Night. Nurse Varka, a girl of about 13, shakes the cradle and sings a lullaby a little audibly. The child cries and does not fall asleep, Varka wants to sleep, but if she falls asleep, the owners will kill her. She dreams, as people walk along the road, and then fall and fall asleep. Then … Read more
Accompaniment (accompanian accompaniment) is a musical background to the basic Melody, which in the work is of secondary importance. Accord (italian accordo, French accord – consent) – consonance, the sounding of several (not less than three) musical tones, taken, as a rule, simultaneously. A. are divided into consonant and dissonant (see Consonance and Dissonance). Act … Read more
Jean de Lafontaine – French poet, writer, illustrious fabulist, member of the French Academy – was born in Champagne, Chateau-Thierry July 8, 1621. His father was a state forester, so the childhood of the future celebrity passed on nature. Jean received his primary education in a village school, then in a Reims college. Later I … Read more
In our times, at the beginning of the twentieth century, the prophets divorced so much that, one by one, you will inadvertently fulfill someone’s prediction. Yes, just spit somewhere – and it turns out that you spit in the prophecy! And yet the majority of mankind, consisting of normal people who prefer to live their … Read more
E. Hemingway Cat in the Rain The action takes place in Italy, in a seaside hotel. The main characters are Americans, a married couple. The husband’s name is George, the author does not mention the name of his wife. The husband lies on the bed in the hotel room and reads the book. An American … Read more
On an autumn evening, the narrator rests with his friend Auguste Dupin and remembers his investigations into “Murders on Morgue Street” and “The Mysteries of Mary Roger.” Suddenly, an old acquaintance, the prefect of the Paris police, comes to them. The clerk of the order wants to consult with Dupin about the matter of state … Read more
The novel takes place in the twenties. On the outskirts of Madrid, which is adjacent to several urban cemeteries, live Manuel Alcazar with the widowed sister Ignacia and settled with them Salvador with a young brother Enrique. Manuel works as a typewriter in the printing house, Salvador works in the workshop of a ready-made children’s … Read more
THE ENEMIES OF FORCE Opera in five acts Libretto by AN Ostrovsky, PI Kalashnikov and NF Zhokhov Characters: Ilya, a rich Moscow merchant, living In the monastery with his brother Peter, son of Elijah Dasha, wife of Peter Agafon, father of Dasha, a posad from Vladimir Stepanida, mother of Dashi, a posad from Vladimir Afimya, … Read more
1. Ursus Ursus with the wolf Homo earn a living by entertaining visitors to fairs. A stray sixty-year-old philosopher is engaged in ventriloquism, fortune-telling, healing with the help of plants, playing comedies of his own composition and playing musical instruments. Guianas wolf from the breed of canoe-dogs shows different tricks and is a friend and … Read more
Ms Pernel leaves his son’s house in great indignation. She thinks that everyone will contradict her. She calls Dorin, the maid of her granddaughter, Mariana, a loud rude, her grandson Damis – a fool. In her granddaughter, Ms Pernel sees a demon hiding in a quiet pool, Elmira accuses her daughter-in-law of squandering, Orgon’s brother-in-law, … Read more