| For the musician, see Bill Douglas (musician).June 18, 1991) was a Scottish film director.He undertook his National Service in Egypt, where he met his lifelong friend and companion, Peter Jewell.My Ain Folk (1973) and My Way Home (1978).Dorset farm labourers who in 1834 were arrested and tried for forming a trade union and subsequently transported to Australia.The story itself is mediated by the character of an itinerant magic lanternist who reappears in a number of roles.This page was last modified 13:10, 14 November 2007.If you are shopping for property you can search for, and view the entire multiple listing service.University of Toronto and obtained a BA in music
education.Yale, I received a Canada Council award to study composition in London,
England for a year.California Institute of the Arts in Valencia,
California.Here, I became very interested in African and Indian music.Etudes (later, I changed the name to Vocal Rhythm Etudes).Davis and Herbie Hancock).They have been used in many schools around North
America, and I perform at least one of them in all my concerts.These eventually became part of my concert repertoire, and I have recorded
many of them.RCA albums of classical
chamber music with pianist Peter Serkin and Tashi .Richard Stoltzman and my own
groups.Sky: Richard Stoltzman plays the Music of Bill Douglas.Nexus and the Rochester Philharmonic.Dieskau, Ralph Vaughn Williams, and Ali Akbar Khan.CDs, and listen to many different kinds of music.Short Bio, for press releases, program notes, etc.What is the Bill Douglas Centre?Everyone's Virtual Exhibition (EVE)
EVE is the online catalogue and virtual exhibition space of the Bill Douglas Centre.The programme will
include screenings of the Trilogy and Comrades, as well as the documentary Bill Douglas: Intent on Getting the Image.An exhibition to remember one of Britain's greatest actors on the centenary of his birth.If you can read this message, you may be viewing the site using an older browser.Whilst all the content in this site will be accessible to you, some of the presentational aspects may not.See the Web Standards Project for more details.Douglas and the Environment
3.The 1970 Impeachment Attempt
3.Though not the valedictorian, Douglas did well enough in high school to win a scholarship to Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington.Picking cherries, Douglas would say later, inspired him to a legal career.W's who I saw being shot at by the police.English and economics, he taught English and Latin at Yakima High Schools for the next two years, hoping to earn enough to attend law school.However, the appointments office at the law school let him know that a New York firm wanted a student to help prepare a correspondence course for law.Cravath, he went to teach at Columbia.While teaching at Yale, he and fellow professor Thurman Arnold were riding the New Haven Railroad and were inspired to set the sign "Passengers will please refrain..."He became chairman in 1937.Douglas was sworn into office on April 17, 1939.This went too far for his old ally Black, who dissented in Griswold.The Rosenberg Case
On June 16, 1953, Douglas granted a temporary stay of execution to Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, the two alleged Soviet spies who had been convicted of selling the plans for the atomic bomb to the Russians.Since, at the time the stay was granted, the Supreme Court was out of session, this meant that the Rosenbergs could expect to wait at least six months before the case was heard.Due to opposition to his decision, Douglas briefly faced impeachment proceedings in Congress.His love for the environment carried through to his judicial reasoning.Contemporary public concern for protecting nature's ecological equilibrium should lead to the conferral of standing upon environmental objects to sue for their own preservation.This suit would therefore be more properly labeled as Mineral King v.So it should be as respects valleys, alpine meadows, rivers, lakes, estuaries, beaches, ridges, groves of trees, swampland, or even air that feels the destructive pressures of modern technology and modern life.He is credited with saving the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and inspiring the effort to establish the area as a national park; going as far as to challenge the editorial board of the Washington Post to go with him for a walk on the canal after it had published opinions supporting Congress' plan to pave the canal into a road.Douglas visited the area himself (Saturday, November 18th, 1967).The Red River Gorge's Douglas Trail is named in his honor.Justice Douglas was fully committed to his causes.House Minority Leader Gerald R.Despite careful maneuvering by House Judiciary Chairman Emanuel Celler, and an apparent lack of proof of any criminal conduct on the part of Douglas (efforts by Attorney General John N.Ford also attacked Douglas for his article in Evergreen Magazine, which was infamous for its proclivity for pictures of naked women.The effort to impeach Douglas and the struggles over the Fortas, Haynesworth, and Carswell nominations marked the beginning of a more partisan climate during the confirmation process of Supreme Court nominees.Records
During his tenure on the bench, Justice Douglas achieved a number of records and distinctions.Nicknames
During his time on the Supreme Court, Douglas picked up a number of nicknames, which were bestowed upon him by both his admirers and his detractors.Hannegan received a letter from Roosevelt stating that his choice for the nominee would be either "Harry Truman or Bill Douglas."Roosevelt, Douglas would become the 33rd President after his death.Attempts were made to draft popular retired war hero General Dwight D.Eisenhower for the nomination.Although Truman approached Douglas about the vice presidential nomination, the Justice turned him down.Barkley and the two went on to win the election.Retirement and Family Life
On December 31, 1974, while on vacation in the Bahamas, Douglas suffered a debilitating stroke.Douglas Wilderness, which adjoins Mount Rainier National Park in Washington state, is named in his honor, as Douglas had both an intimate connection to that area and a deep commitment to environmental protection.Douglas Falls in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina is also named after him.There must be no limit on the range of temperate discussion, no limits on thought.No subject must be taboo.The struggle is always between the individual and his sacred right to express himself and the power structure that seeks conformity, suppression, and obedience.These days I see America identified more and more with material things, less and less with spiritual standards.We need a faith that dedicates us to something bigger and more important than ourselves or our possessions.American Act, A Speech to the Author's Guild Council in New York.Big Brother in the form of an increasingly powerful government and in an increasingly powerful private sector will pile the records high with reasons why privacy should give way to national security, to law and order, to efficiency of operation, to scientific advancement and the like.We must realize that today's Establishment is the New George III.Douglas Committee, a select group of law students at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington sponsors a series of lectures on the First Amendment, in Justice Douglas's honor.An area of the Wenatchee National Forest east of Mount Rainier National Park is designated William O.Wild Bill: The Legend and Life of William O.External links
Points of Rebellion, by William O.The New York Times, Sunday, January 20, 1980, p.In musicology, Cantilena means "a vocal or instrumental melody of a highly lyrical rather than a dramatic or viruoso nature," or "a slow, smooth, melodious style of vocal writing."Western folk and vocal music.BILL DOUGLAS' first Hearts of Space release (Jewel Lake, 1988) exposed such a rich vein of melody, song, and rhythm that one album scarcely touched the highpoints.Unlike Jewel Lake, there's no oboe this time, so you'll hear a lot more bassoon throughout, with Bill playing his principal instrument superbly on the solos, and with lusty harmonic precision on the (up to) five bassoon choruses.All keyboards and piano are ably handled by Bill, who also makes his falsetto vocal recording debut on "Child."On Circle of Moons, composer Bill Douglas reaches a new level of refinement in thirteen enchanting, gently romantic tunes.Circle of Moons adds yet another dimension to BILL DOUGLAS' legacy as an artist of uncommon versatility and melodic sensitivity."From the opening bars," wrote a critic for Keyboard, "It's obvious that Bill Douglas is endowed with a real gift for creating superb, unforgettable melodies."On Circle of Moons, the composer reaches a new level of refinement in thirteen enchanting, gently romantic tunes."This era, especially as it relates to the English choral tradition, is my favorite," says the artist."That's what I listen to for the