Pictures at an Exhibition
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Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vystavki). Pf. comp. by Mussorgsky, 1874, being mus. representation of 10 pictures at a memorial exhibition for Russ. artist Victor Hartmann, who died in 1873, with a ‘promenade’ as linking passage. Orch. versions by Ravel, Henry Wood, Stokowski, Ashkenazy, Elgar Howarth (brass and perc.), and others. The titles of the pieces are:
The Gnome,
The Old Castle,
Tuileries,
Bydlo (Polish for cattle),
Unhatched chickens,
Samuel Goldenberg and Shmuyle,
Market-place at Limoges,
Catacombs,
Baba-yaga (
The Hut on Fowl's Legs),
The Great Gate of Kiev.
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VUELTA A LA MITOLOGIA.(TT: Return to Mythology.)
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Tripping the light fantastic in the profoundest of ways; Wherever dance comes from, it has attempted to explain how existence got started.(Phi Kappa Phi Forum on the Arts)
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Newspaper article from: The Gazette; 6/30/2002; ; 700+ words
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Newspaper article from: Columbia Daily Tribune; 5/11/2006; ; 700+ words
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Make Mom a brunch like she would make
Newspaper article from: Redlands Daily Facts; 4/25/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...festival the Greeks dedicated to maternal goddesses. The Greeks used the occasion to honor Rhea, wife of Cronus and the mother of many deities of Greek mythology. Ancient Romans, too, celebrated a spring festival, called Hilaria dedicated to Cybele...
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Desire, Violence, and Divinity in Modern Southern Fiction: Katherine Ann Porter, Flannery O'Connor, Cormac McCarthy, Walker Percy
Magazine article from: Southern Quarterly; 10/1/2008; ; 700+ words
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SCULPTURES HAVE BIRTH AND DEATH.(Sunday Magazine/Travel)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 3/31/1996; 700+ words
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Rhea
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Rhea in Greek mythology, one of the Titans, wife of Cronus and mother of Zeus , Demeter, Poseidon, Hera, and Hades. Frightened of betrayal by their children, Cronus ate them; Rhea rescued Zeus from this fate by hiding him and giving Cronus a stone wrapped in blankets instead.
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Rhea Silvia
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Rhea Silvia in Roman mythology, princess of Alba Longa, mother of Romulus and Remus by the god Mars.
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Greek gods of mythology
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Greek gods of mythology Aeolus: God of the winds Aphrodite: Goddess of love, beauty and procreation...herds Persephone: Goddess of the underworld Poseidon: God of the sea Rhea: Mother of the gods Uranus: God of the sky Zeus: Overlord of the...
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Demeter
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Demeter in Greek mythology, the corn goddess, daughter of Cronus and Rhea, and mother of Persephone . She is associated with Cybele, and her symbol is an ear of corn. The Eleusinian mysteries were held in honour of her. Roman equivalent Ceres .
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Pluto
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Pluto in Greek religion and mythology, god of the underworld, son of Kronos and Rhea; also called Hades. After the fall of the Titans , Pluto and his brothers Zeus and Poseidon divided the universe, and Pluto...
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