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Propylrea: *
The structure consists of a central building with 2 adjoining wings on the west (outer) side, one to the north & 1 to the south. The core is the central building, having a double facade with 6 Doric columns both to the western entry portal & the eastern egress portal. The central building contains the gate wall, with 5 gates, 1 for the central passageway (unpaved, which lay along the natural level of the ground), and 2 either side at the level of the building's eastern porch. The central passageway was the culmination of the Sacred Way, which led to the Acropolis from Eleusis.
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Wagner (his music too simple): *
A leitmotif is a brief musical theme often repeated, a short tune, a rhythm or a chord linked in the musical story with a person, thing or idea. Wagner did not invent them but he did popularize their use, in particular thru his operas the Ring cycle. Hanslick (1825-1904) was a prominent participant in the "War of the Romantics". This conflict, beginning in the 1850s, saw the music world divided between the progressives & conservatives. The latter (represented by Hanslick) included Brahms, Joachim, Clara Schumann & the Leipzig Conservatoire. Their opponents were the radical progressives of Weimar, Liszt, Wagner & the New German School. Their battle ground was over the limits of chromatic harmony & program music versus absolute music