The way of the righteous is like a dawn that just keeps getting brighter as they go along, whereas the wicked are like people continually stumbling into an even deeper darkness. So, says the fatherly speaker, treasure these sayings and keep them in your heart—they’ll heal you and give youRead More →
…the French composer Maurice Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé (1912), which the composer defined as a “poème choréographique,” and The Three-cornered Hat (1919) by the Spanish composer Manuel de Falla. Distinctive original scores for ballet continued usually to be the outcome of specific commissions. What is the musical style of DaphnisRead More →
The Panchatantra means five books. It is possibly the oldest surviving collection of Indian fables, having been written around 200BC by Pandit Vishnu Sharma, a Hindu scholar. The book is called a Nitishastra, which means book that imparts wisdom on the correct conduct in life. Is Vishnu Sharma and ChanakyaRead More →
Beethoven is the undoubted master of the piano sonata genre, and his 32 sonatas not only reveal his development as a composer but also the development of the sonata itself, from the high classicism of Haydn and Mozart to the romanticism of Schubert and Liszt. Are Chopin sonatas difficult? IMORead More →
Basalt columns Mendelssohn visited the cave in 1829 while on a tour of Scotland and completed his Hebrides Overture on 16 December the following year. The work, which is now popularly known as Fingal’s Cave, helped the landmark become a tourist destination for other famous names. Why did Mendelssohn writeRead More →
10 Best Versions Of ‘Jingle Bells’ Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters (1945) … Barbra Streisand (1967) … Smokey Robinson & The Miracles (1970) … Dolly Parton (1990) … Natalie Cole (1994) … Straight No Chaser (2009) … Katharine McPhee (2010) … Michael Buble & The Puppini Sisters (2012) WhatRead More →
In the book, Freud proposes that civilization is a way for individual human beings to deal with his violent and destructive nature. Freud argues that civilization emanates from the superego. He argues that man’s drive to be civilized comes from the superego that is driven by guilt and remorse. WhatRead More →
Stream From the Oasthouse: The Alan Partridge Podcast: An Audible Original by samulina | Listen online for free on SoundCloud. Will there be a third series of this time with Alan Partridge? This Time with Alan Partridge Series 3 is yet to be announced by BBC One. Next Episode Sorry,Read More →
No, birdy is not in the scrabble dictionary. Where are Birdy bikes made? Birdy Folding Bikes: The History of Birdy It is manufactured in Taiwan by world-famous folding bike manufacturers, Pacific Cycles. But, it was designed almost 20 years ago by Markus Riese and Heiko Müller. What Birdy means? 1Read More →
The pair lived together in Berlin in 1977 with Bowie helping Pop write ‘The Idiot’ and ‘Lust For Life’, his first two solo albums following the end of The Stooges. Bowie also played keyboards in Pop’s live performances during that period while Pop contributed backing vocals on Bowie’s ‘Low’. WhoRead More →