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Psyché
Psyche (''Psyché'' in French) is the Greek term for "soul" ( ψυχή). Psyche or La Psyché may also refer to: Psychology * Psyche (psychology), the totality of the human mind, conscious and unconscious * ''Psyche'', an 1846 book about the unconscious by Carl Gustav Carus * ''Psyche'', an 1890–1894 book about the ancient Greek concept of soul by Erwin Rohde * ''Psyche'' (consciousness journal), a periodical on the study of consciousness * ''Psyche'', a digital magazine on psychology published by Aeon * Psyche Cattell, (1893–1989), American psychologist Religion and mythology * Psyche (mythology), a mortal woman in Greek mythology who became the wife of Eros and the goddess of the soul * Soul in the Bible, spirit or soul in Judaic and Christian philosophy and theology Arts and media Based on Cupid and Psyche *The story of ''Cupid and Psyche'', mainly known from the Latin novel by Apuleius, and depicted in many forms: ** ''Cupid and Psyche'' (Capitoline Museums), a Roman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psyché (opera)
''Psyché'' is an opera (''tragédie lyrique'') in a prologue and five acts composed by Jean-Baptiste Lully to a libretto by Thomas Corneille (adapted from Molière's original play for which Lully had composed the intermèdes). Based on the love story of Cupid and Psyche, ''Psyché'' was premiered on April 19, 1678 by the Académie Royale de Musique at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal in Paris. Background According to the '' Mercure Galant'', the opera ''Psyché'' was composed in three weeks; libretto, score and all. Although it is impossible to verify the truth of this statement, there is every reason to believe that Lully was in a hurry when writing this opera. In effect, the opera reuses the ''intermèdes'' from Molière's play. Since these ''intermèdes'' had met with such spectacular success seven years earlier, Lully must have felt that given his lack of time, he could at the very least attract a crowd with the promise of reviving the ''plainte italienne'' and the fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psyché (play)
''Psyché'' is a five-act '' tragédie-ballet'', originally written as a prose text by Molière and versified in collaboration with Pierre Corneille and Philippe Quinault, with music composed by Jean-Baptiste Lully in 1671 and by Marc-Antoine Charpentier in 1684 (music lost). The plot is based on the story of '' Cupid and Psyche'' in ''The Golden Ass'', written in the 2nd century by Apuleius. It was first performed on 17 January 1671 before the royal court of Louis XIV at the Théâtre des Tuileries, with ballets by Pierre Beauchamps, Anthoine des Brosses, and Nicolas Delorge, and spectacular scenery and special effects designed by Carlo Vigarani.Gaines 2002, p. 394; Powell 2008, pp. 123–124. History Molière's play was one of many sumptuous spectacles produced in celebration of the peace of Aix-la-Chapelle. The treaty was signed in 1668 but the festivities continued well into 1671. More specifically, the play was a product of Louis XIV's desire to re-use the Salle des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cupid And Psyche
Cupid and Psyche is a story originally from ''Metamorphoses'' (also called ''The Golden Ass''), written in the 2nd century AD by Lucius Apuleius Madaurensis (or Platonicus). The tale concerns the overcoming of obstacles to the love between Psyche (; , ) and Cupid (, ) or (, Greek Eros, ), and their ultimate union in a sacred marriage. Although the only extended narrative from antiquity is that of Apuleius from the 2nd century AD, Eros and Psyche appear in Greek art as early as the 4th century BC. The story's Neoplatonic elements and allusions to mystery religions accommodate multiple interpretations, and it has been analyzed as an allegory and in light of folktale, '' Märchen'' or fairy tale, and myth. The story of Cupid and Psyche was known to Boccaccio in c. 1370. The '' first printed version'' dates to 1469. Ever since, the reception of ''Cupid and Psyche'' in the classical tradition has been extensive. The story has been retold in poetry, drama, and opera, and d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psyche Revived By Cupid's Kiss
''Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss'' ( ; ; ; ) is a sculpture by Italian artist Antonio Canova first commissioned in 1787 by John Campbell, 1st Baron Cawdor, Colonel John Campbell.Johns, C.M.S. (1998) ''Antonio Canova and the Politics of Patronage in Revolutionary and Napoleonic Europe''. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, p. 149. It is regarded as a masterpiece of Neoclassicism, Neoclassical sculpture, but shows the mythological lovers at a moment of great emotion, characteristic of the emerging movement of Romanticism. It represents the god Cupid in the height of love and tenderness, immediately after awakening the lifeless Psyche (mortal), Psyche with a kiss. The story of Cupid and Psyche is taken from Lucius Apuleius' Latin novel ''The Golden Ass'',Apuleius. ''The Golden Ass''. trans. Lindsay, Jack. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1962: 139–140. and was popular as a theme in art. Joachim Murat acquired the first or prime version (pictured) in 1800. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
César Franck
César Auguste Jean Guillaume Hubert Franck (; 10 December 1822 – 8 November 1890) was a French Romantic music, Romantic composer, pianist, organist, and music teacher born in present-day Belgium. He was born in Liège (which at the time of his birth was part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands). He gave his first concerts there in 1834 and studied privately in Paris from 1835, where his teachers included Anton Reicha. After a brief return to Belgium, and a disastrous reception of an early oratorio ''Ruth'', he moved to Paris, where he married and embarked on a career as teacher and organist. He gained a reputation as a formidable musical improviser, and travelled widely within France to demonstrate new instruments built by Aristide Cavaillé-Coll. In 1859, he became titular organist at the church Basilica of St. Clotilde, Paris, Sainte-Clotilde, a position he retained for the rest of his life. He became professor at the Conservatoire de Paris, Paris Conservatoire in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Tighe
Mary Tighe (9 October 1772 – 24 March 1810) was an Irish poet. Life and career Mary Blachford (or Blanchford) (or Blackford) was born in Dublin, 9 October 1772. Her parents were Theodosia Tighe, a Methodist leader, and William Blachford (d.1773?), a Church of Ireland clergyman and librarian. She had a strict religious upbringing, and when she was twenty-one she married Henry Tighe (1768–1836), her first cousin and a member of the Parliament of Ireland for Inistioge, County Kilkenny. The marriage is said to have been unhappy, though little is known. The couple moved to London in the early nineteenth century. She became acquainted with Thomas Moore, an early admirer of her writing, and others interested in literature. Although she had written since girlhood, she published nothing until ''Psyche'' (1805), a six-canto allegorical poem in Spenserian stanzas. ''Psyche'' was admired by many and praised by Moore in his poem, "To Mrs. Henry Tighe on reading her Psyche". Havi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psyche (Locke)
''Psyche'' is a semi-opera in five acts with music by Matthew Locke (composer), Matthew Locke to a libretto by Thomas Shadwell with dances (now lost) by Giovanni Battista Draghi (composer), Giovanni Battista Draghi. It was first performed at Dorset Garden Theatre, London on 27 February 1675 by the Duke's Company with choreography the French dancing-master Saint-André. Stage machinery was by Thomas Betterton and the scenery by Stephenson. The work is loosely based on Molière, Molière's 1671 ''tragédie-ballet'' ''Psyché (play), Psyché'' with incidental music by Jean-Baptiste Lully, Lully (which Lully would develop into an opera three years after Locke). Composition, performance and publication According to Peter Holman, ''Psyche'' was "the first semi-opera written from scratch." It has over a dozen musical episodes and requires a large orchestra. Holman believes Locke composed it in response to the visit to Britain of a French opera company under the direction of Robert Cambert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sándor Weöres
Sándor Weöres (; 22 June 1913 – 22 January 1989) was a Hungarian poet and author. Born in Szombathely, Weöres was brought up in the nearby village of Csönge. His first poems were published when he was fourteen, in the influential journal '' Nyugat'' ("West"), through the acceptance of its editor, the poet Mihály Babits. Weöres attended the University of Pécs, first studying law before moving on to geography and history. He ultimately received a doctorate in philosophy and aesthetics. His doctoral dissertation ''The Birth of the Poem'' was published in 1939. It was in 1937 that he made the first of his travels abroad, going first to Manila for a Eucharistic Congress and then visiting Vietnam and India. During World War II Weöres was drafted for compulsory labor, but was not sent to the front. After the end of the war, he returned to Csönge and briefly lived as a farmer. In 1948 Weöres again travelled abroad, living in Italy until 1949. In 1951 he settled in Buda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Compositions By Manuel De Falla
