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Vanadinite from the Gerty Mine, Badajoz, Spain
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Miguel Leon* and Maria Jesus Liso
The Gerty mine, abandoned since the post-war years, is one of the rare occurrences in Spain where collector-quality vanadinite can be found. The gray to yellowish and greenish crystals may be freely collected from an ore stockpile at the site.
INTRODUCTION
During the last several years the Department of Crystallography and Mineralogy at the University of Extremadura has been dedicating itself to the preparation of a mineralogical inventory of the region (consisting of the Spanish provinces of Caceres and Badajoz). Extremadura is one of Spain's most ...
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"Anacreon,' and drink poetry; or, the art of feeling very, very good.(Characters in Narrative and a Discourse of Intoxication)(Critical Essay)
Magazine article from: Texas Studies in Literature and Language
; The story of Anacreon is an extraordinary literary phenomenon...poetry devoted to drink was common, Anacreon of Teos (c.570 to c.485 B.C...satisfaction. According to Simonides, Anacreon was the "first of Bacchic votaries...
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Cherubini's Anacreon in Venice
Magazine article from: Musical Opinion
; ...production of Cherubini's opera-ballet Anacreon ou l'amour fugitif, which I saw on...performed at the Paris Opera in 1803 Anacreon failed. This was partly because opera...to laugh at it, with the result that AnacrEon disappeared from the boards after a handful...
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School of Anacreon.2 Delia.1 Frolick and Free.2 The Morning.1 Lydia.2 Bacchus and Ariadne.1,2 Advice to Cloe1
Magazine article from: Fanfare
; ARNE School of Anacreon.2 Delia.1 Frolick and Free.2 The...summed up by the final line of School of Anacreon, "Bring me Women, bring me Wine...vocalists, manages both drama and homage to Anacreon, the first part the plaintive plea...
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Anacreon Redivivus: A Study of Anacreontic Translation in Mid-Sixteenth Century France.
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly
; ...translation and its practice applied to translations of the Pseudo-Anacreon by Henri Estienne, Elie Andre (Greek to Latin), and Pierre...is not followed by any of the modern editors of the Pseudo-Anacreon). Our author notes that on occasion both Etienne and Andre...
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A Tale out of Anacreon/Oh, that joy/Sweet, stay awhile/Amarillis, by a spring/From the heav'ns/Sweet echo/Oh sweet woods/In quel, gelato core/Amidst the myrties/Now, now Lucasia/Slide soft, you silver floods/When shall I see?/The Angler's Song/Love's Sweet Repose/Cease you jolly shepherds/Gather your rosebuds/Oh, let me still and silent lie/Oh, my Clarissa/Corants (3)/Country Dance/Alman/I laid me down/When man for sin
Magazine article from: Fanfare
; H. LAWES A Tale out of Anacreon.1,4 Oh, that joy.1,4 Sweet, stay awhile.1,4 Amarillis...for it." Just occasionally, as in the narrative A Tale out of Anacreon, Henry seems to approach the recitative style, but even here the...
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Rameau: Anacreon; Daphnis et Egle (suites for orchestra). Mary Terey-Smith, Capella Savaria. Naxos 8.553746.(Review)
Magazine article from: Sensible Sound
; Rameau: Anacreon; Daphnis et Egle (suites for orchestra). Mary Terey-Smith, Capella Savaria. Naxos 8.553746. As I have mentioned in these...
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Newspaper article from: Courier News (Elgin, IL)
; ...write the poem The Star Spangled Banner during the War of 1812. The poem attained wide popularity when sung to the tune of To Anacreon in Heaven, a traditional British drinking song; it was officially named the U.S. national anthem in 1931. Source...
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Jose, can you see.(NATION)(PRUDEN ON POLITICS)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times
; ...night at the pub. The original, "To Anacreon in Heav'n," actually has a fancy...Key chose to write words to the hymn to Anacreon instead of something singable, or at...sing anything, can manage it. "To Anacreon in Heav'n" was actually sung at meetings...
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Acts of Love: Ancient Greek Poetry from Aphrodite's Garden.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Harvard Review
; ...ready for another bout with Love. So Anacreon, as translated by George Economou in...evokes the original sympotic context (see Anacreon, above). A massive collection of Byzantine...Here is an alternative rendering of the Anacreon quoted above: Waiter, a double Jack...
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YOU CAN TOSS BATTERIES IN TRASH, BUT SHOULDN'T.(Entertainment/Weekend/Spotlight)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
; ...anthem was indeed a drinking song, To Anacreon in Heaven, the theme song of the Anacreontic...and drink. The club took its name from Anacreon, a sixth-century-B.C. Greek lyric...www.contemplator.com/america/anacreon.html: To Anacreon in heaven where...
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