May Night Or The Drowned Maiden

Author : Nikolai Gogol
Publisher : Lindhardt og Ringhof
Page : 11 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9788726502046

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May Night, or the Drowned Maiden by Nikolai Gogol Pdf

In Nikolai Gogol's short story "May Night, or the Drowned Maiden," a single night ends up changing the lives of many. Young Levko is the son of the head of a Ukrainian village and madly in love with a maiden named Hanna. To Levko's dismay, his father attempts to break off the romance in secret. What follows is a night during which both the alive and dead seek vengeance. In this tale wrapped in mysterious folktale, family ties are put to the test and characters are faced with a lesson or two. The story was adapted into two operas in the late 19th century and a Soviet film in 1952. Ukrainian-born writer and dramatist Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852) is considered one of the most prominent figures in Russian literature. His unconventional works are often touched by folklore or a hint of the unusual, providing the reader with surprising turns and characters. Gogol has been attached to a range of different literary styles, including Russian literary realism and even surrealism. His stories include the short story "The Nose" and the famous satirical novel Dead Souls. Gogol's works have inspired numerous stage, film and television adaptations including the movie Inspector General (1949), based loosely on his play with the same name.

Author : Tim Newcomb,Nikolia Gogol
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2024-01-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9798877468160

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III. 1831 May Night, Or the Drowned Maiden by Tim Newcomb,Nikolia Gogol Pdf

A new 2023 translation from the original Russian manuscript of Gogol's classic "May Night, or the Drowned Woman". This edition contains an Afterword by the Translator, a timeline of Gogol's life and works and an Index of Gogol's individual works. "May Night, or the Drowned Maiden" is the third story in the collection Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka. It was made into the opera May Night by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov in 1878-79 and also into a Ukrainian setting by Mykola Lysenko. This story melds romance with elements of the supernatural. Centered around the legend of drowned maidens, the tale delves into a young man's love affair and his encounters with these spectral beings. In the XVIII century, as young villagers enjoy an evening of song, Levko, son of the village head, longs to marry Hanna. However, his father, who frequently boasts of his past with Queen Catherine, refuses due to his own affections for Hanna. After Hanna and Levko discuss a tragic local legend of a lady wronged by her stepmother and turned spirit, Levko rallies boys to mock the village head in protest. Amidst the turmoil, Levko, by a haunted pond, is given a note by the spirit of the lady from the legend. Upon waking, he presents this note, purportedly from a commissar, which orders the head to allow Levko's marriage to Hanna, leading to an unexpected union blessed under mysterious circumstances.

Author : Nikolai Gogol
Publisher : Newcomb Livraria Press
Page : 59 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783989884397

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May Night, or the Drowned Woman by Nikolai Gogol Pdf

This is a new translation from the original Russian manuscript of Gogol's classic "May Night, or the Drowned Woman". This edition contains an Afterword by the Translator, a timeline of Gogol's life and works and an Index of Gogol's individual works. "May Night, or the Drowned Maiden" is the third story in the collection Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka. It was made into the opera May Night by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov in 1878-79 and also into a Ukrainian setting by Mykola Lysenko. This story melds romance with elements of the supernatural. Centered around the legend of drowned maidens, the tale delves into a young man's love affair and his encounters with these spectral beings. In the XVIII century, as young villagers enjoy an evening of song, Levko, son of the village head, longs to marry Hanna. However, his father, who frequently boasts of his past with Queen Catherine, refuses due to his own affections for Hanna. After Hanna and Levko discuss a tragic local legend of a lady wronged by her stepmother and turned spirit, Levko rallies boys to mock the village head in protest. Amidst the turmoil, Levko, by a haunted pond, is given a note by the spirit of the lady from the legend. Upon waking, he presents this note, purportedly from a commissar, which orders the head to allow Levko's marriage to Hanna, leading to an unexpected union blessed under mysterious circumstances.

Author : Nikolai Gogol
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2015-12-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1522837124

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A May Night by Nikolai Gogol Pdf

"A May Night" from Nikolai Gogol. Ukrainian-born Russian writer (1809-1851).

Author : Luis Campos,Fiona Jane Schopf
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-11
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781527562011

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Music on Stage Volume 2 by Luis Campos,Fiona Jane Schopf Pdf

Performance by its very nature embraces many constituents, the theories of which have developed into discreet disciplines as on-going research deepens our understanding and knowledge of each one of them. Concomitantly, there continues to grow a greater interlinking, fusion and blurring of discreet boundaries between traditional genres – features highlighted in the seventeen papers presented here. Topics explored in this volume include: the intermedial performance of the Irrepressibles and electronically controlled sounds on the concert platform; the ways in which the physical body dictates movement and character and how the embodiment of the voice goes beyond character stereotypes; how Romeo Catellucci legitimized the audience’s gaze whilst staging brain-damaged patients; interculturalism in a new operatic work focusing on the current Israeli-Palestinian crisis; interrogating transgenerational depictions of Otherness in the Rocky Horror Show; musical speech in Iannis Xenakis’ reworking of ancient Greek in his Oresteia; genre conflation in terms of unaccompanied monodrama; trans-genre adaptation in Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier and Philip Glass’s “Cocteau trilogy”; and textual and musical comedy in Ligeti’s Le Grand Macabre, among others.

