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...grips with some previously non-experienced part of their cultural past. Take Germany and its flawed attempt to bury its recent past. Now German ch... ...en mostly whitewashed and deleted from their history books. Now: enlightened Germans are forced to re-experience a painful part of their cultural pa... ...size. So; three round rocks, equals three round eggs. Which is crazy. In a German Concentration camp: the difference between having three eggs as ... ... Fourthly… it is a competition. It assumes that entertainers and artists and composers and singers must compete against each other in order to gain... ...longer based upon a single common understood definition. The old standard classical English educational system has almost disappeared from the ea... ...tern art and literature cannot be exaggerated. The Metamorphoses is our best classical source of 250 myths. "The poem is the most comprehensive, cr... ...heir layered auras are continually changing. Cherubs, babies with wings… in classical oil paintings depicting love and sacred religious myths: were...
...akes it an almost natural medium to convey unity and balance. Many famed composers—most notably Bach and Mozart—paid close attention to keeping the... ... close attention to keeping their music balanced and harmonious. In fact, classical music is so well balanced and wholesome that the University of ... ...ter, UK, found that it increases milk production in dairies! Although the composers were probably unaware of the depth to which this balance goes, ... ...uages: English, Spanish, Hebrew, Italian, Russian, f rench, Turkish, and german. Prof. Laitman also presents regularly on Channel 66, which is dist...
...ualified and justified reason. We are charitable, but not stupid! Look at Germany where two-thirds of the men have retired before the legal age throu... ...y where you fear the reduction of your Anglo population. The Britons, the Germans, the French, the Chinese all espouse the wish to keep their populat... ...ndia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Latvia, Norway, Finland, Liberia, Mozambique, Germany, Ireland, UK, Argentina and the Philippines. Only Saudi Arabia and... ...What are you trying to teach? “Our major films show the lives of composers, philosophers, artists and others who show courage and intellect... ...a real positive. We play Baroque music while we learn. We know that some classical music is very positive to mental health. “We think it‟s ab...
...rship XXI. The Second Gutenberg XXII. The E-book Evangelist XXIII. Germany’s Copyright Levy XXIV. The Future of Online Reference XXV. Ol... ...s By: Sam Vaknin A novel re-definition through experimentation of the classical format of the book is emerging. Consider the now defunct BookTa... ...bones about their offerings. Many of them are located outside the USA (in Germany, or Asia) and at least one offers papers in a few languages, Hebre... ...he sciences, readiness to work outlandish hours at a fraction of wages in Germany or the USA - all combined in one employee in these deprived countr... ...The lending of e-books to patrons appears to be a natural extension of the classical role of libraries: physical book lending. Libraries sought also ... ...Office and following fierce lobbying by VG Wort, an association of German composers, authors and publishers, Germany is poised to enforce a three ye... ...s no discernible order, classification, or categorization. As opposed to "classical" libraries, no one has invented a cataloguing standard (remember ...
...t File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those... ...composition, wor- thy to compare with the most elaborate structures of the Germans, but never fatiguing or tiresome. “Y ou French, who carried through... ...eam of vengeance, even for a mo- ment? Handel, Sebastian Bach, all you old German masters, nay, even you, great Beethoven, on your knees! Here is the ... ... right,” said she. “This mistake is the result of a tyrannous custom which composers are expected to obey. He was thinking more of his prima donna tha... ...ian has at his command, a more or less agreeable form of babble which most composers live in. We listen to their 67 Balzac strains, their would-be me... ...r, in a dream, listened to the most glorious strains, the ideas of unknown composers who have made use of pure sound as nature has hidden it in all th...
...t File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in En- glish, to free and easy access of tho... ...ed Scotchmen as well, and Ameri- cans, and Armenians, and Greeks: latterly Germans hardly less; but his dread of absorption in Jewry, signifying subje... ... smoked: Mr. Peridon traced mortal evil to that act. Dr. Schlesien had his German views, Colney Durance his ironic, Fenellan his fanciful and free-lan... ...y; and oddly, it contributed to his comelier air. Flute [This would be the German Blockeflute or our Recorder. D.W .] in hand, his mouth at the blow-s... ...icated them.’ ‘ And Altruistic! another specimen of the modern coinage,’ a classical Church dignitary, in grammarian disgust, remarked to a lady, as t... ...He must lead us in a symphony. These light “champagne overtures” of French composers, as Mr. Fenellan calls them, do not bring out his whole ability:—... ...re one with Miss Graves to depreciate my Durandarte, in favour of the more classical Jachimo; whom we all admire; but you shall be just,’ said she, an...
