ANACREON

ənăkˈrēən, –ŏn, c.570–c.485 b.c., Greek lyric poet, b. Teos in Ionia. He lived at Samos and at Athens, where his patron was Hipparchus. His poetry, graceful and elegant, celebrates the joys of wine and love. Little of his verse survives. Anacreontics, poems in the style of Anacreon, were written from Hellenistic to late Byzantine times.

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The Odes of Anacreon
Book by Erastus Richardson, Louis E. Lord; Yale University Press, 1928
Subjects: Poetry
THE ODES OF ANACREON A COLLECTION of sixty short poems was...in 1554 by Stephanus as the work of Anacreon, the poet of Teos, who lived in the...poems are not, however, the work of Anacreon, but of Greek poets of a much later...
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The Star Spangled Banner: (Revised and Enlarged from the "Report" on the above and Other Airs, Issued in 1909)
Book by Oscar George Theodore Sonneck; U.S. Government Printing Office, 1914
Subjects: Star-Spangled Banner (Song)
...makes further comparison of it with "To Anacreon in Heaven" unnecessary, I can not abstain...disastrous COMPARISON OF "BUMPER" WITH "ANACREON." As already stated, the only argument...characteristics," for the melody of "Anacreon" has, he declares, "all the characteristics...
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The Paris Opaera: An Encyclopedia of Operas, Ballets, Composers, and Performers - Vol. 1
Book by Spire Pitou; Greenwood Press, 1983
Subjects: Opera--France--Paris--Encyclopedias
Anacreon is a heroic ballet in a single act that...scenario, and Rameau * created its score. Anacreon was produced next on 8 August 1769 in...Rameau is not to be confused with the Anacreon that this composer did with Cahusac...
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The Reader's Encyclopedia: An Encyclopedia of World Literature and the Arts
Book by William Rose Benét; Thomas Y. Crowell, 1948
Subjects: Art--Dictionaries, Literature--Dictionaries, Music--Dictionaries
...Cressida , makes Nestor quote Aristotle. Anacreon. A Greek lyric poet, who wrote chiefly...love and wine about 563- 478 B. C. . Anacreon of the Twelfth Century. Walter Mapes...taberna mori , translated by Leigh Hunt. Anacreon Moore. Thomas Moore 1779- 1852 , who...
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Pindar and the Renaissance Hymn-Ode, 1450-1700
Book by Stella P. Revard; Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2001
Subjects: European Poetry--Renaissance, 1450-1600--Greek Influences, European Poetry--Renaissance, 1450-1600--History And Criticism, Laudatory Poetry, Greek--History And Criticism, Odes--History And Criticism, Pindar--Appreciation--Europe, Pindar--Criticism And Interpretation, Pindar--Influence
...Poets, of which sort was Pindarus, Anacreon and Callimachus with others among the...modern critics would associate Pindar and Anacreon, much less Pindar's odes with the...that the Renaissance attrib- uted to Anacreon.7 But, as we note in Puttenham's...
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journal articles on: Anacreon  - 45 results

