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Respighi
Italian composer. After musical studies in Bologna (1891-1901), he played viola in a Russian orchestra and studied with N. Rimsky-Korsakov, from whom he learned much about orchestration. His best-known works are the colorful tone poems The Fountains of Rome (1916) and The Pines of Rome (1924). Interested in early music, he also produced such works as Gli uccelli (1927), based on works by J.-P. Rameau, and La boutique fantasque, based on works by G. Rossini.


Aesir
In Germanic religion, one of the two main groups of deities, the other being the Vanir. Odin, his wife Frigg, Tyr (the god of war), and Thor were the four Aesir common to the Germanic nations. Balder and Loki were considered Aesir by other peoples. The Aesir were a warlike race and were originally dominant over the Vanir, but after numerous defeats in battle they were forced to grant the Vanir equal status. The poet-god Kvasir was born out of the peace ritual in which the two races mingled their saliva in the same vessel.


reaper
Any farm machine that cuts grain. Early reapers simply cut the crop and dropped it unbound. Modern machines include harvesters, combines (see combine harvester), and binders, which also perform other harvesting operations. See also C. McCormick.


Renoir
French painter. His father, a tailor in Limoges, moved with his large family to Paris in 1844. Renoir began working as a decorator of porcelain at 13 and studied painting at night. He formed a close friendship with his fellow student C. Monet and became a leading member of the Paris Impressionists. His early works were typically Impressionist snapshots of real life, full of sparkling color and light. Among his early masterpieces are Le Moulin de la Galette (1876) and The Luncheon of the Boating Party (1881). A visit to Italy (1881-82) introduced him to Raphael and the expressive force of clear line and smooth painting, and by the mid-1880s he had broken with Impressionism to employ a more disciplined, formal technique. In works such as Bathers (1884-87), he emphasized volume, form, contours, and line. In his later works, he departed from the strict rules of Classicism to paint colorful still lifes, portraits, nudes, and landscapes of S France, where he settled in 1907. Rheumatism confined him to a wheelchair by 1912, but he never ceased to paint, often with his brush attached to his hand. J. Renoir was his son.


reovirus
Any of a small group of animal and plant viruses that appear spheroidal and contain a core of RNA. Among the best-known genera are Orthoreovirus, Orbivirus, Rotavirus, and Phytoreovirus. The first three infect animals; the last can destroy rice, corn, and other crops.


Repin
Russian painter. After training with a provincial icon painter and at the St. Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts, he visited France and Italy on an academy scholarship. On his return he began painting subjects ...

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