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Local titles are those with authority in a metropolitan or similar area, such as a mayor. Provincial titles are those with authority over a constituent state, such as a United States governor. Regional titles are those with authority over multiple constituent states, such as a federal judge. Courtly titles have no sovereign power of their own ...
Ernest Dowson, "Non sum qualis eram bonae sub regno Cynara". The Grapes of Wrath. John Steinbeck. Julia Ward Howe, "Battle Hymn of the Republic". Great Work of Time. John Crowley. Andrew Marvell, "An Horatian Ode upon Cromwell's Return from Ireland". The Green Bay Tree. Louis Bromfield.
The 50 Greatest Pieces of Classical Music is a compilation of classical works recorded by the London Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor David Parry. [2] Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, Royal Festival Hall and Henry Wood Hall in London, the compilation was released in digital formats in November, 2009 and as a 4-CD set in 2011. [3]
Title Year Location Material Dimensions Head of a Faun† c. 1489–1494 [1] Lost in 1944 Marble Plaster cast Madonna of the Stairs: c. 1491: Casa Buonarroti, Florence: Marble 55.5 × 40 cm Battle of the Centaurs: c. 1492: Casa Buonarroti, Florence: Marble 84.5 × 90.5 cm Hercules (in Italian) c. 1492–1493: Lost: Marble Copy by Peter Paul ...
The Great Books (second edition) Great Books of the Western World is a series of books originally published in the United States in 1952, by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., to present the great books in 54 volumes. The original editors had three criteria for including a book in the series drawn from Western Civilization: the book must be ...
The 7th-century work Cædmon's Hymn is often considered as the oldest surviving poem in English, as it appears in an 8th-century copy of Bede's text, the Ecclesiastical History of the English People. [2] Poetry written in the mid 12th century represents some of the latest post-Norman examples of Old English. [3]
Schubert's Opus 1: "Erlkönig", D 328, fourth version, was published by Diabelli as Schubert's "1 tes Werk" (first work) in 1821.The Lied, composed by Schubert in 1815, was later adopted along with its prior versions as No. 178 in Series XX, Vol. 3 of the AGA (1895), and in Series IV, Vol. 1 of the NSE (1970).
1800–1832. Gioachino Rossini. 1805 Fidelio (Ludwig van Beethoven). Beethoven's only opera was inspired by the composer's passion for political liberty. [44] 1807 La vestale (Gaspare Spontini). Spontini's opera about a vestal virgin in love was a great influence on Berlioz and a forerunner of French grand opera.