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"Xanadu" is a song by the Canadian progressive rock band Rush from their 1977 album A Farewell to Kings. [1] It is approximately eleven minutes long, beginning with a five-minute-long instrumental section before transitioning to a narrative written by Neil Peart, which in turn was inspired by the Samuel Taylor Coleridge poem Kubla Khan.
Xanadu Hills, a range near Ward Valley in Antarctica.; Xanadu (Titan), an enigmatic bright feature on the surface of Saturn's moon, Titan Xanadu 2.0, the nickname of Bill Gates's house
The "person on business from Porlock" was an unwelcome visitor to Samuel Taylor Coleridge during his composition of the poem "Kubla Khan" in 1797. Coleridge claimed to have perceived the entire course of the poem in a dream (possibly an opium -induced haze), but was interrupted by this visitor who came "on business from Porlock " while in the ...
Concert music. Symphony No. 1 (1945-7, rev. 1951) Panorama for orchestra (1949) String Quartet (1950) Elegy for Flute, Harp and Strings (1951) Clarinet Concerto (1953) The Metropolis, concert overture (1954) Kubla Khan, for chorus, baritone and orchestra (1956) Symphony No. 2 (1964) The Song of Radha for soprano and orchestra (1966, rev. 1980)
"Kubla Khan: or A Vision in a Dream" (/ ˈ k uː b l ə ˈ k ɑː n / [1]) is a poem written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, completed in 1797 and published in 1816. It is sometimes given the subtitles "A Vision in a Dream" and "A Fragment."
Kublai Khan was a grandson of Genghis Khan, Khagan of the Mongol Empire and founder of the Yuan Dynasty. Kublai, Kublai Khan or Kubla Khan may also refer to: Kublai Khan (band), an American hardcore/metalcore band "Kublai Khan" (song), a 2003 song by Jedi Mind Tricks; Kublai Millan (born 1974), Filipino artist; Kubla Khan, a poem by Samuel ...
Kubla Khan: Or, A vision in a dream. A Fragment. "In Xanadu did Kubla Khan" 1798 1816 Recantation: Illustrated in the Story of the Mad Ox "An Ox, long fed with musty hay," 1798 1798, July 30 Hexameters. ('William my teacher,' &c.) "William, my teacher, my friend! dear William and dear Dorothea!" 1799 1851
Thematically the poem is one of Coleridge's most cohesive constructs, with the narrative plot more explicit than previous works such as the fragmented Kubla Khan which tend to transcend traditional composure. Indeed, in many respects the consistency of the poem – most apparent from the structural formality and rhythmic rigidity (four ...