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Bertolt Brecht: Encyclopedia - Bertolt Brecht

Bertolt Brecht (February 10, 1898 – August 14, 1956) was an influential German dramatist, stage director, and poet of the 20th century. Bertolt Brecht - Life and career. Born in Augsburg, Bavaria, Brecht studied medicine and worked briefly as an orderly in a hospital in Munich during World War I. After the war he moved to Berlin where an influential critic, Herbert Ihering, brought him to the attention of a public longing for modern theater. Brecht's first two plays, Baal and Drums in the Night< ...

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Bertolt Brecht - Life and career

Bertolt Brecht - Nazi Germany and World War II

Bertolt Brecht - Cold War and East Germany

Bertolt Brecht - Later life

Bertolt Brecht - Impact

Bertolt Brecht - Theory of theatre

Bertolt Brecht - Major works

Bertolt Brecht - Links

Bertolt Brecht: Encyclopedia II - Bertolt Brecht - Life and career

Born in Augsburg, Bavaria, Brecht studied medicine and worked briefly as an orderly in a hospital in Munich during World War I. After the war he moved to Berlin where an influential critic, Herbert Ihering, brought him to the attention of a public longing for modern theater. Brecht's first two plays, Baal and Drums in the Night, had already had performances in Munich, and he got to know Erich Engel, a director who worked with him off and on for the rest of his life. In Berlin, In the Jungle of the Cities, starring Fritz ...

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Bertolt Brecht: Encyclopedia - 1898

Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). 1898 - Events. January 1 - New York City annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York. The city is geographically divided into five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Qu ...

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1898 - January to March

1898 - April to June

1898 - July to September

1898 - October to December

1898 - Unknown dates

1898 - Deaths

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Bertolt Brecht: Encyclopedia - African cinema

The term African cinema usually refers to the film production in countries south of the Sahara since they gained formal independence, which for many countries happened in the 1960s. Some of the countries which belong geographically to Africa, especially Egypt had devolped a national film industry much earlier. Often African Cinema also includes African directors living in the diaspora. African cinema - Film in Africa during the colonial era. Africa was and still is the continent of projections. Like ...

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African cinema - Film in Africa during the colonial era

African cinema - 60s and 70s

African cinema - Conditions of Production and Reception

African cinema - The way African film makers see themselves and their mission

African cinema - Women Directors

African cinema - more recent developments

African cinema - Key Topics

African cinema - Directors by country

African cinema - Bibliography

African cinema - Films about African Cinema

Bertolt Brecht: Encyclopedia - Auferstanden aus Ruinen

Auferstanden aus Ruinen (Risen from the Ruins) was the national anthem of East Germany (German Democratic Republic, German: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, DDR). It was composed by Hanns Eisler and the text was written by the poet Johannes R. Becher who later became minister of education. The text was written specifically so it also could be sung to the melody of Das Lied der Deutschen, the previous (and present-day) German anthem. Surprisingly, the much more influential dramatist and poet Bertolt Brecht was not asked to write ...

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Auferstanden aus Ruinen - German lyrics

Auferstanden aus Ruinen - English translation

Auferstanden aus Ruinen - External link

Bertolt Brecht: Encyclopedia - August 14

August 14 is the 226th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (227th in leap years), with 139 days remaining. August 14 - Events. 1040 - King Duncan I of Scotland is killed in battle against his cousin and successor Macbeth 1183 - Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures and flee to western Japan to escape pursuit by the Minamoto clan. (Traditional Japanese date: Twenty-fifth Day of the Seventh Month of ...

