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Happily Ever After? Singing and Dancing Cinderella

Why has the Cinderella story given rise to so many...

A glass slipper on a red cushion, a pumpkin, a clock, pearls, a lace glove, and two mice in a dark, whimsical setting

Alice’s Adventures in Musical Adaptation

Walt Disney spent nearly three decades working on Alice in...

A whimsical tea party scene with floating roses and a Mad Hatter's hat

The Nutcracker’s Musical Magic

What musical tools does Tchaikovsky use to illustrate magic in...

A traditional wooden nutcracker soldier stands in front of a festive red sparkly background

Limitarianism and Capitalism

Limitarianism holds that it is immoral to have personal wealth...

Toy man with flag standing on top of a large pile of paper money

Shakespeare’s Musical Fairies

Written in the era of the founding of Gresham College...

Fairy dancing in forest under full moon

The Virtues of Music

This dialogue presents the what and why of Ancient Greek...

From Machiavelli to Nietzsche: How Modern Thinkers Saw Ancient Lawgivers

For many modern thinkers, the lawgiver has been important as...

five statues below a cartoon image of a lightbulb

The Operatic Showstopper: ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’

This lecture considers ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ from Carousel (1945)...

a carousel with horses

The LGBT+ Showstopper: ‘I Am What I Am’

Composed by Jerry Herman of Hello, Dolly! fame, ‘I Am...

a man applying himself with makeup

Divine Law, Human Prophet: Moses in Hebrew and Greek

The Hebrew lawgiver Moses was compared to ancient Greek lawgivers...

Engraving of Moses holding the ten commandements before his brethren