11 results for '"Orphee'

About the Author Plusieurs œuvres poétiques anciennes sont placées sous le nom d'Orphée, poète musicien des légendes de Thrace, fils du roi êagre et époux d'EurydiceLuc Brisson est directeur de...

The Orpheus myth has fascinated Western culture from the sixth century B.C. to the present. This book defines, through a survey of the European tradition of literature, art, poetry, and music, some...

A revealing look at how the Orpheus myth helped Renaissance writers and thinkers understand the force of eloquenceIn ancient Greek mythology, the lyrical songs of Orpheus charmed the gods, and...

From recent data on disparities between Brazilian whites and non-whites in areas of health, education, and welfare, it is clear that vast racial inequalities do exist in Brazil, contrary to earlier...

Examining the elements of musical structure and the ways they provide unity, coherence and uniqueness in classic-romantic music, the author defines the concept of Grundgestalt, or "basic shape" and...

Available for the first time in a single volume, Ranier Maria Rilke’s two most beloved sequences of poems rendered by his most faithful translator. Rilke is unquestionably the twentieth century’s...

Au cours de la journée dramatique du 10 juillet 1940, députés et sénateurs, réunis au Grand Casino de Vichy, votent les pleins pouvoirs au maréchal Pétain. Seulement quatre-vingts parlementaires les...

This entertaining and thorough examination of operetta remains the only complete, richly-illustrated history available of a delightful form of musical theater which has enraptured audiences around...