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August 14 - Events

August 14 - Births

August 14 - Deaths

August 14 - Holidays and observances

Bertolt Brecht: Encyclopedia - Baal

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Baal - Non-religious usage of the word Ba'al

Baal - Deities called Ba‘al and Ba‘alat

Baal - Ba'al of Carthage

Baal - Ba‘al as a divine title in Israel and Judah

Baal - Multiple Ba‘als and ‘Ashtarts

Baal - Use of the word Ba‘al

Baal - Ba'al as a demon

Baal - Ba'al Zebûb

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Bertolt Brecht: Encyclopedia - Ballad

A ballad is a story in a song, usually a narrative song or poem. It is a rhythmic saga of a past affair, which may be heroic, romantic or satirical, political (affected by the previous three types mentioned, refers to either glorifying the exploits or causes of a particular leader or group, and is typical of totalitarian political systems), almost inevitably catastrophic, which is related in the third person, usually with foreshortened alternating four- and three-stress lines ('ballad meter') and simple repeating rhymes, and often wit ...

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Ballad - Origin and form

Ballad - Characteristics

Ballad - Broadsheet ballads

Ballad - Murder ballads

Ballad - Border ballads

Ballad - Literary ballads

Ballad - Ballad opera

Ballad - Jazz ballad

Ballad - Power ballad

Ballad - Famous ballads

Ballad - External Resources

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Bertolt Brecht: Encyclopedia - Bard Soviet Union

The term bard (барды) came to be used in the Soviet Union in the early 1960s (and continues to be used in Russia today) for popular poets and singers who wrote songs outside the Soviet establishment. Bard poetry differs from other poetry mainly in the fact that it is sung along with a simple guitar melody as opposed to being spoken. Another difference is that this form of poetry focuses less on style and more on meaning. This means that fewer stylistic devices are used, and the poetry often takes the form of narrative. What separ ...

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Bard Soviet Union - Types of songs

Bard Soviet Union - Tourist song

Bard Soviet Union - Political song

Bard Soviet Union - Outlaw song

Bard Soviet Union - Other songs

Bard Soviet Union - Famous bards of Soviet epoch

Bard Soviet Union - Pictures

Bertolt Brecht: Encyclopedia - Seven deadly sins

The seven deadly sins, also known as the capital vices or cardinal sins, suggest a classification of vices and were enumerated in their present form by Thomas Aquinas in the 13th century. Seven deadly sins - History. The seven deadly sins were first introduced by St. Gregory the Great in Moralia in Job. The sins were derived from the eight evil thoughts as described by Greek monastic theologian Evagrius of Pontus, and the eight principal vices as described by St. John Cassian. Th ...

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Seven deadly sins - History

Seven deadly sins - The Sins

Seven deadly sins - The punishments

Seven deadly sins - Associations with demons

Seven deadly sins - In modern popular culture

Bertolt Brecht: Encyclopedia - 1976 in music

See also: 1975 in music, other events of 1976, 1977 in music, 1970s in music and the list of 'years in music' 1976 in music - Events. 1976 in music - January-February. January 7 - Kenneth Moss, a former record company executive, is sentenced to 120 days in the Los Angeles County Jail and four years probation for involuntary manslaughter in the 1974 drug induced death of Average White Band drummer Robbie McIntosh. January 13 - A trial begins for seven Brunswick Rec ...

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1976 in music - Events

1976 in music - January-February

1976 in music - March-April

1976 in music - May-December

1976 in music - unknown dates

1976 in music - Albums released

1976 in music - Chronological Table of US and UK Number One Hit Singles

1976 in music - Other significant singles

1976 in music - Published popular music

1976 in music - Classical music

1976 in music - Opera

1976 in music - Musical theater

1976 in music - Musical films

1976 in music - Births

1976 in music - Deaths

1976 in music - Awards

1976 in music - Grammy Awards

1976 in music - Country Music Association Awards

1976 in music - Eurovision Song Contest

Bertolt Brecht: Encyclopedia - Christian Dietrich Grabbe

Christian Dietrich Grabbe (December 11, 1801 – September 12, 1836) was a German dramatist. He was born in Detmold, Germany. He wrote many historical plays and is also known for his use of satire and irony. He wanted to be Germany's greatest poet, which is probably why he became an alcoholic. He also suffered from an unhappy marriage. Heinrich Heine saw him as one of Germany's foremost dramatists; he called him "a drunken Shakespeare". Even though Bertolt Brecht wanted to stage Grabbe's "Hannibal", the National Socialists saw ...