...t File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those... ...les, the T urkish historian, which is exposed so severely by Spittler, the German, who, again, is himself miserably superficial in his analysis of Eng... ...entury, or between the privileged cities and the un- privileged country of Germany down to the Thirty Years’ War; but, for us, they are in the last de... ...ng Mrs. Harvey, as well as Colonel Watson. And amongst them was an ancient German gentle- man, to what century belonging I do not know, who had every ... ...he Manchester Grammar School; not with a view to further improvement in my classical knowledge, though the head-master was a sound scholar, but simply... ...d in national peculiarities. T o translate the terms of whig politics into classical Latin, would be as difficult as it might be for a whig himself to... ...ct of particular interest to the elder. When the sublime fugues of the old composers for the organ swelled upon the air, and filled the vast aisles of...
...t File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those... ...id not interest him; indeed, his mind was singularly devoid of pleasure in classical subjects, though so alert in other directions. He was growing int... ...language had already shown itself when his sister Fanny had given him some German lessons; and even on his first halt at Cologne, he received the comp... ...ompliment, ‘Sie sprechen Deutsch wohl’ and he found him- self talking to a German on one side and a Frenchman on the other. His letters throughout his... ...ed to obtain a Fellowship at Merton, and wished in the mean- time to learn German thoroughly in order to study Hebrew by the light of German scholarsh... ...eral. He would flow on to willing listeners of Mendelssohn and other great composers, and when he found that we hoped to visit Italy he was just as ea... ...eems very strange to me that I never found any plea- 233 Yo n g e sure in classical studies formerly. Now, the study of the lan- guages for its own s...
...File produced as part of an ongo- ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those... ...all really interesting and important matter in the journal of the T our in Germany and Italy, which, as it was merely written under Montaigne’s dictat... ...ering the rod or shed- ding a tear, before beginning French, thanks to the German teacher whom his father had placed near him, and who never addressed... ...s time a great journey. As the account which he has left of his travels in Germany and Italy comprises some highly interesting particulars of his life... ...able, and his stay extended to five months. A mind like his, full of grand classical reflec- tions, could not fail to be profoundly impressed in the p... ...get a better opportunity to explain myself. Nor in this do I glance at the composers of centos, who de- clare themselves for such; of which sort of wr...
...t File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those... ...so that at the end of six mouths he began to speak Span- ish, English, and German. In strict accordance with the promise The Count of Monte Cristo 14... ... regalias, havanas, and manillas; and, in an open cabinet, a collection of German pipes, of chibouques, with their amber mouth- pieces ornamented with... ... had, who so nearly became King of France, and whose cousin was Emperor of Germany.” “On my word, I think you are right, Lucien,” said Albert absently... ...that she was an object of almost paternal interest to one of the principal composers of the day, who excited her to spare no pains in the cultivation ...
...t File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those... ... grotesque vizard. They went wilily to their pur- pose, observing that his classical and Attic wit, his delicate vein of humour, his happy turn for di... ...turned to France in the time of Louis the Fourteenth—that era which is the classical history of that country—they would find that it was referred to b... ...lt on what I, had said about Mr. Timmerman, as she was pleased to call the German philosopher, and sup- posed he must be of the same descent with the ... ...d, and set my old tales to some popular tune? But there have been too many composers, if that be the word, in the field before. The Highlands were ind... ... the service. The old general, however, who had been regularly bred in the German wars, stuck to his own opin- ion, and gave out in orders that the fi...
...t File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those... ... up to perform the like. Besides, they were related, being born of cousins-german. For Aethra was daughter of Pittheus, and Alcmena of Lysidice; and L... ...d not deliver up Daedalus, who was nearly related to him, being his cousin-german, his mother being Merope, the daughter of Erechtheus. In the meanwhi... ...d them on a smooth piece of ground, which they now call Cermanes, formerly Germanus, perhaps from Germani, which signifies brothers. Near this place g... ...ks in Asia to Lysander, Callicratidas, and Agesilaus; they styled them the composers and chasteners of each people or prince they were sent to, and ha...
...t File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those... ...ncle became the husband of my aunt, and their children were doubly cousins german. Before a year was ex- pired, both had the happiness to become fathe... ...t he suddenly disappeared, and we learned some time af- ter that he was in Germany, but he never wrote to us, and from that day we heard no news of hi... ...ough 146 The Confessions he had experienced inconceivable difficulties in Germany; for not understanding a word of German, Latin, or French, he had b... ...cert; the frequent conferences I had had upon this fine art with the first composers, all seemed to prevent or dissipate a doubt of such a nature. Thi...
