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Which Famous Novels Prominently Feature Classical Music? Part II

Siri Livingston — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 16:52:08 +0000

In part one of this article, we considered the complexities of the relationship between music and literature. As sensitive, art-loving souls, many authors hold a close connection to music and wish to bring this to their works of fiction. This

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Which Famous Novels Prominently Feature Classical Music? Part I

Siri Livingston — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 16:00:50 +0000

Of all the senses one can attempt to evoke by means of the written word, sound may be the most complex. Words can easily call to the mind’s eye, landscapes, facial expressions, and all things visual. Taste, touch, and even

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Emily Brontë (1818-1848) John Joubert: Six Poems by Emily Brontë

Georg Predota — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 16:18:14 +0000

Emily, possibly the most famous of the three Brontë sisters, was born on 30 July 1818 in Haworth, Yorkshire. She is best known for her only novel Wuthering Heights, a highly imaginative work of passion and hate set on the

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In Memory of the Past: Goethe’s ‘Erster Verlust’

Maureen Buja — Sat, 12 Jul 2025 16:46:13 +0000

Erster Verlust First Loss Ach wer bringt die schönen Tage, Ah, who can bring back the beautiful days, Jene Tage der ersten Liebe, Those days of first love, Ach wer bringt nur eine Stunde Ah, who can bring back even

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Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) Percy Grainger’s Kipling Jungle Book Cycle

Georg Predota — Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:08:37 +0000

Born on 30 December 1865 in Bombay, what today is Mumbai, India, Rudyard Kipling is remembered for his poems and stories of British soldiers in India, and tales for children. Incredibly popular in the late 19th and early 20th century,

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Letting the Poetry Sing: Shostakovich’s Spanish Songs

Maureen Buja — Fri, 11 Oct 2024 16:42:52 +0000

Following the victory of Spain’s Nationalist party in the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) and the rule of fascist Franciso Franco, the orphans of the dead Republican fighters were sent out of the country. The USSR, a support of the Republican

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The Mountain Maid Edvard Grieg and Arne Garborg

Georg Predota — Sat, 28 Sep 2024 16:12:32 +0000

In 1895, Edvard Grieg came across the book Haugtussa (The Mountain Maid) by Arne Gaborg. He immediately was fire and flame writing to his friend Julius Röntgen, “In the last few days I have been occupied with a very peculiar

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Melodies of the Heart Edvard Grieg and Hans Christian Andersen

Georg Predota — Sat, 07 Sep 2024 16:07:45 +0000

Edvard Grieg met Hans Christian Andersen in Copenhagen in 1864, when the writer and poet already enjoyed considerable fame in many parts of Europe for his stories, novels, and poetry. The two artists enjoyed a close kinship as both were

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Edvard Grieg: 6 Poems by Henrik Ibsen

Georg Predota — Fri, 30 Aug 2024 16:12:52 +0000

Throughout his life, Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) composed a total of 181 songs. That means that excluding folk-song arrangements, Grieg composed more vocal music than piano and chamber works together. From his 4 Songs Op. 2 of 1861 to the 5

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Claude Debussy The Théodore de Banville Mélodies

Georg Predota — Wed, 21 Aug 2024 16:53:03 +0000

Claude Debussy set altogether thirteen poems by the Parnassian poet Théodore de Banville (1823-1891). The Banville mélodies, like almost half of his entire output for voice and piano, date from a period between roughly 1880 to 1884. This period was

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