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  1. Elizabeth Barrett Browning. ‘A Musical Instrument’ by Elizabeth Barrett Browning is a seven- stanza poem that is separated into sets of six lines, or sestets. Each of these sestets conforms to a consistent and structured rhyme scheme, following the pattern of abaccb. From stanza to stanza only the fourth and fifth lines change end sounds.

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  2. Jul 16, 2023 · Bedřich Smetana (b. 1824-1884) was born in Litomsyl, Bohemia while under Austrian rule (now the Czech Republic). Smetana was the son of a brewer and violinist and his father’s third wife. Smetana was a talented pianist who gave public performances from the age of six. Bohemia under Austrian rule was politically very volatile.

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  4. The Pied Piper of Hamelin. by Robert Browning. ‘The Pied Piper of Hamelin’ by Robert Browning is an entertaining poem about the importance of telling the truth and keeping one’s promises. Browning tells the story of a German piper who lures rats away from town with his music. It dates back to the Middle Ages but it was this version of the ...

  5. Dec 29, 2017 · I. Allegro non molto --. Under the heat of the burning summer sun, Languish man and flock; the pine is parched. The cuckoo finds its voice, and suddenly, The turtledove and goldfinch sing. A gentle breeze blows, But suddenly, the north wind appears. The shepherd weeps because, overhead, Lies the fierce storm, and his destiny.

  6. Jun 15, 2018 · The singular genius of Hamilton, the greatest musical ever written, is that it recognizes that the American Revolution did not end with Yorktown, but is ongoing, even today, and that there are Founders of America being born even as we speak. At the conclusion of our other great origin musical, 1776, the signers of the Declaration are arranged ...

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  7. Courtesy of Getty Images.) Poetry and music have been intertwined for thousands of years. In antiquity, poems were often sung: the first lyric poets in ancient Greece performed their work to the accompaniment of the lyre, and the oldest anthology of Chinese poetry, the Shijing, was a collection of songs. In southern Europe in the middle ages ...

  8. Apr 11, 2018 · 9. Walter de la Mare, ‘ Music ’. Music can put us in touch with the past – our deep past, as Walter de la Mare suggests in this short poem. Music makes the lovely things in the world even lovelier, and connects us to the spiritual and numinous aspects of the world. 10. Elizabeth Bishop, ‘ I Am in Need of Music ’.

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