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A gnome is a mythical creature characterized by its small stature and subterranean lifestyle. According to Paracelsus, gnomes are the most important of the elemental spirits of the classical element earth, and they move as easily through the earth as humans walk upon it. The sun's rays turn them into stone. In other traditions, they are simply small, mischievous sprites or goblins. Some sources claim they spe ...

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The first garden gnomes were introduced to the United Kingdom in 1847 by Sir Charles Isham, when he brought 21 terracotta figures back from a trip to Germany and placed them as ornaments in the gardens of his home, Lamport Hall in Northamptonshire. Only one of the original batch of gnomes survives: Lampy as he is known, is on display at Lamport Hall, and is insured for one million pounds. Garden gnomes have become a popular accessory in many gardens, although they are not loved by all. They are often the target of pranks ...

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Prolog: A circus ringmaster introduces the various animals in his menagerie. The last is Lulu herself, who is carried on stage and introduced as a snake. Lulu opera - Act I. Scene 1: Lulu, the wife of Dr. Goll, an elderly doctor, is having her portrait painted. Dr. Schön, a newspaper editor who rescued Lulu from the gutter and with whom she is now having an affair, is also present. Presently, his son Alwa arrives, excuses himself, and he and Dr. Schön leave. The Painter makes heavy passes at Lulu. Dr. Goll unexpectly walks in, and finding the two of them alone, promptl ...

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Lulu opera, Lulu opera - Conception and composition, Lulu opera - Synopsis, Lulu opera - Act I, Lulu opera - Act II, Lulu opera - Act III, Lulu opera - Structure, Lulu opera - The tone rows

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The large-scale structure of Lulu is often said to be like a mirror - Lulu's popularity in the first act is mirrored by the squalor she lives in in Act III, and this is emphasised by Lulu's husbands in Act I being played by the same singers as her clients in Act III. This mirror-like structure is further emphasised by the film interlude at Act II at the very centre of the work. The events shown in the film are a miniature version of the mirror structure of the opera as a whole (Lulu enters prison and then leaves again) and the ...

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Lulu opera, Lulu opera - Conception and composition, Lulu opera - Synopsis, Lulu opera - Act I, Lulu opera - Act II, Lulu opera - Act III, Lulu opera - Structure, Lulu opera - The tone rows

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Berg first saw Die Büchse der Pandora in 1905 in a production by Karl Kraus, but did not begin work on his opera until 1929, after he had completed his other opera, Wozzeck. He worked steadily on the score until 1935, when the death of Manon Gropius, the daughter of Walter Gropius and Alma Mahler, prompted him to break off work to write his Violin Concerto. Berg completed the violin concerto swiftly, but the time he spent on that meant he was unable to complete the opera before his death later in 1935 – he had ...

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Lulu opera, Lulu opera - Conception and composition, Lulu opera - Synopsis, Lulu opera - Act I, Lulu opera - Act II, Lulu opera - Act III, Lulu opera - Structure, Lulu opera - The tone rows

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