Haskell Small des Canotiers" (Luncheon of the Boating Party) to the Washington gallery. Small approached the endeavor in a manner reminiscent of Moussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. He studied biographical information on each of Renoir's friends and acquaintances who were pictured in the boating party in order to create a portfolio of musical portraits, then established continuity among them with a recurring theme representing the flowing of the river. In 2006 Small composed a suite of miniature blues and jazz pieces, "Scraps," for Dutch pianist Marcel Worms's multi-national Blues Project. In 2007 he was commissioned by pianist Soheil Nasseri to write "Lullaby
Conservative Party (Romania, 1880–1918) played an important role in the politics of Romania. In the early 20th century, the party underwent several schisms. In January 1908, Take Ionescu left to found the Conservative Democratic Party ("Partidul Conservator-Democrat", PCD). In May 1915, Nicolae Filipescu led a group out of the party that favored joining World War I on the "Entente" side; in October 1916, the Filipescu and Ionescu groups fused as the Conservative Nationalist Party ("Partidul Conservator Naţionalist"). In 1918–19 the party split into the "Partidul Conservator-Democrat" (which, in 1922, fused with the National Party) and the short-lived "Partidul Conservator-Progresist". Conservative Party (Romania, 1880–1918) The