Introduction to Humanities II

Today the quiz question was: what is the difference between depression and despair? Our theory to explore today was Romanticism. After discussing it a bit using Isaiah Berlin as my text - (see the link for writing assignment five) we looked at quite a few examples of it in musical drama. Verdi, Puccini, Andrew Lloyd Weber, Mahler (is Mahler an example?) we listened to diva after diva dying either alone or with her beau.