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Nerval et la Mise En Cause De L'auctoritas Scripturale: "Le Songe De Polyphile"
Journal article by Heidi Holst-Knudsen; The Romanic Review, Vol. 91, 2000
Subjects: French literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.), Nerval, Gerard de--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Voyage en Orient (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...Cythere toute sa vie, et que le moderne Anacreon, qui voudrait y mourir,--jallais...Jean de Beranger (4) comme le moderne Anacreon, Nerval insere un autre fragment archeologique...postule une filiation entre Beranger et Anacreon, mais le choix dAnacreon comme repoussoir...
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Alexander Smith and the Bisexual Poetics of a Life-Drama
Journal article by Linda K. Hughes; Victorian Poetry, Vol. 42, 2004
Subjects: Bisexuality--Criticism and interpretation, Criticism, Literary criticism, Smith, Alexander--Criticism and interpretation, Smith, Alexander--Works
...panting breast, c. c.... A boy Anacreon may be borne with, but a middle-aged or old Anacreon is a nuisance, especially when he might...Byrons Hours of Idleness or the Odes of Anacreon translated by Byrons friend and biographer...
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Muslim-western Cultural Encounter in the Eighteenth Century: the Impact of Hafiz Shirazi's Poetry on Europe*
Journal article by Gulfishan Khan; Islamic Studies, Vol. 48, 2009
Subjects: Arabic language, Linguistics, Muslims, Poetry, Poets
...like the lighter odes of Horace and Anacreon. The most elegant composers of these...the poetics of Hafiz he saw Greek poets Anacreon and Theocrits. The book contained Latin...translated by Hindley in which "the polished Anacreon of Iran addresses the minstrel or musician...
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The Textualizing of Sound: Romantic-Period Pseudo-Songs
Journal article by Terence Hoagwood; Wordsworth Circle, Vol. 38, 2007
Subjects: Ballads--Evaluation, Industrial development--Influence, Industrialization--Influence, Irish Melodies (Collection)--Criticism and interpretation, Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border (Poetry collection)--Criticism and interpretation, Moore, Thomas (Irish poet)--Evaluation, Moore, Thomas (Irish poet)--Works, Romanticism (Literature)--Evaluation, Scott, Walter (British novelist)--Evaluation, Scott, Walter (British novelist)--Works
...songs of Moschus, Bion, Theocritus, Anacreon (translated into English poetry by Thomas...example, an American edition of his Anacreon); and he expresses interest in the...instance, for the American edition of Anacreon). He monitored published reviews of...
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Worlds Turned Upside Down: Bourgeois Experience in the 19th-Century Revolutions
Journal article by Jeremy D. Popkin; Journal of Social History, Vol. 40, 2007
Subjects: French history, 1815-1870--Analysis, Librarians--Records and correspondence, Monfalcon, Jean-Baptiste--Records and correspondence, Revolutions--History
...his "editions in eight languages of Virgil, Horace, Anacreon, and the Imitation of Christ," his works on public health...through the immense polyglot editions of Horace, Virgil, and Anacreon that he compiled in his spare time, to the appreciation of...
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Cherubini's Anacreon in Venice
Magazine article by Robert Boas; Musical Opinion, Vol. 124, June 2001
Cherubinis Anacreon in Venice by Robert Boas The Venetians...production of Cherubinis opera-ballet Anacreon ou lamour fugitif, which I saw on 2...performed at the Paris Opera in 1803 Anacreon failed. This was partly because opera...
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Romance and Rebellion: The Most Expressive and Wild-Tempered Artist of His Generation, Girodet Was Commissioned by Some of the Biggest Names in France, and Gave Free Rein to His Imagination in Executing an Impressive Array of Brilliant Paintings
Magazine article; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 135, January 2007
Subjects: Painting (Art)--Criticism and interpretation, Painting--Criticism and interpretation, Rebellion--Portrayals, Romantic love--Portrayals, Roussy, Anne-Louis Girodet De--Works
...above all, his translations of ancient poems (by Virgil, Anacreon, Sappho, Bion, and Moschus) filled his nights to such an...translations of ancient poems by Sappho, Bion, Moschus, Musaeus and Anacreon typify their erotic vein, treating lighthearted subjects with...
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When Poems Mattered
Magazine article by Phoebe Pettingell; The New Leader (Online), Vol. 90, November 2007
Subjects: Books, Hair, Musical theater, Poetry, Poets
...Yoomey effuses: "Like a grand ground swell, Homers old organ rolls its vast volumes under the light frothy wavecrests of Anacreon and Hafiz; and high over my ocean, sweet Shakespeare soars, like all the larks of the spring. Throned on my seaside, like...
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America's Flag
Magazine article; Soldiers, Vol. 59, June 2004
Subjects: American history, Flags, Historic preservation, Museum exhibits
...rallying cry for Americans who had fought their first war as a united nation. Key set the poem to the music of a tune called "To Anacreon in Heaven." It gradually gained the status of a national anthem, although it wasnt officially given that designation by...
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America's 10 Most Popular Patriotic Songs
Magazine article by David E. Dayton; VFW, Veterans of Foreign Wars Magazine, Vol. 86, December 1998
Subjects: History, Music, United States, War
...after a British attack, Francis Scott Key expressed himself on the back of an envelope, matching emotions to the melody of To Anacreon in Heaven." Immediately popular, the song became Americas common usage national anthem, gaining martial verses during the...
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newspaper articles on: Anacreon  - 15 results

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Jose, Can You See
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 5, 2006
...night at the pub. The original, "To Anacreon in Heavn," actually has a fancy intellectual...Key chose to write words to the hymn to Anacreon instead of something singable, or at...sing anything, can manage it. "To Anacreon in Heavn" was actually sung at meetings...
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On This Flag Day, the Story of Our Anthem
Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), June 14, 2007
...brother-in-law, Judge J.H. Nicholson, suggested that it be set to the tune of "Anacreon in Heaven," adopted from an old English drinking song. Anacreon was a 6th-century B.C. Greek lyric poet whose main themes were wine and love...
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'Star-Spangled Banner' More of a Bronze-Medal Melody
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), February 23, 2006
Subjects: Singers
...The melody from our nations anthem is borrowed from the old English drinking song "To Anacreon in Heaven," which was a paean to the Greek poet Anacreon and his love of wine, women and song. The British must laugh at our national anthem...
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Wigging out at St. John's Bash
Newspaper article by Robert Devaney; The Washington Times, February 21, 1996
Subjects: Washington, George
...Washingtons favorite, "A Poor Soldier," as well as "To Anacreon in Heaven," its melody later used for "Adams and Liberty...The college song, a paean to the sometimes randy Greek poet Anacreon, ends with the words "entwining the myrtle of Venus with...
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Young Musicians to Perform at Library Showcase
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), May 23, 2010
Subjects: Concerts, Libraries, Musicians
...Auditorium, 2325 Brookside Ave., Waukegan. The Waukegan Symphony Orchestra will present a concert, including Cherubinis "Anacreon Overture" and Tchaikovskys "Symphony No. 5 in E Minor." Tickets are $15 for adults, $12 for seniors and military...
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encyclopedia articles on: Anacreon  - 9 results

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Anacreon
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ANACREON nak re n, on, c.570 c.485 b.c., Greek lyric poet, b. Teos in...love. Little of his verse survives. Anacreontics, poems in the style of Anacreon, were written from Hellenistic to late Byzantine times...
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Chiabrera, Gabriello
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...kyabre ra, 1552 1638?, Italian poet. He adapted classical forms to Italian verse and wrote graceful lyrics in the manner of Anacreon. Wordsworth translated some of his verse. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press...
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Greek Music
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...The earliest known musician was Terpander of Lesbos (7th cent. b.c.). The lyric art of Archilochus , Sappho , and Anacreon was also musical in nature. In the 6th cent. b.c., choral music was used in the drama, for which Pindar developed the...
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Aristarchus of Samothrace
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...frequent quotations by ancient critics provide an insight into his subjects and method. His works cover such writers as Alcaeus, Anacreon, Pindar, Hesiod, and the tragedians. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press...
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Hipparchus , Athenian Political Figure
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...tyrant of Athens, in ruling the Athenian city-state. Under Hippias he was a patron of the arts and sponsored the poets Anacreon and Simonides. He was slain by Harmodius and Aristogiton because of his personal vices...
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