William Sterling

Head of one of the four horses of the moon goddess Selene from the northern end of the East Pediment of the Parthenon in Athens c. 420 BC, currently in the British Museum. One of the most popular of the so-called Elgin Marbles which Lord Elgin rescued from Athens in the early nineteenth century. The East Pediment showed the birth of Athena as she burst out of the head of her father, Zeus, and the reaction of those who were present. Although all the central figures are long gone at either end are depictions of the sun god Helios rising from the sea with his four horse chariot and the moon goddess Selene returning to the sea with hers showing that Athena was born at dawn. Image © Trustees of the British Museum

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Amy Beach – Pioneer Woman Composer

October 11, 2014 @ 10:30 am - 3:30 pm

Born in 1867 Amy Beach rebelled against convention by making a career as a pianist and a composer with her husband actively encouraging her to write music which was and is still performed regularly.

Amy Beach was a prodigious pianist who could improvise at 2 and compose at 5 giving public recitals at 7. The first American Woman to compose a Symphony (in 1896) she broke with the convention that women composers should only write songs an salon pieces by composing chamber works, a piano concerto, an opera, a grand mass and other large scale works.

 

 

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Date:
October 11, 2014
Time:
10:30 am - 3:30 pm
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Website:
www.citylit.ac.uk

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City Lit

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City Lit
Keeley Street
London, WC2B 4BA United Kingdom + Google Map
Phone:
020 7492 2600

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