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lyric

(Encyclopedia)lyric, in ancient Greece, a poem accompanied by a musical instrument, usually a lyre. Although the word is still often used to refer to the songlike quality in poetry, it is more generally used to ref...

Lyric Opera of Chicago

(Encyclopedia)Lyric Opera of Chicago, opera company founded 1954 as the Lyric Theatre of Chicago; it was renamed prior to its 1956 season. The company performs at the ornate Lyric Opera House, formerly the Civic Op...

Ibycus

(Encyclopedia)Ibycus b´ks [key], fl. before 500 BC, Greek lyric poet, b. Rhegium, S Italy. The extant fragments of his work contain the earliest-known example of the triadic choral lyric. He spent some time ...

poetry

(Encyclopedia)poetry. For lyric poetry, see ballad; elegy; hymn; lyric; ode; pastoral; sonnet. For narrative poetry, see chansons de geste; epic; idyl; romance. Dramatic poetry is incidentally treated in the articl...

canzone

(Encyclopedia)canzone käntsô´n [key] or canzona–nä [key], in literature, Italian term meaning lyric or song. It is used to designate such various literary forms as Provençal troubadour poems and the lyrics...

Cernuda, Luis

(Encyclopedia)Cernuda, Luis loos´ thrnoo´ä [key], 1904–63, Spanish poet. Cernuda fled Spain after the Spanish civil war and taught abroad. His works include La realidad y el deseo [reality and desir...

Lenau, Nikolaus

(Encyclopedia)Lenau, Nikolaus n´klous l´nou [key], pseud. of Nikolaus Niembsch Edler von Strehlenaunmpsh d´lr fn shtr´lnou [key], 1802–50, Austrian romantic poet, b. Hungary. He is considere...

Playfair, Sir Nigel

(Encyclopedia)Playfair, Sir Nigel n´jl pl´fâr [key], 1874–1934, English actor-manager. He made his acting debut in 1902 and later appeared in major London productions of Shaw and Shakespeare. He took on ...

Heidenstam, Verner von

(Encyclopedia)Heidenstam, Verner von vr´nr fn h´dnstäm [key], 1859–1940, Swedish lyric poet, novelist, and essayist. His first volume of poetry, Pilgrimage and Wanderyears (1888), challenged the cont...

Liliencron, Detlev, Freiherr von

(Encyclopedia)Liliencron, Detlev, Freiherr von dt´lf fr´hr fn l´lynkrôn [key], 1844–1909, German lyric poet, b. Schleswig-Holstein. First a Prussian army officer and later a minor government off...