...t File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those... ...a town mouse well acquainted with the latest songs by the most fashionable composers–they are women for the most part–Kim had a distinct advantage ove... ...d among the many guests of the woman who looked after him had been a queer German who painted scenery for the Parsee travelling theatre. He told Kim t...
...t File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those... ... of thought that are natural to a woman. He also roused in her a taste for German and English litera- ture and made her learn both languages while tra... ...tarted on that theme, Gennaro reaches the most dishevelled pathos that any German professor of phi- losophy ever spluttered to his audience. You admir... ... write a French opera; he does not find in Italy the pecuniary gains which composers obtain in Paris. Here’s the letter I received yesterday from Beat... ... Brittany. Is it not a singular thing that the artisans of Switzerland and Germany, and the great families of France and England should, one and all, ...
...t File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those... ...will be first Secretary to an Embassy; later, he shall be Minister at some German Court, and God, or I—better still—helping him, he will take his seat... ...ne as a diplomate, and he would probably be accredited as Minister to some German Court. For the last three years Lucien’s life had been regular and a... ...ayfarers. The footman, seated be- hind, was snoring like a wooden top from Germany—the land of little carved figures, of large wine-vats, and of hum- ... ...ons, or Corentin’s, were summed up in words that were anything rather than classical, but, for that very reason, energetic and picturesque. The Baron ... ... after a fatiguing pas seul, or one of those tremendous duets which modern composers inflict on the public. Malefactors are, in fact, so entirely bere...
...t File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those... ...versity is an equal opportunity university. Contents Preface to the First German Edition................................................................ ...e: A Commentary on the Niblung’s Ring by Bernard Shaw Preface to the First German Edition IN READING through this German version of my book in the Man... ...induce some readers of the original English text to read the book again in German. For some time to come, indeed, I shall have to refer En- glish read... ...ill find that Wagner exacts nothing further. There is not a single bar of “classical music” in The Ring—not a note in it that has any other point than... ...than the single direct point of giving musical expression to the drama. In classical music there are, as the analytical programs tell us, first subjec... ...tablecloth. It was an ignorant demand too, because it is not true that the composers of these exceptional examples were always, or even often, able to...
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...t File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of lit- erature, in English, to free and easy access of tho... ...ully indulgent in small. Pons’ notes were drowned before long in floods of German har- mony and the music of Rossini; and if in 1824 he was known as a... ...hen he might have begun his stud- ies afresh and held his own among modern composers, when he might have been, not certainly a Rossini, but a Herold. ... ...are to accept the conclusion. This pianist, like all other pianists, was a German. A Ger- man, like the eminent Liszt and the great Mendelssohn, and S... ...city which a musical genius needs if he is to push his way to the front. A German’s naivete does not invariably last him through his life; in some cas... ... the laws of supply and demand for the tor- ment of managers, authors, and composers alike. Every one esteemed Pons with his kindness and his mod- est...
...t File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those... ...m having a glorious time. I like them all. Mrs. Wilcox, if quieter than in Germany, is sweeter than ever, and I never saw anything like her steady un-... ...her own accord that the principles of restoration were ill un- derstood in Germany. “The Germans,” she said, “are too thorough, and this is all very w... ... sometimes, but at other times it does not do.” “Exactly,” said Margaret; “Germans are too thor- ough.” And her eyes began to shine. “Of course I rega... ...im to hear what we are doing in music. Oh,—you musn’t run down our English composers, Margaret.” “For my part, I have heard the composition at Stettin... ... said he, hanging the boa up. “Oh, Len, I am so tired.” “I’ve been to that classical concert I told you about,” said Leonard. “What’s that?” “I came b... ... but just to show you the kind of man I am. I can tell you, I enjoyed that classical concert this afternoon.” To all his moods Jacky remained equally ...
...t File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those... ... of ethics so absolutely new as to be untranslat- able* into either of the classical languages; and, [Greek text], A system of mysteries; as, for inst... ...t would give without a bribe! In strict propriety, as my reader knows, the classical Latin word for a prayer is votum; it was a case of contract; of m... ...ty could never have existed. Translators there have been, English, French, German, of Mahometan books, who have so colored the whole vein of thinking ... ...tinued to be the fountain of honors, even to Caesar himself: the titles of Germanicus, Britannicus, Dalmaticus, &c. (which may be viewed as peerages,)... ...ou please, say nothing at all. There is, then, no such dogma (or, to speak Germanice, no such macht-spruch) in behalf of verbal inspiration as has bee... ...First of all, at starting, we have the inspiration (No. 1) to the original composers of the sacred books. That I grant, though distinguishing as to it...
