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Black Heritage Stamp Series: W.E.B. Du Bois, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division
Black Heritage Stamp Series: W.E.B. Du Bois, United States Postal Service. Stamp Division
Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. Stamp Collection
Informational pages for W.E.B. Du Bois Commemorative Stamp - Black Heritage Series, includes images of the stamps, information about the physical stamp and biographical information for W.E.B. Du Bois. First issued January 31, 1992, stamp No. 380 in a series.
Smyrna In 1821: A Russian View, Theophilus C. Prousis
Smyrna In 1821: A Russian View, Theophilus C. Prousis
History Faculty Research and Scholarship
Smyrna was a dangerous, tumultuous outpost in 1821, especially for a Russian diplomatic official during the initial months of the Greek War of Independence. This is the most palpable conclusion from the personal diary of the Ionian Greek, Spyridon Iur'evich Destunis (1782-1848), who served as Russian consul general in Smyrna from 1818 to 1821. His unpublished diary, one of the richest files in the sizable Destunis collection housed in the Manuscript Section of the Saltykov-Shchedrin State Public Library in Leningrad, appears here in English translation for the first time. It offers an extremely valuable eyewitness account of the almost nonstop …
Persimmon (Score), Gary Smart
Persimmon (Score), Gary Smart
Music Faculty Research and Scholarship
“Persimmon” was written in Nishinomiya, Japan in 1992 while I was teaching at Kobe College. The influence of Japanese traditional music on this piece is, I think, very apparent. The work was commissioned by the Verdehr Trio. This live recording is of the premiere performance.
At times the violin invokes the spirit of the “shamisen” and the piano the “koto”. Most important, the clarinet is asked to become, especially in the lingering coda, a player of that almost metaphysical Japanese instrument, the “shakuhachi”.
Takahashi Atoda’s wonderful story “The Square Persimmon” served as an inspiration for my work. Atoda’s “Persimmon” is …