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A comprehensive overview of medieval music from the 5th to the 15th century, with a focus on Western Europe. Includes names, lifetimes, nationalities, musical schools and surviving works of major composers, such as Notker the Stammerer, Hildegard of Bingen, Philippe de Vitry and Guillaume de Machaut.
A comprehensive list of composers who worked in the 15th and 16th centuries, the second major period of Western classical music. The list includes nationality, lifetime, works and remarks for each composer, as well as links to related articles.
Aphra Behn (/ ˈ æ f r ə b ɛ n /; [a] bapt. 14 December 1640 [1] [2] – 16 April 1689) was an English playwright, poet, prose writer and translator from the Restoration era.As one of the first English women to earn her living by her writing, she broke cultural barriers and served as a literary role model for later generations of women authors.
Henry Purcell (1659-1695) was an English composer of Baroque music, considered among the greatest English opera composers. He wrote anthems, odes, songs, and chamber operas, such as Dido and Aeneas, and influenced many later musicians.
Charles Lamb (1775-1834) was an English essayist, poet, and antiquarian, best known for his Essays of Elia and Tales from Shakespeare. He was a friend and contemporary of many literary figures, such as Coleridge, Wordsworth, and Hazlitt.
Euripides was a Greek tragedian of classical Athens, one of the three ancient Greek tragedians for whom any plays have survived in full. He is known for his innovations in drama, his focus on character psychology, and his association with Socrates and Macedonia.
Learn about the history, script and languages of the Phoenician alphabet, one of the first abjads used across the Mediterranean civilization. The article covers the origins, adaptations and variations of the Phoenician script, as well as its relation to the Greek alphabet.
Learn about the origins, development and achievements of Latin literature, from the early adaptations of Greek drama to the golden age of Cicero and Virgil. Explore the essays, histories, poems, plays and other writings in the Latin language from ancient Rome to the Middle Ages.