Word: cephalus
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...following program will be given at the Pops concert in Symphony Hall tonight at 8.15 o'clock: Second Military March Schubert-Casella Three Dances from "Cephalus and Procris" Gretry-Mottl "Carnaval" Overture Dvorak Suite, "Namouna" Lalo "Omphale's Spinning Wheel" Saint-Saens Ouverture Solennelle, "1812" Tchaikovsky Capriee Viennois Kreisler Waltz, "Wine, Women, and Song" Strauss "Espana," Rhapsody Chabrier
...following program is scheduled for tonight's Pops: March Schubert-Casella Overture to "Oberon" Weber Ballet Suite from "Cephalus and Procris" Gretry-Mottl "The Flying Dutehman," Overture Wagner Spanish Dances Moskowski Cordoba Albeniz-Jacchia Three Dances form "The Three Cornered Hat" De Falla "Espana." Rhapsody Chabrier Indian War Dance Skilton Prelude to "Khovantchina" Moussorgsky Entrance of the Guests into the Wartburg, from "Tannhauser" Wagner
...Pops Concert at Symphony Hall tonight is as follows: Overture to "Semiramide" Rossini Minuet Boccherini Three Dances from "Cephalus and Procris" Gretry Mottl Islamey, Oriental Fantasy (Orchestrated by Casella) Balakirev Introduction and Processional from "Le Con d'Or" Rimsky-Korsakov Intermezzo from "Khovantchina," Moussorgsky "La Valse," Choregraphic Poem Ravel Ballot Suite, "Sylvia" Delibes Fifth Hungarian Dance Brahms Magic Fire Music from "The Valkyrie" Wagner
Lysias was born at Athens in 459 B. C. He was the son of Cephalus, a rich merchant of Piraeus. His father's wealth enabled him to associate with the leading men of the city, and to pursue his education in the best schools of Athens. The period of his literary activity began soon after the expulsion of the Thirty Tyrants, when he delivered his famous speech against Eratosthenes. It lasted about thirty years, during which time he wrote over two hundred speeches. The chief characteristic of Lysias style was his ability to adapt the speech to the character...
| 1 |