Article ID: CBB437661567

The Seven Sisters: a Pleiades cantata (2021)

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A nineteenth century cantata inspired by the ancient Greek mythology of the Pleiades (Πλήίάδες) is analysed for the first time. While it was very much an expression of the Victorian culture of the United States, it also served as a vehicle to promote the Central Star hypothesis of the German astronomer Johann Heinrich von Maedler.

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Authors & Contributors
Hui, Alexandra
Abbri, Ferdinando
Ash, Mitchell G.
Aveni, Anthony F.
Barbieri, Patrizio
Campen, Crétien van
Journals
Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte
Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology
Endeavour: Review of the Progress of Science
Galilæana: Journal of Galilean Studies
Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies
Journal of the American Musical Instrument Society
Publishers
MIT Press
University of Toronto
Johns Hopkins University Press
Leuven University Press
Oxford University Press
Yale University Press
Concepts
Music
Science and music
Science and culture
Astronomy
Music theory
Mythology
People
Caland, Elisabeth
Darwin, Charles Robert
Darwin, Emma Wedgwood
Freud, Sigmund
Galilei, Galileo
Haydn, Franz Joseph
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
20th century
16th century
20th century, early
21st century
Places
Africa
Europe
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
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