Looking back at the vast discography of the great Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, we're ranking the entirety of their 18 studio ...

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Orpheus was a musician of unparalleled talent, his melodies so exquisite that they could make the very stars pause in their celestial dance. He plucked his string kithara with grace, he played his ...

According to the program booklet, Corelli was known by his contemporaries as “The New Orpheus.” And this aptly describes Corelli early in the eighteenth century. His music and violin-playing shaped ...

Hermes gave the lyre to Apollo, the god of wisdom and the arts. Apollo then gave it to Orpheus because of his great skill as a musician. Orpheus’s music was so splendid that it could subdue the stark ...

The Orpheus Mosaic, which was discovered on Barton Farm just outside Cirencester and is now at the Corinium Museum, depicts the mythological character Orpheus with his lyre, surrounded by wild animals ...

But Charon, the ferryman of the riverboat that leads souls to the underworld, refuses to transport a living human. Yet when Orpheus plays his lyre, Charon can’t resist. Charon obliges and Orpheus ...

The Myth Apollo gave his son Orpheus a lyre of gold and tortoise shell. Orpheus mastered the instrument so completely that no one and nothing could resist his playing and singing: The animals of ...

Painting by Edward Poynter. Public Domain Orpheus, the son of god of music and healing, Apollo, and muse Calliope, was the greatest bard, mystic, and prophet in ancient Greek mythology. He had the ...