librettist, and the second wife of Sergei Prokofiev Sonoda Takahiro (1928–2004): Japanese pianist and teacherThéodore Strawinsky (1907–1989), Russian-born Swiss painter and eldest son of Igor StravinskyCanon on a Russian Popular Tune Evelyn Del Rio (born Evelyn Bernadette Janer; 1931–1988), American child actress and dancer whose most prominent role was in the W. C. Fields comedy The Bank Dick Garras de oro Nakatsuka Akito (born ?): Japanese composer and sound engineer for Nintendo "Gunkan kōshinkyoku " ("Warship March"): an 1897 patriotic song and march by Setoguchi Tōkichi ; signature march of the Imperial Japanese Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Nakano Tadaharu (1909–1970): Japanese jazz singer and record producer; founder of the Columbia Nakano Rhythm Boys"Roei no uta " ("Song of the Encampment"): a 1938 Japanese patriotic song whose first recording was sung by some of Nippon Columbia’s top male stars
Kita Rentarō (born Kita Kan; 1920–1940): Japanese singer of popular and folk-inflected music who died of leukemia at age 20Dick Mine (born Mine Tokuichi; 1908–1991): Japanese jazz singer and actorA fondo TVE1 television program hosted by Joaquín Soler Serrano , who interviewed major international figures in the arts and sciencesTokuyama Tamaki (1903–1942): Japanese singer of popular music and opera, and actorNakamura Fuminori (born 1977): Japanese novelist
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Alfred Momotenko-Levitsky (born 1970): Russian and Dutch composer, percussionist, and sound engineerPiano Quintet (Shostakovich) : 1940 chamber work by Dmitri Shostakovich Grigor Yeghiazaryan (1908–1988): Soviet Armenian composer, teacher, and bureaucratChildren's Notebook Marcel Poot (1901–1988): Belgian composer, music critic, and educator (work-in-progress)Lydia Auster (1912–1993): Soviet and Estonian composerChris Burrous (1975–2018): American news anchor who last worked at KTLA in Los Angeles (work-in-progress)El Yucateco : Mexican brand of habanero hot saucesSuite for Variety Orchestra No. 1 : pops orchestra suite arranged by Levon Atovmyan [ru ] , based on music by Dmitri ShostakovichList of compositions by Dmitri Shostakovich : Title explains itself (work-in-progress)Leo Sirota (1885–1965): Russian-born Austrian-American pianist and teacherBoris Parsadanian (1925–1997): Soviet-born Armenian-Estonian composer, violinist, and arts administratorGalina Pisarenko (1934–2022): Soviet-born Russian soprano and teacherHarvey Shapiro (cellist) (1911–2007): American cellist and teacherConcerto for Piano and String Orchestra : a 1979 piano concerto by Alfred Schnittke Tahiti Trot Tea for Two ): a 1927 orchestral arrangement by Dmitri Shostakovich of the song "Tea for Two " by Vincent Youmans Viola Sonata (Shostakovich) : a 1975 chamber work by Dmitri ShostakovichThree Fantastic Dances String Quartet No. 15 (Shostakovich) : a 1974 string quartet by Dmitri ShostakovichArt Laboe (born Arthur Egnoian; 1925–2022): American disc jockey, record producer, and Los Angeles popular culture figure (work-in-progress)Piano Sonata No. 8 (Prokofiev) : a 1944 piano composition by Sergei Prokofiev (work-in-progress)Lina Prokofiev (born Carolina Codina Nemísskaia; 1897–1989): Spanish-born Soviet-British singer and first wife of Sergei ProkofievArtur Rodziński (1892–1958): Polish-born American conductor (work-in-progress)Symphony No. 15 (Shostakovich) : a 1971 orchestral work by Dmitri Shostakovich (work-in-progress)Music for Lovers Only Jackie Gleason Presents Music for Lovers Only ): a 1952 easy-listening instrumental album by Jackie Gleason , rerecorded in stereo in 1958Robert Keith (actor) (born Rolland Keith Richey; 1898–1966): American actor, father of Brian Keith Yoshio Yoda (1934–2023): Japanese-born American actor and businessmanPiano Sonata No. 2 (Shostakovich) (improved to GA ): a 1942 piano composition by Dmitri ShostakovichManchukuo Film Association (also known as Man'ei; 1937–1945): Defunct Japanese film studio based in Manchukuo Steve Bechtel (born 1970): American rock climber and suspect in the disappearance of Amy Wroe Bechtel Claudio Guzmán (1927–2008): Chilean-born American television director, producer, and art designerSymphony No. 6 (Prokofiev) : a 1947 orchestral work by Sergei Prokofiev"Battōtai ": an 1885 Japanese patriotic song composed by Charles Leroux
Piano Sonata No. 9 (Prokofiev) : a 1948 piano composition by Sergei ProkofievThe Four Temperaments Paul Hindemith (previous version of the article bizarrely treated Hindemith's music and involvement as somehow of only peripheral interest)Moondog (born Louis Thomas Hardin; 1919–1999): American composer, musician, street performer, and instrument maker (work-in-progress)Piano Trio No. 1 (Shostakovich) (originally titled Poème ): a 1923 chamber work by Dmitri ShostakovichThe Firebird
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