Wallace A. Ross same year. In 1959, Ross founded the American Television Commercials Festival and The Clio Awards, and he served as the Managing Director of the Festival until 1971. The name "Clio" means the proclaimer, glorifier and celebrator of accomplishments, and is the name of the Ancient Greek Muse of History. The design of the statuette given to winners of the Clio was inspired by the Brancusi sculpture called "Bird in Space," which Ross originally viewed at the New York Museum of Modern Art. Ross held a contest to choose the name for the statue, and "Clio" was the name suggested by
An Ancient Muse and the Far East. Most of the tracks, with the exception of three revealed at the mid-September concerts in the Alhambra of Granada in Spain, were completely unknown until the release. "An Ancient Muse" debuted on the U.S. "Billboard" 200 at number 83, with about 19,000 copies sold in its first week. This was also its peak position on the chart. All music and lyrics written by Loreena McKennitt except as noted. An Ancient Muse An Ancient Muse is the seventh full-length studio album of the Canadian singer, songwriter, accordionist, harpist, and pianist, Loreena McKennitt. It was released on November