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Gloriosa Baudii
Gloriosa can refer to: * ''Gloriosa'' (plant), a genus of plants in the family Colchicaceae * Gloriosa (poem), a concert band work composed by Yasuhide Ito * Gloriosa, a medieval bell in Erfurt Cathedral, Germany {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gloriosa (plant)
''Gloriosa'' is a genus of 12 species in the plant family Colchicaceae, and includes the formerly recognised genus ''Littonia''. They are native in tropical and southern Africa to Asia, and naturalised in Australia and the Pacific as well as being widely cultivated. The most common English names are flame lily, fire lily, gloriosa lily, glory lily, superb lily, climbing lily, and creeping lily. They are tender, tuberous rooted deciduous perennials, adapted to monsoon rainfall with a dormant dry season. All parts of the plant contain colchicine and related alkaloids and are therefore dangerously toxic if ingested, and contact with the stems and leaves can cause skin irritation. Various preparations of the plant are used in traditional medicines for a variety of complaints in both Africa and India. Plants have leaf tip tendrils. Description ''Gloriosa'' are herbaceous perennials that climb or scramble over other plants with the aid of tendrils at the ends of their leaves and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gloriosa (poem)
''Gloriosa'' is a symphonic poem for band composed by Yasuhide Ito. It has three movements: # Oratio # Cantus # Dies Festus. These songs are about Japanese Christians of the Edo Period and their fight to keep their beliefs. This stirring and powerful homage to early Christianity in Japan profoundly and eloquently states the case of cross-cultural conflict and the discrimination Japanese Christians faced by their government. Note by the composer Commissioned in 1989 and premiered in 1990 by the Sasebo Band of the Maritime Self-Defense Force of Kyushu, southern Japan. Gloriosa is inspired by the songs of the Kakure-Kirishitan (Crypto-Christians) of Kyushu who continued to practice their faith surreptitiously after the ban of Christianity by the nationalistic Japanese shogunate, which had been introduced to that southern region in the mid-16th century by Roman Catholic missionary Francisco Xavier. The worship brought with it a variety of western music. Though Christianity wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