Author : Susanne Fusso,Priscilla Meyer
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0810111918

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Essays on Gogol by Susanne Fusso,Priscilla Meyer Pdf

These fourteen essays reflect the increasingly interdisciplinary character of Russian literature research in general and of the study of Gogol in particular, focusing on specific works, Gogol's own character, and the various approaches to aesthetic, religious, and philosophical issues raised by his writing.

Author : Nikolai Gogol
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2014-11-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1473322316

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A May Night by Nikolai Gogol Pdf

This early work by Nikolai Gogol was originally published in 1831 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'A May Night' is a short story about a young man and his love for a girl named Hanna. His father disagrees with this match and actively tries stop the arrangement. Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol was born in Sorochintsi, Ukraine in 1809. In 1831, Gogol brought out the first volume of his Ukrainian stories, 'Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka'. It met with immediate success, and he followed it a year later with a second volume. 'The Nose' is regarded as a masterwork of comic short fiction, and 'The Overcoat' is now seen as one of the greatest short stories ever written; some years later, Dostoyevsky famously stated "We all come out from Gogol's 'Overcoat'." He is seen by many contemporary critics as one of the greatest short story writers who has ever lived, and theFather of Russia's Golden Age of Realism."

Author : Jane Grayson,Faith Wigzell
Publisher : Springer
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1988-11-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781349196265

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Nikolay Gogol by Jane Grayson,Faith Wigzell Pdf

Author : Nikolai Gogol
Publisher : Newcomb Livraria Press
Page : 31 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783989884427

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Nights at the villa by Nikolai Gogol Pdf

This is a new translation from the original Russian manuscript of Gogol's work "Nights at the Villa". This edition contains an Afterword by the Translator, a timeline of Gogol's life and works and an Index of Gogol's individual works. “Nights at the Villa” is a thoroughly autobiographical work. The “Villa” is referring to the Roman country villa of Princess Z. Volkonskaya , where in April - May 1839 the twenty-three-year-old count died of consumption IVielgorsky, who had recently arrived in Rome, in the retinue of the heir, together with A. Tolstoy and Zhukovsky Vielgorsky. His dying, attractive character and dying friendship with Gogol, who looked after him, found a response both in memoirs and in epistolary literature - in letters, including from Gogol himself.

Author : Николай Гоголь
Publisher : Litres
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2022-04-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9785040727278

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Шинель и другие повести. Книга для чтения на английском языке by Николай Гоголь Pdf

Вашему вниманию представлен сборник повестей одного из самых известных русских писателей-классиков Н. В. Гоголя. В издание вошли как повести, относящиеся к «украинскому» периоду творчества автора – «Майская ночь, или Утопленница» и «Вий», так и к «петербургскому» – «Нос», «Шинель», «Записки сумасшедшего». Выбранные произведения показывают два мира, описанных Гоголем с непередаваемым юмором и глубокой печалью, – красочную простоту украинского хутора и мрачную фантастичность жизни столичного Санкт-Петербурга. Английский перевод повестей с русского языка Клода Филда адаптирован, дополнен и снабжен постраничными, в большей степени культурологическими, комментариями. Книга адресована студентам языковых вузов, носителям языка и всем любителям русской классической литературы.

Author : Gavriel Shapiro
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780472119189

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The Tender Friendship and the Charm of Perfect Accord by Gavriel Shapiro Pdf

A careful and intimate study on the ways Nabokov’s world perception and fictional universe were influenced by his father

Author : John Yaffé,David Daniels
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2011-11-17
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780810883147

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Arias, Ensembles, & Choruses by John Yaffé,David Daniels Pdf

Conductors John Yaffé and David Daniels have created a one-stop sourcebook for orchestras, opera companies, conductors, and librarians who research and/or prepare programs of vocal excerpts—such as solos, ensembles, and choruses—for concert performance. In this book, readers will find detailed information on a vast repertoire of vocal pieces commonly extracted from operas, operettas, musicals, and oratorios—more than 1,750 excerpts from 450 parent works. Modeled on Daniels’ Orchestral Music, Arias, Ensembles, & Choruses includes basic historical details about each parent work as well as extract titles, subtitles, voice types, keys, durations, locations in the original work (with page numbers in both full scores and piano-vocal scores), and exact instrumentation. It also lists the publishers that make available the orchestral materials for just the excerpt being programmed, independent of the full parent work. Until now, conductors and orchestra librarians commonly had to first leaf through full scores, searching for one elusive three-minute aria after another, only to then consult multiple publishers' catalogues to compile crucial information on all the excerpts proposed for a concert or recording. This book constitutes a single source for finding that information. In many cases, the individual entries include valuable insider information on common performance practice, including start- and stop-points, transpositions, and conventional cuts. Searching for repertoire is made easy with the detailed title index and appendixes devoted to ensemble excerpts, all categorized by personnel (e.g., duets, trios, quartets, quintets, sextets, choruses) and language (Czech, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, Russian). This book is the ideal tool for the working conductor and orchestral librarian, as well as music program directors at colleges and conservatories, opera companies, and symphony orchestras. As of October 2015, a new printing of this book has occurred to correct errors in the index. A PDF version of the new index is available to previous purchasers of the volume. Please contact Rowman & Littlefield's music editor for assistance.

