Mastodawn

Musical Interlude: Here's another long-form video to play while you're doing something else, and it's another Berlioz symphony. This was written at the encouragement of Paganini and is based on a poem by Lord Byron, so it's got crazy Romantic cred.

The four movements depict various scenes in Italy witnessed by Byron's Childe Harold: A scene in the mountains, a march of pilgrims, a serenade by a mountaineer, and finally, an orgy of bandits. (Hey, it's Berlioz AND Byron, what do you expect?)

"Harold en Italie," composed by Hector Berlioz, performed by the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4NC4E5RXik&t=35s

#MusicalInterlude #ClassicalMusic #HectorBerlioz #LordByron #NiccoloPaganini #Symphony #Romanticism

Berlioz: Harold en Italie ∙ hr-Sinfonieorchester ∙ Antoine Tamestit ∙ Eliahu Inbal

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Anthony 5d ago

Ah ! À toute époque, ce maudit besoin de héros !

Lord Byron, Don Juan, Chant I (1819)
Texte original (anglais)
I want a hero: an uncommon want,
When every year and month sends forth a new one,
Till, after cloying the gazettes with cant,
The age discovers he is not the true one;
Of such as these I should not care to vaunt [...]
Traduction française
J’ai besoin d’un héros. — Besoin singulier quand chaque année, chaque mois nous en apporte un nouveau, qui, après avoir fatigué le bavardage des gazettes, cesse bientôt d’être l’objet de l’admiration du siècle désabusé. De cette espèce-là, je ne me soucie guère d’en parler [...]
Sources :
- https://archive.org/details/lordbyronsdonjua00byrouoft
- https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Don_Juan_(Byron)/Chant_premier

#littérature #poésie #LordByron #Byron

Lord Byron's Don Juan : Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Library copy missing p.453-456

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caoimhín scott Dec 12

Interior pics of Palácio de Monserrate, a palatial villa near #lisboa #portugal. Built from the ruins of a #neogothic palace built in 1789 and visited by #lordbyron, the current #palace was designed by architect #jamesknowles for Francis Cook, 1st Viscount of Monserrate. The design of the home displays #romanticism and #mudéjar #moorishrevival architecture with neo-gothic elements
#eclecticism #artandarchitecture
#artsavestheworld

Historia, relatos y ficción Dec 4

Frankenstein sigue vivo: Lord Byron, Godwin, Mary Shelley y su advertencia sobre el peor monstruo, que no quiso morir y cuya hambre es infinita.

👁️‍🗨️ LÉELO EN ESTE ENLACE: https://historiarelatosyficcion.com/2025/12/04/lord-byron-godwin-mary-shelley-y-una-criatura-que-nos-devora-un-monstruo-en-nuestro-mundo/

#literartura #Historia #Romanticismo #Frankestein #Historiarelatosyficcion
#lordbyron #maryshelleysfrankenstein #maryshelley #johnmilton #Godwin #anarquismo #historiarelatosyficción #novelas

caoimhín scott Nov 27

Palácio de Monserrate is a palatial villa near #lisboa #portugal. Built from the ruins of a #neogothic palace built in 1789 and visited by #lordbyron, the current #palace was designed by architect #jamesknowles
for Francis Cook, 1st Viscount of Monserrate. The design of the home displays #romanticism and #mudéjar #moorishrevival architecture with neo-gothic elements
#eclecticism #artandarchitecture
#artsavestheworld

The Forest Before Us Nov 20

"There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,
There is a rapture on the lonely shore,
There is society, where none intrudes,
By the deep sea, and music in its roar:
I love not Man the less, but Nature more"
-Lord Byron
#photography #poetry #literature #nature #quotes #river #LordByron