* Astor Piazzolla ( Orquesta de Cuerdas, 1957 )

One of the key names in modern tango, poet Horacio Ferrer, who contributed the lyrics for several of the most important tango works by Astor Piazzolla, is Uruguayan as well.

* Zum composed by Astor Piazzolla, performed by Osvaldo Pugliese y su Orquesta, recorded in Buenos Aires in 1973.

* Libertango composed by Astor Piazzolla, performed by Astor Piazzolla & orchestra, recorded in Milan in 1974.

* Libertango ( reprise ) composed by Astor Piazzolla, performed by Yo-Yo Ma ( cello ), Antonio Agri ( violin ), Nestor E. Marconi ( bandoneon ), Horacio Malvicino ( guitar ).

* 1970: Live at the Berlin Philharmonie ( with the Dave Brubeck Trio )). Gerry Mulligan and Astor Piazzolla at the Summit recording .</ br > Photo by Pino Presti

* 1974: Summit with Astor Piazzolla ( bnd ), Angel Pocho Gatti ( p ), Giuseppe Prestipino ( Pino Presti ) ( elb ), Tullio De Piscopo ( d ), Umberto Benedetti Michelangeli ( 1st violin ) and Strings Orchestra.

The renowned bandoneonist Astor Piazzolla played in and arranged for his orquesta típica during the period 1939-1944.

** 1146-The Rough Guide to Astor Piazzolla

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* Astor Piazzolla: Take Me Dancing!

The Latin Rhythms of Astor Piazzolla ( Tico, 1959 )

Contemporary composers such as Leo Brouwer, Guido Santorsola, Jacques Hétu, Astor Piazzolla, Abel Carlevaro, Carlo Domeniconi and Terry Riley have written major works for Alvaro Pierri, in each case, he has premiered them brilliantly.

His manifest love of chamber music has resulted in collaborations with major musical figures including Astor Piazzolla, Frank Peter Zimmermann, Ernö Sebestien, Regis Pasquier, Hatto Beyerle, Philippe Müller, Leo Brouwer, Alcides Lanza, Terry Riley, Tracy Silverman, Maureen Forrester, Eduardo Fernandez, the Cherubini Quartet and the Turtle Island String Quartet, and he has also worked with conductors such as Pinchas Steinberg, Charles Dutoit, Wojciech Rajski, Mario Bernardi and Yannick Nezet-Séguin.

Recently " Pioneer Classics Japan " brought out a DVD featuring Spanish and South American guitar music, and " Deutsche Grammophon " re-published a DVD with Astor Piazzolla's Double Concerto, Alvaro Pierri performing in duo with Astor Piazzolla.

Soon, Hackensacker falls for Gerry, while his often-married, man-hungry sister, Princess Centimillia ( Mary Astor ), chases Tom, although her last lover, Toto ( Sig Arno ), is still following her around.

Another version of the story is that he canvassed with Nancy, Lady Astor, MP for Plymouth Sutton, and received an embarrassingly friendly welcome at boarding houses who were used to renting rooms by the hour to sailors and their lady companions.

In 1779 at age 16 he emigrated to London, where he learned English while working for his brother, George Astor, manufacturing musical instruments.

Then in London, Astor at once made a contract with the Northwest Company of Montreal and Quebec ( then the magnate of the Canadian Northwest fur trade ).

At the time of his death in 1848, Astor was the wealthiest person in the United States, leaving an estate estimated to be worth at least $ 20 million.

After Macready " retired " to America, he continued to perform in the role ; in 1849, he was involved in a rivalry with American actor Edwin Forrest, whose partisans hissed Macready at Astor Place, leading to what is commonly called the Astor Place Riot.

* 1849 – Astor Place Riot: A riot breaks out at the Astor Opera House in Manhattan, New York City over a dispute between actors Edwin Forrest and William Charles Macready, killing at least 25 and injuring over 120.

Through 1996 – 2002 Gould was Vincent Astor Visiting Research Professor of Biology at New York University.

* December 25 – Why Marry ?, the first dramatic play to win a Pulitzer Prize, opens at the Astor Theatre in New York City.

Shortly after its premiere at the Astor Theater, New York, Bosley Crowther, film critic for The New York Times, hailed the film as a masterpiece.

A blue plaque unveiled in 1987 commemorates Astor at St. James's Square.

Astor later proposed creating a " Women ’ s Party ", but the female Labour MPs thought it was a ridiculous idea because at that time their party had power and promised them positions.

A statue at Cliveden, overlooking 42 inscribed stones dedicated to the dead of World War I. Edgar Bertram Mackennal | Sir Bertram MacKennal's figure represents Canada with the head reputedly modeled by Lady Astor.

Lady Astor died in 1964 at her daughter's home at Grimsthorpe Castle in Lincolnshire.

Of his fortune ( estimated at $ 7, 000, 000 ) approximately $ 4, 000, 000 was bequeathed for the establishment and maintenance of a free public library and reading-room in the City of New York ; but, as the will was successfully contested by relatives, only about $ 3, 000, 000 of the bequest was applied to its original purpose ; in 1895, the Tilden Trust was combined with the Astor and Lenox libraries to found the New York Public Library, whose building bears his name on its front.

The Champ debuted on November 9, 1931, at the Astor Theatre in New York City.

Despite his disheveled appearance he was sent for a test assignment: to observe and write about a luncheon at the Astor House.

Mr. Alonzo Smith ( Leon Ames ) and Mrs. Anna Smith ( Mary Astor ) have four daughters: Rose ( Lucille Bremer ), Esther, Agnes, and Tootie ; and a son, Lon Jr. ( Henry H. Daniels, Jr .) Esther, the second eldest daughter ( Judy Garland ), is in love with the boy next door, John Truett ( Tom Drake ), although he does not notice her at first.

" The film is a New York Times Critics ' Pick: after seeing it at the Astor Theatre, Bosley Crowther called it a " a warm and beguiling picturization based on Sally Benson's memoirs of her folks.

The film premiered on July 14, 1942 in New York City at the Astor Theatre, and was shown for one night only at " forty neighborhood theatres ".

He recorded for Okeh, Columbia, Paramount, Camden and Vocalion and several others, often recording under the names Fred Richards, the Astorites, the Hotel Astor Band ( Rich and his band served as their house band for a time in the 1920s ) and many others.

At the far-end of the parterre is a 20th-century copy of a bronze group entitled The Rape of Proserpina ( Italian, c. 1565 ), bought by W. W. Astor from Italy.

## William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor in 1917 ( 1848 – 1919 ), American ambassador in Italy 1882-1885, built the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in 1893, bought Cliveden-on-Thames from the Duke of Westminster, m. 1878 Mary Dahlgren Paul ( 1858 – 1894 ) ( 5 children )

In 1882, President Chester A. Arthur appointed Astor Minister to Italy, a post he held until 1885.

A rumour spread during the war that the term was publicized by Viscountess Astor, a Member of the British Parliament, who supposedly used the expression in public after a disillusioned serviceman in Italy signed a letter to her as being from a " D-Day Dodger.

Harry M. Miller produced the original Sydney production of Rocky Horror, which opened on 15 April 1974, running for almost two years in the New Arts Cinema ( formerly The Astor, later The Valhalla and now an office building ) in Glebe.

John Astor ( 26 September 1923 – 1987 ), MP for Newbury ( 1964 – 1974 )

Astor was elected as the MP for Newbury in the 1964 general election and was re-elected twice, in 1966 and 1970 but stood down before the first Feb 1974 general election.