Purcell - Dido and Aeneas
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This is absolutely heart-wrenching :'( When my teacher played this scene for us in music lit, even the stoic men in the class appeared to be a little glassy-eyed. Yet it is so captivating that it wasn't until after it was over that I realized that there were tears running down my cheeks. If this isn't a perfect example of a literary masterpiece in the world of music, then I don't know what is!
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It's funny because i'm playing Dido in my Latin club play AND i'm related to Henry Purcell.
Still a beautiful song though.
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this is really beautiful.
I'm studying the Aeneid now (and i'd heard of the opera before) but this is so lovely and tragic. Purcell never disappoints. Nor does Virgil.
<3
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For my studies I am just reading Virgil's The Aeneid and found this quote following Aeneas leaving Dido in Carthage:
“Fate moves toward its end as inexorably as water flows down to the sea, it may be forced to change its course a little but it triumphs over every attempt to prevent its fulfilment.”
Beautiful!
Tilibit
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sorry i looked away and looked back and my dirty mind thought i saw dildo and aeneas.... you get the picture
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Ugh every time I hear this in music history class I want to cry! Because I hate music history class!
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To everyone who ever had his heart broken,this song should be dedicated to you.
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Correction about the lyrics :
When I am laid in earth
May my wrongs create
No trouble in thy breath
Forget my fate
Remember me
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szép.
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just read the Aneas and our professor put the opera dido's lament , what a sad love story it put my eyes on tears !!!!!!!
Ugh every time I hear this in music history class I want to cry! Beautiful.
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