Author : Emily Olin
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2012-10-04
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780810881174

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Singing in Russian by Emily Olin Pdf

With its unique blend of eastern and western traditions of music and poetry, the world of Russian vocal music is rich in spirituality, intimacy, and passion for singers and their audience. Russian song traditions offer an ideal opportunity for self-expression and the forging of a deep connection with one’s listeners. It also presents formidable challenges to singers at every level, ranging from the complexities native to sung and spoken Russian to the intricacies of diction and interpretation that lie behind the nuanced relationship between Russian music and poetry. Founded on the underlying principle that sung language differs dramatically from spoken language, Singing in Russian offers a comprehensive and accessible approach to understanding, mastering, and performing Russian vocal music. After covering the basics of the Cyrillic alphabet and Russian grammar and diction, author Emily Olin encourages readers to take the innovative step of using the music itself to guide the singer’s pronunciation and interpretation. English sound comparisons, linguistic and musical examples, and multifaceted exercises complement textual explanations, reinforcing the techniques Olin has employed for over three decades. The addition of repertoire lists and practical recommendations further equip singers to confidently go from start to stage. Furthermore, the online audio examples contain exercises that demonstrate and reinforce the correct sound and interpretation of everything from the alphabet to the presentation of vowels, consonants, words, and phrases.These can be found at: https://soundcloud.com/user-869634200/sets/singing-in-russian-a-guide-to-language-and-performance Singing in Russian is an invaluable resource for students, performers, teachers, directors, conductors, and coaches seeking to increase their access to Russian opera and art song, master the challenges they present to performance, and expand their personal, professional, and institutional repertoire on stage.

Author : James Steffen
Publisher : University of Wisconsin Pres
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9780299296537

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The Cinema of Sergei Parajanov by James Steffen Pdf

Sergei Parajanov (1924–90) flouted the rules of both filmmaking and society in the Soviet Union and paid a heavy personal price. An ethnic Armenian in the multicultural atmosphere of Tbilisi, Georgia, he was one of the most innovative directors of postwar Soviet cinema. Parajanov succeeded in creating a small but marvelous body of work whose style embraces such diverse influences as folk art, medieval miniature painting, early cinema, Russian and European art films, surrealism, and Armenian, Georgian, and Ukrainian cultural motifs. The Cinema of Sergei Parajanov is the first English-language book on the director's films and the most comprehensive study of his work. James Steffen provides a detailed overview of Parajanov's artistic career: his identity as an Armenian in Georgia and its impact on his aesthetics; his early films in Ukraine; his international breakthrough in 1964 with Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors; his challenging 1969 masterpiece, The Color of Pomegranates, which was reedited against his wishes; his unrealized projects in the 1970s; and his eventual return to international prominence in the mid-to-late 1980s with The Legend of the Surami Fortress and Ashik-Kerib. Steffen also provides a rare, behind-the-scenes view of the Soviet film censorship process and tells the dramatic story of Parajanov's conflicts with the authorities, culminating in his 1973–77 arrest and imprisonment on charges related to homosexuality. Ultimately, the figure of Parajanov offers a fascinating case study in the complicated dynamics of power, nationality, politics, ethnicity, sexuality, and culture in the republics of the former Soviet Union. Outstanding Academic Title, Choice Magazine

Author : Nikolai Gogol
Publisher : Newcomb Livraria Press
Page : 111 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783989884465

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Reflections on the Divine Liturgy by Nikolai Gogol Pdf

This is a new translation from the original Russian manuscript of Gogol's 1847 Reflections on the Divine Liturgy (Размышления о Божественной Литургии) . This edition contains an Afterword by the Translator, a timeline of Gogol's life and works and an Index of Gogol's individual works. This is Gogol’s explanation of the Liturgy. Deeply personal and introspective, Gogol's reflections reveal his profound spiritual beliefs and his reverence for the liturgical practices of his faith- a faith which was at odds with much of his artwork. Here Gogol sided with Dostoevsky against Tolstoy’s Schopenhauer-inspired metaphysics. This is not to be confused with the work with the exact same title by the Priest and philosopher Pavel Florensky.