MU Medieval Period * Hildegard von Bingen: Columba aspexit * Genre = plainchant * Text = sacred‚ Latin * Texture: monophonic throughout * Performance practice: responsorially‚ that is‚ the performance alternates between a single singer (soloist) and the larger choir‚ which “responds” * The piece becomes more melismatic as it continues. * Ensemble: female vocal soloist‚ female vocal choir‚ droning
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Incontinence In Dante Alighieri’s “Inferno” which is the part of a greater poem Divine Comedy incontinence is the sin which is mentioned to be punished in the second circle of hell through the fifth circles. Incontinence is a feeling of desire of sex‚ power‚ wealth and food in which an individual lacks in self-control. It is described as an unchecked desire. In his philosophy Dante views incontinence as the most forgivable category of sins. The incontinent sinners constantly allow their urges (desire)
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“I was obliged to memorize the wanderings of a hero named Aeneas‚ while in the meantime I failed to remember my own erratic ways. I learned to lament the death of Dido‚ who killed herself for love‚ while all the time‚ in the midst of these things‚ I was dying‚ separated from you‚ my God and my Life.”-p. 33 b. “I can speak and write‚ read and count‚ and I want these things to be used to serve you‚ because when I
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Carthage was first founded as a trading post in the year of 814 BC. Carthage was founded by the Phoenician Princess Elyssa-Dido on a peninsula from Africa which extends into the Mediterranean Sea. According to legend Elyssa_Dido fled from her brother Pygmalion‚ the king of Tyre‚ after he killed her husband. The post benefited from the vast market for the goods that it traded and grew in importance quickly. It first had warehouses in which raw metals and finished metal products which the
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humble men falling in love with women who were admirer and adored by their lovers. Furthermore‚ intense love between men and women became a central subject in European literature‚ like between Tristan and Iseult‚ Lancelot and Guinevere‚ or Aeneas and Dido. But it was not question of marriage. Actually‚ marriage and love did not match very well together but then Renaissance literature developed the concepts of love and marriage and recorded the evolution of the relation between them. In the Renaissance
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“Homer’s The Odyssey and Virgil’s Aeneid as Propagandistic Literature” Propaganda is a powerful social tool that influences audiences through manipulation and selective viewpoints and has been witnessed in history as far back as written records exist. It has been used to sanction the rise of new leaders‚ herald a society and its dominance‚ and push ideological agendas to audiences of all backgrounds throughout civilizations. The methods that propaganda has been used are numerous and include both
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across the boughs. As in the winter’s cold‚ among the woods the mistletoe-no seed of where U grows-is green with new leaves‚ girdl11g the tapering stems with yellow fruit: just so the gold leaves seemed against the dark-green Hex; so‚ in the gentle wind‚ the thin gold leaf was crackling. And at once Aeneas plucks it and‚ eager‚ breaks the hesitating bough and carries it into the Sibyl’s house. Meanwhile along the shore the Teucrians were weeping for Misenus‚ offering their final tributes to his thankless
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When we study ancient Greek and Roman literature‚ we realize that the world perception in those times‚ among people‚ was much different from what it is now. It is especially obvious when we begin to analyze the role of mythical and religious elements in ancient literature. According to the classical Christian theological theory‚ people ’s need for believing in supernatural beings is caused by their fear of nature. This concept strikingly resembles the Marxist explanation - it also names fear as the
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John Johnson April 30‚ 2012 Roman Civilizations Paper 3 The Death of Turnus What is the correct way to approach a friend’s dishonored death in Roman society? To avenge or to forgive? The great warrior Aeneas was presented with this problem in the final lines of the Aeneid‚ and ultimately killed an evil enemy. Throughout the epic he displays virtues of courage‚ strength and piety. He is the hero who is destined by the gods to save and lead his people to settle in a new land. His final
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In Dante’s Inferno‚ Dante incorporates Virgil’s depiction of the Underworld from The Aeneid into his poem‚ and borrows much of Virgil’s language‚ style‚ and content. Although the Hell depicted in Dante’s Inferno is essentially grounded in the literary construction of the netherworld found in Virgil’s The Aeneid‚ in their features‚ the two realms are quite different. Virgil’s underworld stands largely undifferentiated‚ and Aeneas walks through it without taking any specific notice of the landscape
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