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The Juniper Tree (novel)
The Juniper Tree can refer to: * ''The Juniper Tree'' (fairy tale), a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm ** ''The Juniper Tree'' (film), a 1990 film starring Björk ** ''The Juniper Tree'' (opera), a 1985 opera composed by Philip Glass and Robert Moran ** ''The Juniper Tree'', a 1997 opera by Roderick Watkins (music) and Patricia Debney (libretto) ** ''The Juniper Tree'' (novel), a novel by Barbara Comyns Carr (1985) ** ''The Juniper Tree'', an opera by Joshua Ollswang ** "The Juniper Tree", a 2000 short science fiction story by John Kessel *Juniper Junipers are coniferous trees and shrubs in the genus ''Juniperus'' () of the cypress family Cupressaceae. Depending on the taxonomy, between 50 and 67 species of junipers are widely distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere, from the Arcti ..., a plant in the genus ''Juniperus'' See also * Juniper (other) {{DEFAULTSORT:Juniper Tree, The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Juniper Tree (fairy Tale)
"The Juniper Tree" (also The Almond Tree; nds, Von dem Machandelboom) is a German fairy tale published in Low German by the Brothers Grimm in ''Grimms' Fairy Tales, Grimm's Fairy Tales'' in 1812 (KHM 47). The story contains themes of child abuse, murder, cannibalism and Christian symbolism, biblical symbolism and is one of the Brothers Grimm's darker and more mature fairy tales. The tale is of Aarne–Thompson type 720 ("The Juniper Tree"). Another such tale is the English ''The Rose-Tree'', although it reverses the sexes from ''The Juniper Tree''; ''The Juniper Tree'' follows the more common pattern of having the dead child be a boy. Origin The tale was published by the Brothers Grimm in the first edition of Grimms' Fairy Tales, ''Kinder- und Hausmärchen'' in 1812. A somewhat different version appeared a few months earlier Johann Gustav Gottlieb Büsching, Johann Gustav Büsching's ''Volks-Sagen, Märchen und Legenden'' (1812). It was believed until the early 1870s that the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Juniper Tree (film)
''The Juniper Tree'' is a 1990 Icelandic medieval fantasy drama film written and directed by Nietzchka Keene. Based on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale " The Juniper Tree", the film was shot in black-and-white in a small budget in 1986. It stars Björk Guðmundsdóttir, Bryndis Petra Bragadóttir, Guðrún Gísladóttir, Valdimar Örn Flygenring and Geirlaug Sunna Þormar. ''The Juniper Tree'' premiered at the 1991 Sundance Film Festival, where it was selected to compete for the Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic. Plot In Iceland, two sisters, Margit and her elder sister Katla, escape their home after their mother is stoned and burned for witchcraft. They go where no one knows them, and find Jóhann, a young widower who has a son called Jónas. Katla uses magical powers to seduce Jóhann and they start living together. Margit and Jónas become friends. However, Jónas does not accept Katla as his stepmother and tries to convince his father to leave her. Katla's magic power is too stro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Juniper Tree (opera)
''The Juniper Tree'' is an opera co-composed by Philip Glass and Robert Moran in 1985 to a libretto by Arthur Yorinks based on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale. The opera is in two acts and is scored for two baritones, bass, mezzo-soprano, four sopranos, tenor, mixed chorus, children's voices and chamber orchestra. Each composer wrote alternating scenes and utilized each other's themes to provide structural unity. Glass retained ownership of the opera, and did not allow for the "live" recording of the premiere (with Jayne West and Sanford Sylvan) to be released until 2009. Until then, Moran encouraged his fans to distribute bootleg copies so that people could hear it. Performance history It was premiered on December 11, 1985, at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts. For its 25th anniversary of creation, the presented the Canadian premiere of the opera in September, 2010, at the Salle Jean-Paul Tardif in Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Juniper Tree (Watkins)
The Juniper Tree can refer to: * ''The Juniper Tree'' (fairy tale), a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm ** ''The Juniper Tree'' (film), a 1990 film starring Björk ** ''The Juniper Tree'' (opera), a 1985 opera composed by Philip Glass and Robert Moran ** ''The Juniper Tree'', a 1997 opera by Roderick Watkins (music) and Patricia Debney (libretto) ** ''The Juniper Tree'' (novel), a novel by Barbara Comyns Carr (1985) ** ''The Juniper Tree'', an opera by Joshua Ollswang ** "The Juniper Tree", a 2000 short science fiction story by John Kessel *Juniper Junipers are coniferous trees and shrubs in the genus ''Juniperus'' () of the cypress family Cupressaceae. Depending on the taxonomy, between 50 and 67 species of junipers are widely distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere, from the Arcti ..., a plant in the genus ''Juniperus'' See also * Juniper (other) {{DEFAULTSORT:Juniper Tree, The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roderick Watkins
