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A film adaptation of Ariel Dorfman's play about a woman who captures a man she suspects of raping her in a dictatorship. Directed by Roman Polanski and starring Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kingsley and Stuart Wilson.
Death and the Maiden is a Renaissance art motif of a young woman being seized by Death, often a skeleton. It originated from the Danse Macabre and was revived in the romantic era by Schubert and others.
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1823 and 1824 were hard years for Schubert. For much of 1823 he was sick, some scholars believe with an outburst of tertiary stage syphilis, and in May had to be hospitalized. He was also without money: he had entered into a disastrous deal with Diabelli to publish a batch of works, and received almost no payment; and his latest attempt at opera, F...
The quartet takes its name from the lied "Der Tod und das Mädchen", D 531, a setting of the poem of the same name by Matthias Claudius, that Schubert wrote in 1817. The theme of the song forms the basis of the second movement of the quartet. The theme is a death knell that accompanies the song about the terror and comfort of death. But it is not on...
The quartet throughout is characterized by sudden dramatic shifts from fortissimo to pianissimo, from the lyrical to the compelling and dramatic. A driving undercurrent of triplets is a recurring motif in all four movements. There are four movements: 1. Allegro, in D minor and common time (4 4) 2. Andante con moto, in G minor and cut time (2 2) 3. ...
After the initial reading of the quartet in 1826, the quartet was played again at a house concert in the home of composer Franz Lachner, with violinist Ignaz Schuppanzighleading. Schuppanzigh, one of the leading violinists of the time, who debuted many of Beethoven's and Schubert's quartets, was reportedly unimpressed. "Brother, this is nothing at ...
Notes Sources 1. Berger, Melvin (2001). Guide to Chamber Music. Dover Publications. ISBN 978-0-486-41879-7. 2. Brown, Maurice J. E. (1982). The New Grove Schubert. MacMillan. ISBN 0-333-34195-3. 3. Chaliapin, Fyodor Ivanovich (c. 1920). Book of Songs in Repertoire of Feodor Chaliapin, the World's Greatest Singer. New York : Botwen Printing Co. 4. C...
Stowell, Robin, ed. (2003). The Cambridge Companion to the String Quartet. Cambridge Companions to Music. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-80194-X.Schumann, Robert (1952). Konrad Wolff (ed.). On Music and Musicians. Pantheon Books, Inc. ISBN 9780520046856.String Quartet No. 14, D 810: Scores at the International Music Score Library ProjectDeath and the Maiden, Peter Schöne[de] (baritone) and Boris Cepeda(piano)Vienna and Schubert: Death and the Maiden string quartet – Discussion and analysis of the first two movements on YouTube, Christopher Hogwood, Gresham CollegeInside Chamber Music: Schubert, Death and the Maiden Quartet - Discussion of the full quartet on YouTube, Bruce Adolphe, Chamber music society of Lincoln CenterLearn about the composition, inspiration and structure of Schubert's String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, named for a song about the terror and comfort of death. The quartet is one of the pillars of the chamber music repertoire and reflects Schubert's inner struggles and his feeling for dramatic utterance.
A woman who was tortured by a dictatorship believes her guest is the same man and captures him. IMDb provides cast, crew, reviews, trivia, awards, and more for this 1994 film directed by Roman Polanski.
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A comprehensive guide to Ariel Dorfman's play about Chile's transition from dictatorship to democracy. Find plot summary, analysis, themes, quotes, characters, symbols, and more.
Schubert's Death and the Maiden: A guide to Schubert's emotional string quartet and its best recordings - Classical Music.
Directed by Roman Polanski. With Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kingsley and Stuart Wilson.
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