...t File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those... ... sing with!’ he cried. ‘It will surprise you perhaps to hear that I prefer German music,’ said she. ‘But where—who had the honour of boasting you his ... ... a moot point: as it is whether some of our poets have meaning and are not composers of zebra. ‘No one knows but them above!’ he said aloud, apparentl... .... Your Frenchmen are revolutionising, wagering on tentative politics; your Germans ploughing in philosophy, thumbing classics, composing music of a no... ...order: both are marching, evolutionising, learning how to kill. Ridiculous Germans! capricious Frenchmen! We want nothing new in musical composition a...
...t File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those... ...nglish, the Irish with the Swiss, the Greeks or Italians compared with the German races, so women compared with men may be found, on the average, to d... ... purpose of composing, only of executing it: and accordingly it is only as composers, that men, in music, are superior to women. The only one of the f... ...al gift: and it may be thought surprising that no one of the great musical composers has been a woman. But even this natural gift, to be made availabl... ...votion to the pur suit. The only countries which have produced first rate composers, even of the male sex, are Germany and Italy— countries in which,... ...ntries which have produced first rate composers, even of the male sex, are Germany and Italy— countries in which, both in point of special and of gen ... ...three centuries have not produced fifty emi nent male composers either in Germany or in Italy. There are other reasons, besides those which we have n...
...t File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those... ...nial. On the other hand, Rabelais has been several times trans- lated into German. In the present century Regis published at Leipsic, from 1831 to 184... ...t it would be none the less curious were some one thoroughly familiar with German to translate Fischart for us, or at least, by long extracts from him... ...s, or at least, by long extracts from him, give an idea of the vagaries of German taste when it thought it could do better than Rabelais. It is danger... ...metimes, on the contrary, seriously, from a habit acquired in dealing with classical tongues. Again, another reason of the richness of his vocabulary ... ...gerating inventions, makers of jun- kets, fit disposers of cooling shades, composers of green arbours, and refreshers of wine. Jupiter, said Rondibili...
...t File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those... ...repared and resolved or retarded or anticipated in the manner of the great composers, think they can learn the art of Palestrina from Cherubim’s treat... ... they have great race- courses, and also concert rooms where they play the classical compositions of his Excellency’s friend Mozart. Those who go to t... ...art. Those who go to the racecourses can stay away from them and go to the classical concerts instead if they like: there is no law against it; for En... ...n com- edy, nothing but a perpetual romance, a universal melodrama. As our German friend put it in his poem, “the poetically nonsensical here is good ... ...Force fanatics. Did you not meet in Heaven, among the new arriv- als, that German Polish madman—what was his name? Nietzsche? THE STATUE. Never heard ...
...t File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of lit- erature, in English, to free and easy access of tho... ...ot only a musician, he was well and widely read, and knew both Italian and German; so Mlle. de Negrepelise received instruction in those tongues, as w... ...ell as in counterpoint. He explained the great masterpieces of the French, German, and Italian literatures, and deciphered with her the music of the g... ...n, and Italian literatures, and deciphered with her the music of the great composers. Finally, as time hung heavy on his hands in the seclusion enforc... ...at man, and she meant to form him; she thought of teaching him Italian and German and per- fecting his manners. That would be pretext sufficient for h...
...ent File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of tho... ...se of his crowded course.) Having studied the new and antique, the Greek and Germanic systems, Kant having studied and stated, Fichte and Schelling an... ... Christ divine having studied long, I see reminiscent to day those Greek and Germanic systems, See the philosophies all, Christian churches and tenets... ...s yearning and thoughtful, It seems to me I can look over and behold them in Germany, Italy, France, Spain, Or far, far away, in China, or in Russia o... ...ith Nature’s rhythmus all the tongues of nations; You chords left as by vast composers—you choruses, You formless, free, religious dances—you from the... ...th gorgeous color’d windows, The passionate Agnus Dei or Gloria in Excelsis. Composers! mighty maestros! And you, sweet singers of old lands, soprani,...
...t File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those... ...to his nation. All the airs which the Hebrew maid selected were written by composers of her race; it was either a hymn by Rossini, a polacca by Braham... ...ies of the Ninety-ninth, and Sixty-sixth, and the Grenadier Brigade of the German Legion began to advance up the echelon. The devoted band soon arrive... ... exploit before Ascalon, by the Emperor Maximilian, and a reference to the German Peerage of that day, or a knowledge of high families which every gen... ...he latter rushed into his arms, grown to be one of the finest young men in Germany: tall and exces- sively graceful in proportion, with the blush of h... ...n the humane countenance,)—I say, be- ing thus curtailed and cut off in my classical learning, I must confess I managed to pick up a pretty smattering...