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Roman mosaic of Orpheus, the mythical poet to whom the Orphic Hymns were attributed, from Palermo, 2nd century AD [31]. The collection's attribution to the mythical poet Orpheus is found in its title, "Orpheus to Musaeus", [32] which sits above the proem in the surviving manuscripts of the collection; [33] this proem, an address to the legendary poet Musaeus of Athens (a kind of address found ...
The Masks of Orpheus: Seven Stages in the Story of European Music. London: Travis and Emery. ISBN 978-1-904331-73-5. Offenbach, Jacques (1859). Orphée aux enfers: Opéra bouffon en deux actes et quatre tableaux: vocal score (PDF) (in French). Paris: Huegel. OCLC 352348784. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-04-28
Orpheus & Eurydice. La descente d'Orphée aux enfers H.488 (English: The Descent of Orpheus to the Underworld) is an incomplete chamber opera in two acts by the French composer Marc-Antoine Charpentier. It was probably composed in early 1686 and performed either in the apartments of the Dauphin that spring or at Fontainebleau in the autumn.
Under the Influence: A Tribute to the Legends of Hard Rock is the second EP by English rock band Asking Alexandria. It was released on 28 November 2012 by Sumerian Records and contains several covers of hard rock bands' songs as well as an original song titled "Run Free." "Run Free" was released as a single from the EP. [2] [3]
Orphic mosaics were found in many late-Roman villas. Orphism is the name given to a set of religious beliefs and practices [1] originating in the ancient Greek and Hellenistic world, [2] associated with literature ascribed to the mythical poet Orpheus, who descended into the Greek underworld and returned.
Orpheus sends another letter, and then resolves to go to the underworld himself to find her. In the third movement, Orpheus arrives at the gates of the underworld, singing a song so powerful it makes the Stones weep. The lord of the underworld tells him that he may take Eurydice back, but only if he does not turn around to look at her.
Orpheus Britannicus is a collection of songs by Henry Purcell, published posthumously in London in two volumes, the first in 1698 and the second in 1702. In the preface to the first volume, Henry Playford – the printer of the volume and the son of the music publisher John Playford – praises Purcell's setting of English texts.
Orpheus, original title Orphée, is a stage play written by Jean Cocteau, produced in Paris 1926 by Georges Pitoëff and Ludmilla Pitoëff, with decors by Jean Hugo and costumes by Coco Chanel. [1] The play was the first major work for the theater written by Cocteau. It is based on the myth of Orpheus, dealing largely with the supernatural. [2]