sheer pleasure of it; pieces by William Byrd, Josquin de Prez and Thomas Tally really inspire me."The music creates an overall feeling of ecstacy that echoes through the room long after the vocalists sound their final chord.Classic poems by Yeats, Blake, Robert Burns, and Alfred Graves are set into BILL DOUGLAS's lush sonic images of the greenscapes of Ireland, Scotland, and England.British Isles in their greatest serenity.Rather, Douglas has fitted his vast experience in both jazz and classical music to that great heritage, a tradition of pictures in sound, and the poetry of those who have lived and felt those scenes.For me, these poems express the utmost tenderness, purity, joy and poignancy."Boulder area of Colorado, where the composer lives.Besides insight and poetic perception, Douglas approaches the field of composed folk music from an exceptionally solid background.As if that were not enough, Douglas was also at one time a bassoonist with the Toronto Symphony.Art escapes earthly gravity as the composer reaches new heights.Eternity's Sunrise, celebrates the melodic gifts of Bill Douglas, collecting fourteen of his most popular compositions from six of his Hearts of Space albums.Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair...Prayer For Peace celebrates the beauty of the American folk song tradition and offers a prayer for peace.I've always felt that the ability to write melodies is one of the real benchmarks in music, regardless of style.As you'll hear throughout this album, Bill Douglas is naturally endowed with the gift of creating absolutely gorgeous, unforgettable melodies.What we have here is a truly eclectic musician.Moorish piece ("Karuna"), and an exquisitely beautiful song featuring soprano JANE GRIMES, based on an ancient Gaelic blessing ("Deep Peace").Instrumentation is Bill on electronic keyboards, piano, and bassoon, plus fine performances on oboe, flute, vice, and ethnic percussion by several Boulder area musicians.It was a total pleasure to produce, and I'm confident that listeners are going to love it.And pluck till time and times are done
The silver apples of the moon,
The golden apples of the sun.BILL DOUGLAS' Kaleidoscope, basic piano tracks on several tunes, and the arrangement for Voyage and declared Bill "a monster keyboard player."As a result you'll hear a lot more prominent piano work on this album.LARRY THOMPSON on several tunes.GEOFF JOHNS returns to anchor Bill's hand drum section, with the addition of TY BURHOE on tabla and additional frame drums.On Songs of Earth and Sky, BILL DOUGLAS follows the musical path that he pioneered on his superb Deep Peace.Working once again with the ARS NOVA SINGERS, Douglas creates choral settings for the most beloved poems from the English Classical poetic tradition.While it's rare that this sentiment is expressed about a favorite book or movie, it's a safe bet that fans of last year's Deep Peace will be enthralled by BILL DOUGLAS' new album Songs of Earth and Sky.Returning for this release are the ARS NOVA SINGERS, some of the world's greatest poets, intricate, lovely, and spirited melodies, and superb ensemble playing.Also represented in the choral pieces are Alfred Lord Tennyson's "Wind of the Western Sea," William Blake's "The Echoing Green," Robert Burns' immortal "My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose," Shakespeare's "Willow," and Douglas' version of "I Shall Not Live in Vain," which combines verse from both Emily Dickinson and Blake to excellent effect.The instrumental ensemble playing is also up to the usual high standard that we've come to expect on all of Bill Douglas' recordings.Douglas himself deftly handles piano, synthesizer and bassoon chores, while sundry woodwinds take their turns with melody.And, since he has written some of the most memorable tunes for clarinet in the modern era (owing to his 30 years of collaboration with Richard Stoltzman), it will surprise no one that clarinet takes the occasional lead on several of Songs of Earth and Sky's seven instrumental pieces, particularly "Lady of the Lake" and "The Gardens of Loch Nair."But the album also features solo piano on the Bachlike "Autumn Song," oboe and flute trading melody lines on "The Secret Rose," and the (goosebump inducing) interplay of piano and clarinet playing in harmony on "The Smile of a Breeze."Bill Douglas' twelfth album, is probably his most personal and intimate yet.As a jazz pianist, Bill has toured and recorded with vibraphonist Gary Burton and bassist Eddie Gomez. |
