Lévesque, René

Japanese: レベック（英語表記）Lévesque， René

Born: August 24, 1922, New Carlisle, Quebec
Died November 1, 1987. Montreal Canadian politician. After dropping out of Laval University, he went to the United States in 1944 and worked as a journalist during World War II. In 1946, he returned to Montreal and joined the National Broadcasting Corporation of Canada, where he gained popularity as a television commentator. In the 1950s, he worked hard to realize the "Quiet Revolution" with P. Trudeau. He became Minister of Natural Resources in the Quebec government under the Quebec Liberal Party led by J. Lesage, but left the Liberal Party in 1967 and formed the Parti Quebecois in 1968. In November 1976, he achieved his long-cherished goal of gaining power in Quebec. He took a social democratic stance and drew a line between himself and radical separatists, but he advocated secession and independence for Quebec. However, he lost the referendum on secession and independence in May 1980. He retired in 1985.

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A type of musical instrument. A small bowed string instrument of Middle Eastern origin that was used in Europe from the Middle Ages to the early Renaissance. The name is derived from the Arabic rabab, and medieval instruments have a violin-style bridge and string stop, and are usually made of wood with three strings. The Arabic version has leather instead of wood. Many variations are still used today in folk music in the Middle East and the Balkans.

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Lévêque, Jean-Charles

[Born] 1818
[Died] 1900
French aesthetician. Professor at the Collège de France. Member of the Academie des Morals et Political Sciences. Developed Platonic aesthetics with absolute beauty at its core.

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[生]1922.8.24. ケベック，ニューカーライル
[没]1987.11.1. モントリオール
カナダの政治家。ラバル大学中退後，1944年アメリカへ行き，第2次世界大戦中はジャーナリストとして活躍。 46年モントリオールへ戻って国営カナダ放送に入り，テレビ解説者として人気を得た。 50年代，P.トリュドーとともに「静かな革命」の実現に尽力。 J.ルサージュの率いるケベック自由党のもとでケベック州政府の天然資源相となったが，67年自由党を脱党して 68年ケベック党を結成。 76年 11月念願のケベック州政権獲得を達成した。社会民主主義の立場をとり，過激な分離論者とは一線を画すが，ケベック州の分離，独立を唱えた。しかし，80年5月分離，独立を問う住民投票に敗れた。 85年引退。

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楽器の一種。中近東起源の小型の擦弦楽器で，ヨーロッパでは中世からルネサンス初期にかけて用いられた。アラビアのラバーブから派生した名称で，中世のものはバイオリン式のブリッジと緒止め板があり，通常3弦で木製。アラビアのものは木の代わりに皮が張ってある。現在でも中近東をはじめ，バルカン半島などの民俗音楽に多くの変形が使われている。