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Christian Dietrich Grabbe - Works

Bertolt Brecht: Encyclopedia - Walter Benjamin

Walter Benjamin (July 15, 1892-September 27, 1940) was a German Jewish Marxist literary critic and philosopher. He was at times associated with the Frankfurt School of critical theory, and was also greatly inspired by the Marxism of Bertolt Brecht and the Jewish mysticism of Gershom Scholem. Walter Benjamin - Life and work. Benjamin was known during his life lastly for his philosophical essays and as a critic. As a sociological and cultural critic he combined ideas of Jewish mysticism with historical materi ...

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Walter Benjamin - Life and work

Walter Benjamin - Bibliography

Bertolt Brecht: Encyclopedia - V TV series

V was a 1983 U.S. science fiction television miniseries written and directed by Kenneth Johnson and first shown on NBC. It starred Jane Badler, Marc Singer, Faye Grant, Michael Ironside, Michael Durrell, Jenny Sullivan, Richard Herd, Peter Nelson, David Packer, Blair Tefkin, Diane Civita and Robert Englund. It was followed by a sequel in 1984, V: The Final Battle and a TV series, V (sometimes referred to as V: The Series) during the 1984-1985 TV season. V TV series - Premise. Hum ...

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V TV series - Premise

V TV series - Influences

V TV series - V: the two miniseries

V TV series - V: The Series

V TV series - Episode Guide V: The Series

V TV series - Trivia

V TV series - Books and Comics

Bertolt Brecht: Encyclopedia - Utpal Dutt

Utpal Dutt (Bangla: উত্পল দত্ত) (March 29, 1929, Barisal in the then Undivided Bengal -- August 19, 1993, Calcutta, India) was an Indian actor, director and writer. He studied English literature at the St. Xavier's College, affiliated to the University of Calcutta. He was active primarily in Bengali theatre, but did tour several times with the Shakespearean International Theatre Company. Dutt staged what he called "Epic Theatre" (a term he borrowed from Bertolt Brecht) to bring about discussion and change in B

Bertolt Brecht: Encyclopedia - UI

UI is an acronym for: user interface University of Indonesia | homepage University of Idaho | homepage University of Illinois | homepage University of Iowa | homepage An alternate symbol for the international unit (IU) Universal Indicator Unit Intervals (Serial Data Communication) Unemployment Insurance Ui is also a surname: Arturo Ui, a fictional character from The Resistible R ...

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Bertolt Brecht: Encyclopedia - Weimar culture

Weimar Republic refers to the years (1919-1933) in German history. Politically and economically, the nation struggled with the terms and reparations imposed by the Treaty of Versailles (1918) that ended World War I, and endured punishing levels of inflation. 1920s Berlin was at the hectic center of the Weimar Culture. The fourteen years of the Weimar were also marked by explosive intellectual productivity. German artists made significant cultural contributions in the fields of literature, art, architecture, music, dance, drama, and the new medium of the motion picture. Political theorist Ernst Bloc ...

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Weimar culture - Notable Cultural Figures of the Weimar Era

Weimar culture - Art

Weimar culture - Architecture

Weimar culture - Literature

Weimar culture - Music

Weimar culture - Theater and Film

Weimar culture - Intellectuals

Bertolt Brecht: Encyclopedia - Paris Commune

The term "Paris Commune" originally referred to the government of Paris during the French Revolution. However, the term more commonly refers to the socialist government that briefly ruled Paris from March 18 (more formally from March 26) to May 28, 1871. In a formal sense the Paris Commune of 1871 was simply the local authority (council of a town or district - French "commune") which exercised power in Paris for two months in the spring of 1871. But the conditions in which it was formed, its controversial decrees ...