1.) Purcell‚ Dido and Aeneas‚ Act III‚ Dido’s Lament (10 September 1659 - 21 November 1695) Purcell was an English Baroque composer. He has often been called England’s finest native composer. Purcell incorporated Italian and French stylistic elements but devised a peculiarly English style of Baroque music. His brief career began at the court of Charles II and on through the turbulent times of James II and finally into the period of William and Mary. Purcell’s music ranks among the finest
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Aeneas and Dido Taking control of one’s life and making one’s own way in the world are two Roman ideals that Aeneas‚ the epic hero of Virgil’s Aeneid‚ lacks in every way. Aeneas’ brief interactions with his lover Dido‚ queen of Carthage‚ do not differ. Once again‚ Aeneas proves that he is ruled by his passivity and at the whim of the gods‚ instead of his own. Lust and the gods are two factors that take Aeneas and control him‚ either diverting him or carrying him in the right direction after some
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Mark Morris has captured the essence of this quote with his rendition of Dido and Aeneas which was originally written by Henry Purcell in 1688. Mark’s version blessed the stage of the Sandler Center on May 13th 2017. Mark chose to simplify the piece by having Stephanie Blythe sing the roles of Dido and the evil sorceress. Twelve members of the Brooklyn-based Mark Morris Dance Group took on multiple characters in this tale of the Carthaginian monarch and her consuming love for the Trojan hero who
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of music is Dido’s Lament‚ from Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas. The slow‚ sorrowful melody is hauntingly beautiful‚ and though it contains few lyrics‚ the text infers a rich backstory of romantic love and a grieving‚ broken heart. Purcell uses several elements archetypal to Baroque era music styling to convey a dramatic story of emotional extremes‚ from love to heartache; a concept prevalent over all human cultures and generations. Henry Purcell was considered one of the most significant English
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passage from the Aeneid (lines 296 - 705)‚ the story of Dido and Aeneas is exquisitely compiled by Virgil starting from Dido’s suspicion of Aeneas’ deceit and ending with her death. Throughout the passage‚ during Dido’s lengthy conversation with Aeneas‚ comparisons between Dido and Medea and Aeneas and Jason are quite identifiable. The overarching difference between the two‚ however‚ is the Aeneid is more centered on the god’s affect on Dido and Aeneas‚ while Jason and the Golden Fleece seems to be focused
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DIDO AND AENEAS RELATIONSHIP Throughout the beginning of the Aeneid Dido‚ the queen of Carthage‚ and Aeneas‚ son of Venus and leader of the Trojans have an intimate relationship that ends in death. The relationship begins in Book I when Venus‚ the goddess of love‚ has her other son Cupid fill Dido with passion for Aeneas‚ to ensure Aeneas’s safety in this new land. "Meanwhile Venus/Plotted new stratagems‚ that Cupid‚ changed/ In form and feature‚ should appear instead/ Of young Ascanius‚ and
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of music is Dido’s Lament‚ from Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas. The slow‚ sorrowful melody is hauntingly beautiful‚ and though it contains few lyrics‚ the words infer a rich backstory of romantic love and a grieving‚ broken heart. Purcell uses several elements archetypal to Baroque era music styling to convey a dramatic story of emotional extremes‚ from love to heartache; a concept prevalent over all human cultures and generations. Henry Purcell was considered one of the most significant English
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Purcell’s ‘Dido & Aeneas’ Summarise the paragraphs in the square boxes and write your own ideas in the thought bubbles. Highlight any new information you come across‚ and summarise that in bullet points at the end. You could also add post-it notes with related points about Acis and Galathea around the outside. BACKGROUND This set work comes from the Baroque Era (c.1600-1750) This period in history witnessed a new exploration of ideas and innovations in the arts‚ literature and philosophy. Italy
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his duty to protect Troy‚ Aeneas feels obligated to return to his city as ordered by the gods while in Carthage. Many suitable men have come forward‚ pleading for Queen Dido’s hand in marriage‚ however‚ Aeneas is the first man she has been able to feel any affection towards since the death of her husband. The goddesses Venus and Juno coerced the couple into a cave to informally wed them. From Dido’s point of view‚ the ceremony was as official as any other while Aeneas felt that it was bogus. Their
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In the selected passage from The Aeneid (lines 54-89) Dido was completely enthralled with the young and strapping Aeneas. Aeneas‚ however‚ must leave Carthage to establish his destiny elsewhere. Thus‚ Dido now distraught offers a sacrifice up to Ceres‚ Apollo‚ and Bacchus‚ but more importantly Juno because she is the god of marriage. After the sacrifice is made‚ Dido examines the entrails of the cow only to fall more in love with Aeneas. Virgil describes their love for each other as a silent wound
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