See Also: Buxtehude, Dietrich(encyclopedia)
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich(encyclopedia)
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Dietrich (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Dietrich, Marlene(dictionary)
Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich(encyclopedia)

Argus (iou) and Buxtehude, Dietrich (sh)


Argus (iou)



Argus noun. In senses 2 & 3 also argus. LME.
[Latin from Greek Argos, a mythological person with a hundred eyes.]
A very vigilant watcher, a guardian. LME.
Any of certain butterflies bearing eyespots, esp. Aricia agestis (in full brown Argus) or A. artaxerxes (in full Scotch Argus). L17.
Either of two large SE Asian pheasants, both of which have long tails with numerous eyespots, Argusiana argus (in full great Argus) and Rheinardia ocellata (in full crested Argus). M18.
Comb.: Argus eye (a) in pl., sharp eyes, acute observation; (b) each of the eyelike markings on the tail of a peacock (to which Argus' eyes were said to be transferred by Hera after his death); Argus-eyed adjective extremely vigilant, sharp-sighted.

Buxtehude, Dietrich (sh)




born 1637, probably in Oldesloe, Holstein
died May 9, 1707, Lubeck

Danish organist and composer.

He held two organist positions before being appointed organist at the important Marienkirche in Lubeck (now in Germany), where he remained for almost 40 years. There he reinstated the tradition of the Abendmusik, an annual series of church concerts. His reputation was such that in 1705 Johann Sebastian Bach traveled 200 miles there to hear him play and ended up staying three months. Buxtehude's approximately 130 surviving vocal works, usually called cantatas, can instead be classified as concertos, chorale settings, and arias. All are imbued with a devout simplicity that contrasts strongly with the elaborations of their Bachian successors. He also composed almost 100 works for organ, some 20 keyboard suites, and more than 20 chamber sonatas.