Friday, June 27, 2008
RANDOM E BRITANNICA POST
CHOLERA-no read
CHONS- egyptian god. also Khons or Khonsou. identified w/ Aah the moon + greeks called him chon. a form of heracles. representented young, wearing lock of hair at right side of head + skullcap w/fall + dichotomized lunar disk or hawk headed w/ same moon. holds crook + whip. celestial + connected w/ Thoth.
CHOPIN, FREDERICK FRANCOIS-1810-1849 composer + pianist. b in poland. french origin, but his music slavonic or polish. melancholic. blah blah mostly solo compositions. no symphonies. his personal life simple. his early instruction under Ziwna, a passionate admirer of bach. supported by prince Antoine Radziwill. introduced ch into society. never wanted to be popular. bush in his private world. while at cllege, instructed by joseph elsner + in 1829 went to vienna to debut. instant success. 1831 left vienna to visit london, but stopped in paris + settled there. became a society favorite. connected w/madame dulevant(george sand). in 1837, health began to fail, sand went w/ him to majorca + due to her care he recovered. last 10 years a struggle w/ his pulmonary disease, to which he succumbed. year before his death, visited england, where he was received by numerous admirers.
