Creatures Of Prometheus

Author : Paul Bertagnolli
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351553038
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Prometheus in Music written by Paul Bertagnolli and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ancient Greek myth of Prometheus, the primordial Titan who defied the Olympian gods by stealing fire from the heavens as a gift for humanity, enjoyed unprecedented popularity during the Romantic era. An international coterie of writers such as Goethe, Monti, Byron, the Shelleys, Sainte-Hne, Coleridge, Browning, and Bridges engaged with the legend, while composers such as Beethoven, Reichardt, Schubert, Wolf, Liszt, Hal, Saint-Sa, Holm FaurParry, Goldmark, and Bargiel based works of diverse genres on the fable. Romantic authors and composers developed a unique perspective on the myth, emphasizing its themes of rebellion, punishment for transgression and creative autonomy, in great contrast to artists of the preceding era, who more characteristically ignored the tribulations of Prometheus and depicted him as the animator of a na, Arcadian mankind who, when awakened from their spiritual dormancy, expressed astonishment at the wonders of nature and paid homage to the Titan as a new god. Paul Bertagnolli charts the progress of the myth during the nineteenth century, as it articulates an extraordinary variety of issues pertaining to culture, society, aesthetics, and philosophy. Drawing on archival research, dance history, sketch studies, literary theory, linear analysis, topos theory, and reception history, individual chapters demonstrate that the legend served as a vehicle to express opinions on subjects as diverse as aristocratic patronage, movements of the body on the public stage, rebellion against political and religious authority, outright atheism, humanitarianism of the German Enlightenment, interest in the music of Greek antiquity, industrialization, nationalism inflamed by war, populism, and the aesthetics of musical form. Composers often resorted to varied and unorthodox musical techniques in order to reflect such remarkable subjects: Beethoven outraged critics by implying a key other than the tonic at the outset of the overture to

Author : Lewis Lockwood
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393050813
Total Pages : 632 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beethoven written by Lewis Lockwood and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2003 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written for the general reader, this book reveals how Beethoven's works reflect both his artistic individuality and the deepest philosophical and political currents of his age.

Author : Mark Salisbury
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1781161097
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Prometheus: The Art of the Film written by Mark Salisbury and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2012-06-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Visionary filmmaker Ridley Scott returns to the genre he helped define, creating an original science fiction epic set in the most dangerous corners of the universe. The movie takes a team of scientists and explorers on a thrilling journey that will test their physical and mental limits and strand them on a distant world, where they will discover the answers to our most profound questions and to life's ultimate mystery. With an introduction by Scott himself, this lavish book will be the only publication to accompany Prometheus. Stunning production art and behind the scenes photos will grant the reader a window on the process of creating this astounding new epic.

Author : Carol Dougherty
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134347529
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Prometheus written by Carol Dougherty and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-01-30 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offering a comparative approach, including visual material and film, this much-needed book provides an essential introduction to the Promethean myth and locates the nature of this compelling tale's continuing relevance through history, from its origins in ancient Greece, to its appearance in Romantic age works and twentieth-century films.

Author : Stephen W. Sweigart
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781737069522
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book THE CREATURES OF PROMETHEUS 2021 written by Stephen W. Sweigart and published by . This book was released on 2021-06 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stephen Sweigart graduated from Temple University in Philadelphia. He studied poetry and creative writing. He has worked full time in Floor Covering, and retired part time. He has studied music history and classical piano. His poetry reflects his musical influences. The Creatures of Prometheus is the story of the Creation of men and women out of clay, by Prometheus. He had Apollo bestow the arts and medicine on mankind. In the poem the lives of major poets are some of the Creatures.

Author : Timothy V. Kaufman-Osborn
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0585165831
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Creatures of Prometheus written by Timothy V. Kaufman-Osborn and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do human beings become creatures of the technology they create? Is gender an artifact of the work performed by such manufactured things? Drawing on a broad variety of literary and philosophical sources, including Homer's Iliad, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, accounts of the 1986 nuclear disaster at Chernobyl, and recent scholarship in feminist, postmodern, and political theory, this impressive book offers strikingly original ways for readers to think about technology, gender identity, culture, the environment, politics, and the ways women and men struggle to make sense of the gifts of Prometheus. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of political theory, environmental thought, and gender, cultural, and literary studies.

Author : Nicolas Slonimsky
Publisher : Schirmer Trade Books
ISBN 13 : 0857127675
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Listener's Companion: The Great Composers and their Works written by Nicolas Slonimsky and published by Schirmer Trade Books. This book was released on 2012-02-22 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Renowned for his literary style as well as his musical scholarship, Nicolas Slonimsky wrote many program notes and articles for newspapers and other periodicals, in addition to his well-known books. These shorter writings, edited by Slonimsky’s daughter, Electra Yourke, are collected for the first time in this excellent introduction to the classical repertoire, from Bach to Shostakovich. Arranged chronologically by composer, the chapters begin with biographical sketches and go on to describe some of each composer’s most popular and important works.

Author : Bonnie A. Catto
Publisher : Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0865165998
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Latina Mythica written by Bonnie A. Catto and published by Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Marc Jeannin
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443891517
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Anthony Burgess and France written by Marc Jeannin and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2017-05-11 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrating the centenary of Anthony Burgess’s birth, this book reveals the true relation that the British author had with France. It brings together a collection of papers by a selected group of academics who explore the sizeable French literary and musical heritage that inspired Burgess in his creations and adaptations. It shows that the portrait of Anthony Burgess would be incomplete if the importance and influence of French literary and musical works on his career are not considered. Adopting a multifaceted approach, the book includes numerous in-depth analyses of Anthony Burgess’s works in reference to famous French writers, such as Baudelaire, Mallarmé, Lévi-Strauss, Molière, and Rostand, and French composers, including Berlioz, Bizet, Boulez, Debussy, Ravel, and Saint-Saëns. These artists, indeed French culture in general, left a profound and indelible mark on Anthony Burgess.

Author : Jan Caeyers
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520390210
Total Pages : 656 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beethoven, A Life written by Jan Caeyers and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2022-05-03 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "With unprecedented access to the archives at the Beethoven House in Bonn, ... Beethoven conductor and scholar Jan Caeyers ... weaves together a deeply human and complex image of Beethoven--his troubled youth, his unpredictable mood swings, his desires, relationships, and conflicts with family and friends, the mysteries surrounding his affair with the 'immortal beloved, ' and the dramatic tale of his deafness. Caeyers also offers new insights into Beethoven's music and its gradual transformation from the work of a skilled craftsman into that of a consummate artist"--Publisher marketing.