HENRY PURCELL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-WyxbwU82A – The Fairy Queen Another great hit was Dido and Aeneaus The Fairy Queen: * Secular * The libretto is an anonymous adaptation of William Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’. * First performed in 1692‚ The Fairy-Queen was composed three years before Purcell’s death * Consists of two recorders‚ two oboes‚ two trumpets‚ kettledrums‚ string instruments and harpsichord continuo. Henry Purcell (10 September 1659 – 21 November
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Henry Purcell is seen as one of the greatest composers of the Baroque period and one of the greatest of all English composers. His earliest surviving works date from 1680 and show a complete command of musical composition. They include some fantasias for viols‚ masterpieces of contrapuntal writing‚ and more contemporary sonatas for violins‚ which reveal some acquaintance with Italian models. Purcell‚ in his time‚ became increasingly in demand as a composer‚ and his theatre music in particular made
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************ CPAL PD.2 Response #2 May 24th 2013 Medea and Dido “Love is like a friendship caught on fire.” (Bruce Lee para. 1). Love can burn. Whether the burn is pleasant or ruthless is for your own experience. However‚ two women in the ancient societies can demonstrate the uglier side of love quite easily. The women are Medea and Dido. They each fall in love with great heros with the help of gods‚ and each of them made great sacrifices for the
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Aeneas‚ the Devoted Hero In Virgil’s Aenied‚ he illustrates the hero and central character‚ Aeneas‚ as a man who presents piety and duty. This human emotion piety‚ pietas in Latin‚ is duty towards family‚ country‚ and gods. Aeneas always fulfills his duty to his family‚ his fated city‚ and his gods. This piousness is what keeps him going through the grueling journeys and challenges‚ even when things are not going perfectly. Pietas is the characteristic that makes Aeneas stronger through
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Odysseus‚ and Aeneas visit The Underworld. They all go to the afterlife‚ yet they go for different purposes. So‚ how do we figure who had the ultimate afterlife experience? The experiences these heroes embark into are quite similar. They all venture into the Underworld‚ communicate with shades to seek advice‚ and they all make it out safely and unharmed. Though‚ Gilgamesh and Odysseus had quite an impressive experience in the afterlife‚ their journey doesn’t quite compare to the journey of Aeneas. This
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The first intervention that Juno makes in Aeneas’ life is when she sends a storm to destroy his fleet of ships. He is trying to reach Italy‚ but she is determined for that not to happen. Juno approaches Aeolus‚ god of the winds‚ telling him the Trojans are “a race of people whom I hate”. She offers him Deiopea‚ the loveliest of her nymphs in marriage in return for him letting the winds loose on the Trojans. She says “swamp their ships‚ sink them‚ scatter them and pitch their bodies into the sea.”
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Aeneas and Jesus Roman ideal of pietas which Virgil’s Aeneas embodies the observance of what is due to the gods and men‚ and obeying one’s destiny (fate) or calling. In Virgil’s The Aeneid‚ Aeneas has no choice but to be devoted to the gods‚ while Jesus in The New Testament choices freely to be devoted to one god. Religion for the Romans was very tied up in ideas of obligations‚ not only to the gods‚ but to one’s family and nation as well. Aeneas preserves his sanity and the lives of his men‚
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The Roles of Dido and Medea; A Comparison of Cultures Women in the ancient world did not have the rights or status as we do today. They were looked upon as possessions or property. For a woman to be strong or be allowed to hold a position of power was something that was unheard of. Medea and Dido were two very strong and powerful women‚ however each lived in slightly different cultures. Their choices in how they chose to wield their power gives us a small insight on the differences in
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Aeneas as A Leader Aeneas‚ the destined founder of Rome‚ is portrayed as a heroic character in Virgil’s Aeneid. Being born as a half-god‚ Aeneas enjoys a special protection by the Gods and possesses numerous good qualities. He is fated to escape from the downfall of Troy and set foot in Italy to build the foundation for the later development of Rome in becoming an empire. It is not easy for a person to witness the destruction of his homeland and run away from it in search of a new establishment
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Leah Purcell ~ Leah Purcell truly does have an amazing story to tell‚ rising from the troubles of her childhood and family to become one of Australia’s most acclaimed indigenous actress’s‚ songwriters and even filmmakers. Leah Purcell was born on the 14th of August 1970‚ in the small rural town of Murgon in Queensland. She was born to an indigenous mother and a white father‚ who through most of her life took no notice of her and didn’t publicly acknowledge her as his daughter. Leah Purcell had
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