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"Aaron Avshalomov (; 11 November 1894 - 26 April 1965) was a Russian-born Jewish composer. Born into a Mountain Jewish family in Nikolayevsk-on-Amur, Russia, Avshalomov was sent for medical studies to Zürich. After the October Revolution in 1917, which made further studies in Europe impossible, his family sent him to the United States. There he married a fellow Russian émigré in San Francisco. Less than a year later, he chose to move to China, where he entered the world of Shanghai's academia and, together with other Jewish musicians, who had fled the Russian pogroms and revolution, trained a number of young Chinese musicians in classical music, who in turn became leading musicians in contemporary China.Encyclopedia of Diasporas. Immigrant and Refugee Cultures Around the World. Vol. I, Jewish Diaspora in China by Xu Xin, pp.155-158, Ember, Melvin; Ember, Carol R.; Skoggard, Ian (Eds.), Springer 2004 Between 1918 and 1947, he worked to create a synthesis of Chinese musical elements and Western techniques of orchestral composition. In 1919, his son, Jacob Avshalomov was born, who became a composer and conductor, too. In 1947, he moved to the United States, where he already had spent three years in the mid-1920s. He died in New York. Compositions * Kuan Yin (opera named after Guanyin, the bodhisattva of compassion; premiered in Peking in 1925) * The Twilight Hour of Yan Kuei Fei (opera, 1933), presumably after the 1923 eponymous book by A. E. Grantham. * The Great Wall (opera, 1933–41), based on the legend of Lady Meng Jiang. * Piano Concerto in G on Chinese Themes and Rhythms (1935) * Flute Concerto * Violin Concerto * Symphony No. 1 * Symphony No. 2 (1949, commissioned by Serge Koussevitzky, premiered by the Cincinnati Sym, conducted by Thor Johnson) * Symphony No. 3 (1953, "To the Memory of Serge and Natalie Koussevitzky") * Dream of Wei Lin (1949) * Soul of the Ch'in * Hutongs of Peking * Four Biblical Tableaux (Queen Esther's Prayer, Rebecca by the Well, Ruth and Naomi, Processional) Notes 1894 births 1965 deaths People from Nikolayevsk-on-Amur Russian Jews Russian composers Russian male composers Jewish Chinese history Imperial Russian emigrants to the United States American people of Mountain Jewish descent American people of Russian-Jewish descent 20th-century composers Imperial Russian emigrants to China 20th-century Russian male musicians 20th-century American male musicians 20th-century American composers American male composers "
"Brewer Phillips (November 16, 1924 - August 30, 1999) was an American blues guitarist, chiefly associated with juke joint blues and Chicago blues. Phillips was born on a plantation in Coila, Mississippi and learned the blues from Memphis Minnie at an early age. He relocated to Memphis, Tennessee, and played with Bill Harvey, Roosevelt Sykes, and Hound Dog Taylor. Following Taylor's death in 1976, Phillips recorded under his own name and also performed with J. B. Hutto, Lil' Ed Williams, and Cub Koda, among others, playing both acoustic and electric guitar. He recorded for Delmark Records and JSP Records. Phillips died of natural causes in Chicago in August 1999, at the age of 74. Discography *Whole Lotta Blues (JSP Records) *Homebrew (Delmark Records, 1996) *Well Alright (Black Rose, 2008) References External links *[ Brewer Phillips] at Allmusic 1924 births 1999 deaths American blues guitarists American male guitarists Guitarists from Mississippi Juke Joint blues musicians Blues musicians from Mississippi 20th-century American guitarists 20th-century American male musicians "
"River authorities in the U.S. state of Texas are public agencies established by the state legislature and given authority to develop and manage the waters of the state. These authorities are given powers to conserve, store, control, preserve, utilize, and distribute the waters of a designated geographic region for the benefit of the public.Introduction, Lower Neches Valley Authority website The 24 Texas river authorities include the following: * Angelina & Neches River Authority * Bandera County River Authority and Groundwater District * Brazos River Authority * Central Colorado River Authority * Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority * Lavaca-Navidad River Authority * Lower Colorado River Authority * Lower Neches Valley Authority * Nueces River Authority * Palo Duro River Authority * Red River Authority * Sabine River Authority * San Antonio River Authority * San Jacinto River Authority * Sulphur River Basin Authority * Trinity River Authority * Upper Colorado River Authority * Upper Guadalupe River Authority References External links * Map of River Authorities and Special Law Districts Within the State of Texas, Texas Water Development Board *River "