emirate, citadel, “the Pied Piper of fashion, pipe organs

For years, Anna von Hausswolff has brought the sound of pipe organs to rock fans. But Roman Catholic extremists have tried to stop her playing in churches.

Tom McCarthy: The Wrong Kurt Vonnegut Book Is Famous

The author of “The Making of Incarnation” said he was disappointed with “Slaughterhouse-Five,” but he thought “Mother Night” was brilliant.

Art | 29.05.2008

Three Top German Museums Set to Lend Art to Dubai

Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: Dubai is competing with Abu Dhabi to impress with world cultural offerings

Three top German art museums have agreed to lend their paintings to Dubai on the shores of the Persian Gulf, where a citadel of high culture is planned using the emirate's vast oil wealth.

PBS NewsHour

In "Full Circle," the 83-year-old country doyenne takes stock of her legacy.

Loretta Lynn asks, 'Who's gonna miss me when I'm gone?'

Country music doyenne Loretta Lynn's first studio album in 12 years,…

PBS.ORG

By 1983, when he was 47, his work was recognized by fashion scholars as so fundamentally important to women’s dress that a retrospective of his designs was held at the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the first time the museum had honored a living designer. Diana Vreeland, the legendary magazine editor and the doyenne of the Costume Institute, who masterminded the exhibition, called him “a living genius” and “the Pied Piper of fashion.”

doyenne
noun [C usually singular]
the oldest, most experienced, and often most respected woman involved in a particular type of work:

The party was held in honour of Vivienne Westwood, that doyenne of British fashion.
the Pied Piper (of Hamelin)



citadel
noun [C] ━━ n. （市街地を見おろす）とりで, 要塞; 拠点; 避難所.
1 a strong castle in or near a city, where people can shelter from danger, especially during a war:
The town has a 14th century citadel overlooking the river.

2 LITERARY a powerful organization in which finding a job is difficult for someone who does not know people who work there:
At the age of 32, she managed to enter one of the citadels of high fashion.

emir 
noun [C]
a ruler of particular Muslim countries in the Middle East:
the Emir of Kuwait

emirate 
noun [C]
a country ruled by an emir