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Gyles, Mary Francis. 1947. "Nero Fiddled While Rome Burned." The Classical Journal: explores the history behind the legend of Nero playing the fiddle as Rome burned. Wishart, David. 1996. Nero: Nero's reign seen through the eyes of Titus Petronius. Massie, Allan. 1999. Nero's Heirs: The death of Nero and the civil war that followed. Holt, Tom ...
The name appears to be related to Icelandic fiðla and also Old English fiðele. [10] A native Germanic ancestor of fiddle might even be the ancestor of the early Romance form of violin. [11] In medieval times, fiddle also referred to a predecessor of today's violin. Like the violin, it tended to have four strings, but came in a variety of ...
Fiddle players tend to play fiddle "tunes" rather than sonatas and other classical types of compositions. There are exceptions. For instance, partitas have been popular with fiddle players, particularly since publication of the Open House CD by Kevin Burke, an Irish style player based in Portland, Oregon. Fiddles are typically associated with ...
Robert Burns’ dance teacher William Gregg reportedly played the antique fiddle which is now being used to celebrate traditional music. Robert Burns’ dance teacher William Gregg reportedly ...
The 9 March 1996 edition of Melody Maker gave away a compilation cassette of Romo bands entitled Fiddling While Romo Burns. Five bands featured on the tape – DexDexTer, Hollywood, Plastic Fantastic, Viva (whose track Now was co-produced by Marc Almond and Neal X ) and Orlando [ 24 ] – Sexus and Minty having by now decided to keep their ...
The Great Fire of Rome (Latin: incendium magnum Romae) began on the 19th of July 64 AD. [1] The fire started in the merchant shops around Rome's chariot stadium, Circus Maximus . After six days, the fire was brought under control, but before the damage could be assessed, the fire reignited and burned for another three days.
Rome Burns guitarist, Nevla, was also part of the revolving live line-up for All Living Fear, as well as contributing some material towards their album Fifteen Years After. In late 2010 he also joined the Gothic/Electronica band Last July, to add a layer of guitar to their synth sounds.
The band consisted of Sue Draheim, Jim Bamford, Mac Benford, and Will Spires and owed its name to their manager and sound man Earl Crabb (aka "The Great Humbead"); by the time Mike Seeger arranged for them to be recorded for the Folkways Berkeley Farms album in 1970, they'd shortened the charming but cumbersome name to simply "The New ...