In primary school, I remember my principal being fixated on classical music, believing that early exposure to “advanced music” could boost our appreciation of art. One piece she often played through the school’s radio was “The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra,” composed by Benjamin Britten. The piece has stuck
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Library’s new catalogue opens 1,100 years of Chinese texts to 5C students
Beyond being a popular study spot, the Asian Library on the third floor of Honnold Mudd Library holds more than 16,000 volumes of Chinese ancient texts, from Buddhist sutras to Bible translations by Qing Dynasty missionaries. This summer, the library published an illustrated catalogue documenting the collection, which dates from 781 C.E. to 1911 C.E.
Poem of Ecstasy: Where does ‘The Turin Horse’ lead us?
Released in 2011 and directed by Hungarian director Béla Tarr, the film “The Turin Horse” follows six days in the life of an impoverished family in the Great Hungarian Plain.