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The chief vizier (father) Dunyazad (sister) Spouse. Shahryar. Children. 3 sons and 1 daughter. Other names. Shahrazad, Shahrzad. Scheherazade ( / ʃəˌhɛrəˈzɑːd, - də /) [1] is a major character and the storyteller in the frame narrative of the Middle Eastern collection of tales known as the One Thousand and One Nights .
Scheherazade in the palace of her husband, Shahryar. Scheherazade or Shahrazad (Persian: شهرزاد, Šahrzād, or شهرزاد, Šahrāzād, lit. ' child of the city ') [1] [2] is the legendary Persian queen who is the storyteller and narrator of The Nights. She is the daughter of the kingdom's vizier and the elder sister of Dunyazad.
Date. October 28, 1888. Scheherazade, also commonly Sheherazade (Russian: Шехеразада, romanized:Shekherazada, IPA: [ʂɨxʲɪrɐˈzadə] ), Op. 35, is a symphonic suite composed by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov in 1888 and based on One Thousand and One Nights (also known as The Arabian Nights). [1] This orchestral work combines two features ...
February 1845. " The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade " is a short-story by American author Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849). It was published in the February 1845 issue of Godey's Lady's Book and was intended as a partly humorous sequel to the celebrated collection of Middle Eastern tales One Thousand and One Nights. [1]
Shéhérazade (Ravel) Shéhérazade is the title of two works by the French composer Maurice Ravel. Both have their origins in the composer's fascination with Scheherazade, the heroine and narrator of The Arabian Nights. The first work, an overture (1898), Ravel's earliest surviving orchestral piece, was not well received at its premiere and ...
Song of Scheherazade is a 1947 American musical film directed by Walter Reisch. It tells the story of an imaginary episode in the life of the Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov ( Jean-Pierre Aumont ), in 1865, when he was a young naval officer on shore leave in Morocco. It also features Yvonne De Carlo as a Spanish dancer named Cara de ...
Scheherazade and Other Stories is the sixth studio album by the English progressive rock band Renaissance, released in 1975. Some critics consider it their best album, although others prefer earlier albums. [1] [2] This is the first album in which Renaissance (the Jon Camp/ Annie Haslam /Terrance Sullivan/John Tout version) did not use quotes ...
Antar. (Rimsky-Korsakov) Antar is a composition for symphony orchestra in four movements by the Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. He wrote the piece in 1868 but revised it in 1875 and 1891. He initially called the work his Symphony No. 2.