Launeddas are used to play a complex style of music that has achieved some international attention, especially Efisio Melis, Antonio Lara, Dionigi Burranca and Luigi Lai.

They have also produced a vast number of artistic music videos by filmmakers such as Karim Ghahwagi, Tobias Stretch, Anders Morgenthaler, Carolina Melis, and Jeremiah Zagar.

Melis was a founding member of the Hungarian new music group Group 180, which during its existence ( 1978-1990 ) performed and recorded five of his compositions.

Melis also appeared on other TV shows, including Ed Sullivan ’ s Toast of the Town, and he portrayed himself in the musical comedy film Senior Prom ( 1958 ).

Melis studied at the Havana Conservatory of Music and a Cuban government scholarship enabled him to continue his education in Paris.

* László Melis page at Budapest Music Center site

Melis competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

* Nicola Melis, “ Il concetto di ğihād ”, in P. Manduchi ( a cura di ), Dalla penna al mouse.

* Nicola Melis, “ Lo statuto giuridico degli ebrei dell ’ Impero Ottomano ”, in M. Contu – N. Melis – G. Pinna ( a cura di ), Ebraismo e rapporti con le culture del Mediterraneo nei secoli XVIII-XX, Giuntina, Firenze 2003.

* Nicola Melis, Trattato sulla guerra.

The name is first mentioned in the chronicles of Melis Stoke in 1299, but the municipality wasn't formed until 1447.

He also wrote biographies of Pope Alexander VI and Lucrezia Borgia, as well as works on Byzantine history and medieval Athens, and translated Italian authors into German, among them Giovanni Melis.

Melis Stoke, a scribe to William's son Floris V of Holland, wrote about William's death that, in battle near Hoogwoud on 28 January 1256, William tried to traverse a frozen lake ( by himself, because he was lost ), but his horse fell through the ice.

His life was documented in detail in the Rijmkroniek by Melis Stoke, his chronicler.

# Six ( G. Melis ) ( HUN )

The winner on October 1, 1946, was pianist José Melis, who later became a familiar late night television personality as the orchestra leader on Jack Paar's Tonight show.

# Six ( G. Melis ) ( HUN )

Melis and Lara were the biggest stars of the 1930s golden age of launedda, and each taught their style to apprentices like Lara's Aureliu Porcu.

* In Hungary, Scooby-Doo was voiced by Gabor Vass and Attila Hanko, in the first two seasons of Scooby-Doo Show, and is now voiced by Gabor Melis.

* Nicola Melis, “ Il concetto di ğihād ”, in P. Manduchi ( a cura di ), Dalla penna al mouse.

* Nicola Melis, “ Lo statuto giuridico degli ebrei dell ’ Impero Ottomano ”, in M. Contu – N. Melis-G. Pinna ( a cura di ), Ebraismo e rapporti con le culture del Mediterraneo nei secoli XVIII-XX, Giuntina, Firenze 2003.

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