Word: moorish
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...opera has never before been given in complete form, though many parts have often been sung or played in concerts. The ballet music, which consists of Moorish dances, and which is especially good, has been played by the Boston Symphony Orchestra with great success. The song sung by Azara, while waiting for her lover, is regarded as one of the greatest operatic arias...
Both the music and the libretto were written by Professor Paine. The story is founded on the old Provencal tale of "Aucassin et Nicollette, and the scene is laid in Provence at the time of the early Crusades. Azara is a Moorish princess, who was brought from Spain in her infancy, and with whom, Gontran, the son of the King of Provence, falls in love. Rainuls, the King, separates the two lovers, as he desires Azara for himself. Malek, a Moorish chief, whom Gontran has conquered in battle but set at liberty again, finds that Azara is the daughter...
...fourth of a series of six exhibits from the American Library of Art collection of reproductions from famous paintings and places of historic interest has been put on exhibition in the Periodical Room of the Union. The exhibit includes fifty mounted photographs, representing the Alhambra and other specimens of Moorish architecture in Granada...
Programme: Smetana, Overture ("The Bartered Bride"); Beethoven, Concerto for Pianoforte, No. 4; Paine, Moorish Dances; Schumann, Symphony...
Programme: Smetana, Overture ("The Bartered Bride"); Beethoven, Concerto for Pianoforte, No. 4; Paine, Moorish Dances; Schumann, Symphony...