This tag: German composers
From being the ruler of an obscure German electorate George I suddenly became king of on the most powerful nations in the world in his fifties. He was never popular in his new kingdom but established a constitutional monarchy which has survived to today. This course was run at the City Lit on Saturday 16th… Read more »
- Posted on: March 17, 2020
- Featured in History, Kings and Queens
- Also tagged Art History, British Kings and Queens, British Museum, Choral Music, English Composer, Enlightenment, European History, Greenwich, Handel, Italian composers, London History, Melvyn Bragg's In Our Time, Modern history, National Maritime Museum, Opera, The Hanoverians
This tag: German composers
Orpheus – Life after Death Unlike other Greek Heroes Orpheus was basically peaceful. He braved the Underworld and was one of the Argonauts. Ever since he has been a major influence for artists and composers. This course was run at the City Lit on Saturday 3rd March 2018. We studied the Greek Myths surrounding Orpheus… Read more »
- Posted on: March 25, 2018
- Featured in History, History features, Music, Music features
- Also tagged Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Art History, British Museum, European History, French composers, Gluck, Greek Myths, Italian composers, Monteverdi, Offenbach, Opera, Orpheus
This tag: German composers
This course was run at the City Lit on Saturday 20th October 2012, looking at the four coronations in the twentieth century and the music performed at them to celebrate the Queen’s Jubilee. The four coronations between 1902 and 1953 came at interesting times and produced new music that reflected those times. We shall look… Read more »
- Posted on: April 20, 2012
- Featured in History, Kings and Queens, Music, Music features
- Also tagged British Coronations, British Kings and Queens, Choral Music, Edward VII, Elgar, Elizabeth II, English Composer, French composers, George V, George VI, Handel, London History, Music for Coronations, Parry, Purcell, Walton