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... drama , ' Hellas ' , in- spired by the struggle of Greece for free- dom . He had also been at work on the drama , ' Charles I ' , which remained unfinished . On 8 July 1822 he was drowned , in his 30th year , while sailing near Spezzia ...
... drama , ' Hellas ' , in- spired by the struggle of Greece for free- dom . He had also been at work on the drama , ' Charles I ' , which remained unfinished . On 8 July 1822 he was drowned , in his 30th year , while sailing near Spezzia ...
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... drama in the trilogy of Mary Queen of Scots , appeared in 1874 , and ' Erectheus ' , a second drama in the Greek form , in 1876. The second series of ' Poems and Ballads ' , more subdued in tone and subject than the first , was ...
... drama in the trilogy of Mary Queen of Scots , appeared in 1874 , and ' Erectheus ' , a second drama in the Greek form , in 1876. The second series of ' Poems and Ballads ' , more subdued in tone and subject than the first , was ...
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... Drama ' ( 1851 ) , exerted a powerful influence on German music and literature . He created , or at least reformed , musical drama by combining the spoken drama with the old ' opera ' in which music was the sole aim . Choosing mythical ...
... Drama ' ( 1851 ) , exerted a powerful influence on German music and literature . He created , or at least reformed , musical drama by combining the spoken drama with the old ' opera ' in which music was the sole aim . Choosing mythical ...
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