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The Art of Soul with Kayleen Asbo Dante’s Divine Comedy. Fridays at St John’s in Petaluma at 7 pm Begins March 9 with a free open house and introduction. Apollo, Dionysus, Nietzsche and Music History. Kayleen Asbo.
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The Art of Soul with Kayleen Asbo Dante’s Divine Comedy Fridays at St John’s in Petaluma at 7 pm Begins March 9 with a free open house and introduction
Apollo,Dionysus,Nietzscheand MusicHistory Kayleen Asbo
“Music has a power of forming the character, and should therefore be introduced into the education of the young.” "Any musical innovation is full of danger to the whole state, and ought to be prohibited . . . when modes of music change, the fundamental laws of the state always change with them.“ (Aristotle, The Politics, translated by T. A. Sinclair)
The “impossible” Tristan und Isolde and conductor Hans von Bulow-it took eight years to bring it to stage
“The Birth of Tragedy presented a view of the Greeks so alien to the spirit of the time and to the ideals of its scholarship that it blighted Nietzsche's entire academic career. It provoked pamphlets and counter-pamphlets attacking him on the grounds of common sense, scholarship and sanity. For a time, Nietzsche, then a professor of classical philology at the University of Basel , had no students in his field. His lectures were sabotaged by German philosophy professors who advised their students not to show up for Nietzsche's courses.”-Marianne Cowan
What is Valued?Apollo : Intellect, Light, Elegance, GraceDionysus: Raw Emotion, Tragedy, Darkness, IntensityOracle at Delphi: Never Leave the Middle
Orpheus- son of Apollo, priest of DionysusSymbol the snake and the egg
The more you can hold sorrow, the better you can find joy-William Blake
Apollo God of Light, the Sun, medicine, architecture, mathematics Order, balance, harmony, clarity Abstract thought Refined, elegant Major key mode Clearly defined meter Regular, moderate rhythm String instruments (lyre, kithara)
ApolloPetrous Tabouris EnsembleParthenio Ton AlkmanThe Head- intellectLyre (strings)BalanceEleganceModerationClarity and logicSymmetry , proportionMajor key modePredictable rhythm and melodyCivilization: form and rulesGod of sun and lightLyric poetry- rhyme
Dionysus- God of: Tragedy and Comedy, Stillness and mania, music, Ecstasy, wine, paradox, wildness, nature, Dismemberment, the Raw
Dionysian Mask, 2nd century BCE: Arts as Religion, not Entertainment