This is a list of the works of the Spanish composer Manuel de Falla (1876–1946). Stage works This is a complete list of Manuel de Falla's stage works. Orchestral works * '' Noches en los jardines de España'' ("Nights in the Gardens of Spain") – piano and orchestra (c. 1909–1916) * ''Homenajes'' ("Homages") – orchestra (1938–1939) *: Sections: I. "Fanfare sobre el nombre de E. F. Arbós" – II. "À Claude Debussy (Elegía de la guitarra)" – Rappel de la Fanfare – III. "À Paul Dukas (Spes Vitae)" – IV. "Pedrelliana" Choral works * ''Balada de Mallorca'' ("Ballad of Majorca") – for choir (1933) Works for chamber ensembles and solo instruments * ''Melodía para violonchelo y piano'' – for piano and cello (1897) * ''Pieza en Do mayor'' and ''Romanza'' – for cello and piano (1898) * ''Fanfare pour une fête'' ("Fanfare for a feast") – for two trumpets, timpani and side-drum (1921) * Concerto for harpsichord, flute, oboe, clarinet, violin and cello ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psyche (mythology)
Psyche (; ; ) is the Greek goddess of the soul and often represented as a beautiful woman with butterfly wings. The name Psyche means "soul" in Greek and was commonly referred to as such in Roman mythology as well, though the direct translation is '' Anima'' (Latin word for "soul"). She was born a mortal woman and eventually granted immortality, with beauty that rivaled even Aphrodite, goddess of love. Psyche is known from the novel ''The Golden Ass'', also known as ''Metamorphoses,'' written by the Roman philosopher and orator Apuleius in the 2nd century. In the myth, she was given multiple trials to be with her beloved, Cupid (the Roman counterpart of the Greek Eros), god of physical love and desire and son of Venus. The cultural influences of Psyche's story are depicted in art dating back to the 4th century BCE. In (Metamorphosis - The Golden Ass) ''The Golden Ass'' was written in Latin in the 2nd century CE by Apuleius. The novel consists of eleven books, mainly surr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love And Psyche (David)
''Love and Psyche'' or ''Cupid and Psyche'' is an 1817 painting by Jacques-Louis David, now in the Cleveland Museum of Art. It shows Cupid and Psyche. It was produced during David's exile in Brussels, for the patron and collector Gian Battista Sommariva. On its first exhibition at the museum in Brussels, it surprised viewers with its realist treatment of the figure of Cupid. Critics generally saw the painting's unconventional style and realistic depiction of Cupid as proof of David's decline while in exile, but art historians have come to see the work as a deliberate departure from traditional methods of representing mythological figures. Background Exile David began planning ''Love and Psyche'' in Paris in 1813, then completed it while in exile in Brussels, following Napoleon's fall from power. It was the first painting that David finished in exile. Louis XVIII had offered David a pardon for his activities during the Revolution, but the painter decided instead to enter exile in B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Psyche (Revolutionary Ensemble Album)
''The Psyche'' is a live album by the Revolutionary Ensemble, violinist Leroy Jenkins, bassist Sirone and drummer Jerome Cooper. It was initially released on LP in 1975 by the group's own label RE Records, and was reissued on CD in 2002 by Mutable Music. The members of the group formed RE Records for the purpose of releasing ''The Psyche'', and the album was the only recording issued by the label. It was released immediately prior to a European tour, and the group took boxes of the LPs with them, selling out the first and only pressing to European record dealers. Reception In a review for AllMusic, Brian Olewnick wrote: "It's a superb performance... consisting of three compositions, one by each group member, and can serve as a microcosm of what the band was about... ''The Psyche'' is a very fine recording by a wonderful and underrecorded trio; snatch it up if you're lucky enough to come across it." Writing for ''All About Jazz'', Rex Butters commented, "Here, formed in the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
