Posts by Ricardo Mena
Being 12 years old, Mozart lavished particular care on the titular
Being 12 years old, Mozart lavished particular care on the titular heroine, Rosina: here he clearly set out to give of his best, casting around for vi...
Being 12 years old, Mozart lavished particular care on the titular heroine, Rosina: here he clearly set out to give of his best, casting around for vi...
Not the least remarkable aspect of *Idomeneo* is the richness of
Not the least remarkable aspect of *Idomeneo* is the richness of its orchestral invention. The fury and charm of natural phenomena are unforgettably l...
Not the least remarkable aspect of *Idomeneo* is the richness of its orchestral invention. The fury and charm of natural phenomena are unforgettably l...
Mozart delighted in portraying themes dealing with ideas inspired
Mozart delighted in portraying themes dealing with ideas inspired by the Enlightenment: he lived and composed during the social upheavals and ideologi...
Mozart delighted in portraying themes dealing with ideas inspired by the Enlightenment: he lived and composed during the social upheavals and ideologi...
*Hymn to St Cecilia* (1942) for unaccompanied five-part chorus and
*Hymn to St Cecilia* (1942) for unaccompanied five-part chorus and soloists is quintessential Britten, with text (by Auden) and setting that emphasize...
*Hymn to St Cecilia* (1942) for unaccompanied five-part chorus and soloists is quintessential Britten, with text (by Auden) and setting that emphasize...
The mundane world of physical bodies--of appearances--is the
The mundane world of physical bodies--of appearances--is the principal concern of the poet. Within a poem whose rhetorical complexity structurally exe...
The mundane world of physical bodies--of appearances--is the principal concern of the poet. Within a poem whose rhetorical complexity structurally exe...
Similar qualities [i.e. suspension and intensification] suffuse
Similar qualities [i.e. suspension and intensification] suffuse what may well be the single most beautiful number in all of Mozarts operas, the farewe...
Similar qualities [i.e. suspension and intensification] suffuse what may well be the single most beautiful number in all of Mozarts operas, the farewe...
Harvey asks Donne-Nashe to stop writing pamphlets and to return to
Harvey asks Donne-Nashe to stop writing pamphlets and to return to his “Heliconian” and heroic verse as Donne-Spenser in *Four Letters* (1592): "...
Harvey asks Donne-Nashe to stop writing pamphlets and to return to his “Heliconian” and heroic verse as Donne-Spenser in *Four Letters* (1592): "...