Post rock originated in the release of Talk Talk's album Laughing Stock and US band Slint's Spiderland, both in 1991, which produced experimental work influenced by sources as varied as electronica, jazz, and minimalist classical music, often abandoning the traditional song format in favour of instrumental and ambient music.

Post rock originated in the release of Talk Talk's album Laughing Stock and US band Slint's Spiderland, both in 1991, which produced experimental work influenced by sources as varied as electronica, jazz, and minimalist classical music, often abandoning the traditional song format in favour of instrumental and ambient music.

In the wake of the play's US success, the composer Stravinsky invited Thomas to write a libretto for an opera.

US double bass soloist and composer Bertram Turetzky ( born 1933 ) has performed and recorded more than 300 pieces written by and for him.

Bassists noted for their virtuoso solo skills include Canadian player Gary Karr ( b. 1941 ), Finnish composer Teppo Hauta-Aho ( b. 1941 ), Italian composer Fernando Grillo, and US player-composer Edgar Meyer.

* November 2 – Chris Burnett, American saxophone player, composer, veteran of US military jazz bands and band leader

Avant garde composer George Antheil and Golden Age actress Hedy Lamarr were granted US Patent 2, 292, 387 on August 11, 1942 for their Secret Communication System that details an early version of Frequency Hopping.

Louth Contemporary Music Society invited the US composer Terry Riley to perform in Drogheda in 2007, Arvo Pärt's first Irish commission and visit to the country was in Drogheda in February 2008, Michael Nyman performed in Drogheda in May 2008, John Tavener's Temenos festival was held in October 2008 and the Russian composer Alexander Knaifel was the focus of a portrait concert as part of the Drogheda Arts festival on 1 May 2009.

The single " Pretty As You Feel ," excerpted from a longer jam on the LP with lead vocals by Joey Covington, its composer, was the last Jefferson Airplane single to place on the US singles chart, peaking at No. 60.

* Vonnegut collaborated with US composer Dave Soldier for a CD titled Ice-9 Ballads, featuring nine songs with lyrics taken from Cat's Cradle.

* Chris Burnett, American jazz saxophone player, composer, and veteran of US military bands

More recently, Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho has written an opera about Rudel called L ' amour de loin, with a libretto by Amin Maalouf, which was given its world premiere at the Salzburg Festival in 2000 and its US premiere at the Santa Fe Opera in 2002.

* Patrick Williams, the US arranger and composer, did a jazz-oriented instrumental cover of the song for his 1970 album Heavy Vibrations.

** Cliff Friend, US composer

* December 6 – Sammy Fain, US composer, 87

* January 16-Reginald De Koven, US music critic and composer ( b. 1859 )

* June 29-Leroy Anderson, US composer and conductor ( d. 1975 )

* August 8 – Benny Carter, US jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and bandleader ( died 2003 )

* October 15 – Victoria Spivey, US singer, pianist and composer ( died 1976 )

* January 30 – Paul Dresser, US composer ( born 1857 )

* November 24-Harry Barris, US singer, composer and pianist

** Mabel Wayne, US composer

* October 7 – Ralph Rainger, US composer and pianist ( d. 1942 )

* October 20 – Frank Churchill, US composer ( d. 1942 )

King Philip II was said to have offered a reward of 20, 000 ducats, about £ 4 million ( US $ 6. 5M ) by modern standards, for his life.

The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch is a 1965 novel by US science fiction writer Philip K. Dick.

** Philip Morris buys Kraft Foods for US $ 13. 1 billion.

< center >~ John Philip Sousa ~</ center >< Center >< font size =" 0 ">< Center > US Postage, Postage stamps and postal history of the United States # Famous Americans Series of 1940 | Issue of 1940 </ Center ></ font > Sousa lived in Sands Point, New York.

On February 20, 2007, the US Supreme Court ruled that the Altria Group ( formerly Philip Morris ) did not have to pay $ 79. 5 million in punitive damages awarded to Mayola Williams in a 1999 Oregon court ruling, when she sued Phillip Morris for responsibility in the cancer death of her husband, Jesse Williams.

On 30 May 2002, Miller was acquired by South African Breweries from Philip Morris for $ 3. 6 billion worth of stock and US $ 2 billion in debt to form SABMiller, with Philip Morris retaining a 36 % ownership share and 24. 99 % voting rights.

* ' Epidemiology ' - In: Philip S. Brachman, Medical Microbiology ( fourth edition ), US National Center for Biotechnology Information

As early as 2005, the credibility of full-spectrum dominance as a practical strategic doctrine was dismissed by Professor Philip Taylor of the University of Leeds an expert consultant to the US and UK governments on psychological operations, propaganda and diplomacy.

More recently it has been used in the filming of the movies of J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series and also the film adaptation of Philip Pullman's novel Northern Lights ( the film bearing the title of the US edition of the book, The Golden Compass ).

Philip Lader served as US Ambassador to the UK from 1997 to 2001.

Philip Creider ( US Navy ), demonstrates the use of a Punching_bag # Types_of_bag | Speed bag, a tool prominently used in training for boxing.

Anastasia, the Brooklyn waterfront boss, had taken over the second largest family in the US after the disappearance of boss Vincent Mangano and the murder of brother Philip Mangano on April 14, 1951.

* Philip Clayton Pendleton ( 1779 – 1863 ), US federal judge in Virginia

When the two week deadline had passed, General Philip Sheridan sent out a squadron of cavalry ( the Second US Regiment ), led by Major Eugene Baker, to track down and punish the offending party.

* Pictures of US Treasury Notes featuring Philip Sheridan, provided by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.

* Philip Van Dam, US Attorney appointed by President Gerald Ford

The poor quality of officer training in the US Navy became visible after the Somers Affair, an alleged mutiny aboard the training ship USS Somers in 1842, and the subsequent execution of midshipman Philip Spencer.

* Philip E. Berger ( born 1952 ), US politician

Moglen was part of Philip Zimmermann's defense team, when Zimmermann was being investigated over the export of Pretty Good Privacy, a public key encryption system, under US export laws.

It is made by Philip Morris USA ( a branch of Altria ) within the US, and by Philip Morris International ( now separate from Altria ) outside the US.