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  • And when a man is passed those mountains and those fells, he goes by the city of Marioch and by Artoise, where is a great bridge upon the river of Ferne, that is called Farfar, and it is a great river bearing ships and it runs right fast out of the mountains to the city of Damascus.

    The Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

  • In fact though, the darkly glamorous Winkleman has swept into primetime television like a fresh gust, blowing away all those healthy-looking, long-haired blondes, called Holly, Ferne or Tess.

    Claudia Winkleman: The quirky charm of TV's new film buff Vanessa Thorpe 2010

  • Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y. Many so-called forgotten masterpieces actually deserve their obscurity, but Franz Schreker's 1912 opera "The Distant Sound" ( "Der Ferne Klang"), which had its U.S. premiere at the Bard Summerscape Festival last Friday, was worth rediscovering.

    Ringing Down From the Hudson Valley 2010

  • Alex Ross: Celesta in the final scene of Schreker's Der Ferne Klang. benjamin: That gross FFF Clarinet note in the middle of the Scherzo of Mahler 5th. andy h-d: I don't know unlikely it is, but I keep thinking of the part in Symphonie fantastique right before his head gets chopped off.

    Archive 2007-08-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2007

  • Alex Ross: Celesta in the final scene of Schreker's Der Ferne Klang. benjamin: That gross FFF Clarinet note in the middle of the Scherzo of Mahler 5th. andy h-d: I don't know unlikely it is, but I keep thinking of the part in Symphonie fantastique right before his head gets chopped off.

    Gold stars and red pen Matthew Guerrieri 2007

  • Der Ferne Klang-Zurich new production with the wonderful Ingo Metzmacher conducting

    Morning Miscellany Lisa Hirsch 2009

  • Ferne said this on February 18, 2008 at 12:43 am | Reply

    Blooms of February- GBBD « Fairegarden 2008

  • Ferne ... imputes this intrusion on their rights in some degree to necessity.

    Quentin Durward 2008

  • Coach: Ferne Labati (268-171, 15th season at Miami; 404-293, 24th season overall)

    USATODAY.com 2005

  • And whanne that a man ys oute of that ylke hylles, men passen thenne thorewe a cytee, that ys called Maryoche and Arteyse, whare that ys a grete brygge upon a ryvere of Ferne, that men clepen Fassar: and hyt ys a grete ryvere, berynge schyppes.

    The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville 2004

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