Roderick Watkins, Deputy Lieutenant, DL (born 1964) is a composer and the Vice Chancellor (and former Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research and Innovation)) at Anglia Ruskin University, England. He was appointed to the University in 2014 and served briefly as Pro-Vice Chancellor and Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Law and Social Sciences. He was appointed as Deputy Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation at Anglia Ruskin in 2015 before becoming Vice Chancellor in 2019. He was previously Professor of Composition and Contemporary Music at Canterbury Christ Church University, Kent, England from 2005 to July 2014, where he was Programme Director for undergraduate Music and taught composition and contemporary music. Watkins was educated at Gresham's School and then took a degree in Philosophy and Composition at Oberlin Conservatory, Oberlin in the US before studying at the Royal Academy of Music, where he won all of the Academy's main prizes for composition, completed his doctorate and beca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Juniper Tree (novel)
The Juniper Tree can refer to: * ''The Juniper Tree'' (fairy tale), a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm ** ''The Juniper Tree'' (film), a 1990 film starring Björk ** ''The Juniper Tree'' (opera), a 1985 opera composed by Philip Glass and Robert Moran ** ''The Juniper Tree'', a 1997 opera by Roderick Watkins (music) and Patricia Debney (libretto) ** ''The Juniper Tree'' (novel), a novel by Barbara Comyns Carr (1985) ** ''The Juniper Tree'', an opera by Joshua Ollswang ** "The Juniper Tree", a 2000 short science fiction story by John Kessel *Juniper Junipers are coniferous trees and shrubs in the genus ''Juniperus'' () of the cypress family Cupressaceae. Depending on the taxonomy, between 50 and 67 species of junipers are widely distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere, from the Arcti ..., a plant in the genus ''Juniperus'' See also * Juniper (other) {{DEFAULTSORT:Juniper Tree, The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Comyns Carr
Barbara Irene Veronica Comyns Carr (born Barbara Irene Veronica Bayley; 27 December 1907Celia Brayfield (2004)Carr, Barbara Irene Veronica Comyns (1907–1992) ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''. Oxford: Oxford University Press. – 14 July 1992), known as Barbara Comyns, was an English writer and artist. Early life Born in Bidford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, to Margaret Eva Mary (née Fenn) and Albert Edward Bayley, Comyns was the fourth of six children. The family home was Bell Court, a manor on the banks of the River Avon. Her father was a Birmingham brewer and industrialist who died in 1922 when she was 15. Artist After her father's death, Bell Court was sold and Comyns left to attend art school, first in nearby Stratford-upon-Avon, then she moved to London to attend Heatherley School of Fine Art. In 1931 she married fellow artist and childhood friend John Pemberton, nephew of the London Group president and noted artist Rupert Lee. Comyns and her husband exhibit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Juniper Tree (Ollswang)
The Juniper Tree can refer to: * ''The Juniper Tree'' (fairy tale), a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm ** ''The Juniper Tree'' (film), a 1990 film starring Björk ** ''The Juniper Tree'' (opera), a 1985 opera composed by Philip Glass and Robert Moran ** ''The Juniper Tree'', a 1997 opera by Roderick Watkins (music) and Patricia Debney (libretto) ** ''The Juniper Tree'' (novel), a novel by Barbara Comyns Carr (1985) ** ''The Juniper Tree'', an opera by Joshua Ollswang ** "The Juniper Tree", a 2000 short science fiction story by John Kessel *Juniper Junipers are coniferous trees and shrubs in the genus ''Juniperus'' () of the cypress family Cupressaceae. Depending on the taxonomy, between 50 and 67 species of junipers are widely distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere, from the Arcti ..., a plant in the genus ''Juniperus'' See also * Juniper (other) {{DEFAULTSORT:Juniper Tree, The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Kessel
John Joseph Vincent Kessel (born September 24, 1950) is an American author of science fiction and fantasy. He is a prolific short story writer, and the author of four solo novels, '' Good News From Outer Space'' (1989), ''Corrupting Dr. Nice'' (1997), '' The Moon and the Other'' (2017), and ''Pride and Prometheus'' (2018), and one novel, ''Freedom Beach'' (1985) in collaboration with his friend James Patrick Kelly. Kessel is married to author Therese Anne Fowler. Education Kessel obtained a B.A. in Physics and English from the University of Rochester in 1972, followed by a M.A. in English from University of Kansas in 1974, and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Kansas in 1981, where he studied under science fiction writer and scholar James Gunn. Since 1982 Kessel has taught classes in American literature, science fiction, fantasy, and fiction writing at North Carolina State University, and helped organize the MFA Creative Writing program at NCSU, serving as its first di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juniper
Junipers are coniferous trees and shrubs in the genus ''Juniperus'' () of the cypress family Cupressaceae. Depending on the taxonomy, between 50 and 67 species of junipers are widely distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere, from the Arctic, south to tropical Africa, throughout parts of West Asia, western, Central Asia, central and South Asia, southern Asia, east to eastern Tibet in the Old World, and in the mountains of Central America. The highest-known juniper forest occurs at an altitude of in southeastern Tibet and the northern Himalayas, creating one of the highest tree lines on earth. Description Junipers vary in size and shape from tall trees, tall, to columnar or low-spreading shrubs with long, trailing branches. They are evergreen with needle-like and/or scale-like leaves. They can be either monoecious or dioecious. The female Conifer cone, seed cones are very distinctive, with fleshy, fruit-like coalescing scales which fuse together to form Juniper berry, a&n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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