Dumbarton Oaks

American  

[duhm-bahr-tn] / ˈdʌm bɑr tn /

noun

1. an estate in the District of Columbia: site of conferences held to discuss proposals for creation of the United Nations, August–October, 1944.

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Dumbarton Oaks British  

/ ˈdʌmˌbɑːtən /

noun

1. an estate in the District of Columbia in the US: scene of conferences in 1944 concerned with creating the United Nations

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Example Sentences

The 17th-century English composer Henry Purcell’s brief Fantasia for Strings displays a paradoxically “skeletal and very rich quality” that Tao also associates with the concerto, while Igor Stravinsky’s neoclassical “Dumbarton Oaks” Concerto “speaks to the simultaneous elegance and surprise in the Mozart” — as well as to a self-consciously “ancient” aspect he discerns in the C minor concerto.

From Seattle Times

After Schenkman gave a concert at Dumbarton Oaks in Washington, D.C., they met Shaw, who was working on some string quartets there as composer in residence.

From Seattle Times

On Feb. 12 and 13, the star cellist and recipient of the 2022 Chamber Music America Michael Jaffee Visionary Award comes to Dumbarton Oaks for an intimate recital with pianist Andrew Rosenblum.

From Washington Post

“Amazing stuff,” says Bárbara Arroyo, an archaeologist at the Dumbarton Oaks research library.

From Science Magazine

He was interning in the gardens at the Dumbarton Oaks museum in Washington when the White House called over looking for someone who could help with its grounds care.

From Seattle Times