Kategorie: Songs
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The Woman: Goddess or Predator?
Poems from Charles Baudelaires Collection of Poetry Les Fleurs du mal/7 The representation of female figures in Baudelaire’s work is distinctly ambiguous. The woman can appear as a man-eating femme fatale, but also as an angel-like being who promises salvation from the valley of earthly life. An Ambivalent Image of…
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The Scent of Eternity
Poems from Charles Baudelaires Collection of Poetry Les Fleurs du mal/4 Charles Baudelaire’s poetic flower garden exudes a great multitude of fragrances. The most exquisite of them enable us to achieve what Baudelaire regarded as the most noble goal of his poetry: they allow us to „catch a glimpse of…
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Russian Anti-War Songs
On the second anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine, Russian anti-war songs can serve as proof of something that today’s Kremlin rulers would probably condemn as „extremist“: that in Russia, too, there are people who detest war. In Russia, too, there is a strong tradition of anti-militarist thinking and poetry.…
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Indifference as the Enemy of Peace
León Gieco’s Argentine Peace Song Sólo le pido a Dios (The Only Thing I Ask of God) León Gieco’s peace hymn Sólo le pido a Dios (The Only Thing I Ask of God) was written against the backdrop of the Argentine military regime (1976 – 1983). However, the preconditions for…
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