Who wrote the Flight of the Bumble Bee
"he approached pianist Jack Fina, whose 1946 swing arrangement of Rimsky-Korsakov's ""Flight of the Bumble Bee"" for Freddy Martin and his Orchestra, called ""Bumble Boogie"" (RCA Victor 20-1829), had reached # 7 on the charts and been used in the 1948 Walt Disney animated film ""Melody Time"". Using Fina's arrangement, Fowley recorded pianist Ernie Freeman on two tracks, one using a grand piano for the rhythm part, while the other featured a ""tack piano"", a modified upright piano with tacks attached to the hammers to create a tinny ""honky tonk"" sound. The other musicians on the session, at Gold Star"
"David Helfgott. Flight of the Bumblebee ""Flight of the Bumblebee"" is an orchestral interlude written by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov for his opera ""The Tale of Tsar Saltan"", composed in 1899–1900. Its composition is intended to musically evoke the seemingly chaotic and rapidly changing flying pattern of a bumblebee. Despite the piece's being a rather incidental part of the opera, it is today one of the more familiar classical works because of its frequent use in popular culture. The piece closes Act III, Tableau 1, during which the magic Swan-Bird changes Prince Gvidon Saltanovich (the Tsar's son) into an insect so that"
"Flight of the Bumblebee ""Flight of the Bumblebee"" is an orchestral interlude written by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov for his opera ""The Tale of Tsar Saltan"", composed in 1899–1900. Its composition is intended to musically evoke the seemingly chaotic and rapidly changing flying pattern of a bumblebee. Despite the piece's being a rather incidental part of the opera, it is today one of the more familiar classical works because of its frequent use in popular culture. The piece closes Act III, Tableau 1, during which the magic Swan-Bird changes Prince Gvidon Saltanovich (the Tsar's son) into an insect so that he can"
"edition was published as an English translation, Song of the Bumblebee, by Bernad Ambrose and Ramashish Acharya on Scribd on July 12, 2010. https://picasaweb.google.com/115236660997226122050/GitamilindamSongOfTheBumblebee Gita milindam Gita-milindam,(गीतमिलिंदम्, Song of the Bumblebee) is a famous epic in Sanskrit written by Indian Poet, Manmohan Acharya. Gita milindam contains 15 gunjans (songs) in different melodious rhythms. The poet swept over untouched horizons and speaks for the common mass. The couple of bumble-bees are the natural singers and enjoyers of life's honey. By taking them as anchors of his presentation of poetic message, the poet has not only shown a creative technique but also"
"The Butterfly's Ball, and the Grasshopper's Feast The Butterfly's Ball, and the Grasshopper's Feast is a poem by William Roscoe, written in 1802, and telling the story of a party for insects and other small animals. Two anonymous sequels were ""The Peacock 'At Home' ""and ""The Lion's Masquerade and the Elephant's Champetre"", both initially credited to ""A Lady"", and describing similar parties for birds and large mammals. ""The Peacock 'At Home' ""was very popular and the 1809 edition revealled the author to be Catherine Ann Dorset The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast is also the title of a 1973"
"for the fastest performance of the ""Flight of the Bumblebee"" at the ""Just For Laughs"" festival in Montreal on 22 July 2011, playing the piece in 53 seconds. The song has a direct connection to martial arts master Bruce Lee, who starred on the radio program Green Hornet. ""Flight"" was the show's theme music, blended with a hornet buzz created on a Theremin. The play upon which the opera was based – written by Alexander Pushkin – originally had two more insect themes: the Flight of the Mosquito and the Flight of the Fly. Neither was made into musical pieces."
"his passions is music and I imagined him walking around humming to himself"". J. R. R. Tolkien, in his poem ""Errantry"", also used the name Dumbledor, but for a large bee-like creature. Among the many books for younger children are ""Bumble the Bee"" by Yvon Douran and Tony Neal (2014); ""Bertie Bumble Bee"" by K. I. Al-Ghani (2012); ""Ben the Bumble Bee: How do bees make honey?"" by Romessa Awadalla (2015); ""Bumble Bee Bob Has a Big Butt"" by Papa Campbell (2012); ""Buzz, Buzz, Buzz! Went Bumble-bee"" by Colin West (1997); ""Bumble Bee"" by Margaret Wise Brown (2000); ""How the"
"Juan Lembeye Juan Lembeye (Ferrol, 1816 – Culleredo, 1889) was a Spanish naturalist. Lembeye was the author of ""Aves de la Isla de Cuba"" (1850), the only book of bird illustrations to be published in Cuba. Born in Galicia, Lembeye lived in Cuba from the 1830s to the 1860s, and became interested in birds while he was there. The majority of the 38 drawings in Lembeye's book were copied from the royal octavo plates of John James Audubon; in some cases, he even copied the plants depicted in the background. Bee hummingbird was described in his book first time, ""Mellisuga"
"song by the Dave Matthews Band. The song features the themes of the monotony of everyday life being like ants marching endlessly to and fro. Both the theme and the music of the song are beloved by fans, being played over 1,000 times live in concert. Dave Matthews himself once declared, ""This song is our anthem."" The Irish folk singer Sinéad Lohan included the song ""Bee In The Bottle"" on her 1995 album ""Who Do You Think I Am"". Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov wrote ""Flight of the Bumblebee"" as an orchestral interlude for his opera ""The Tale of Tsar Saltan"", composed in"
"of her parody of Isaac Watts's well-known poem about honeybees, ""How Doth the Little Busy Bee"" (1715). Where Watts wrote ""How skilfully she builds her cell! How neat she spreads the wax!"", Dickinson's poem, ""The Bumble-Bee's Religion"" (1881) begins ""His little Hearse-like Figure / Unto itself a Dirge / To a delusive Lilac / The vanity divulge / Of Industry and Morals / And every righteous thing / For the divine Perdition / of Idleness and Spring."" The letter was said to have enclosed a dead bee. The entomologist Otto Plath wrote ""Bumblebees and Their Ways"" in 1934. His daughter,"
"The Fly (poem) ""The Fly"" is a poem written by the English poet William Blake. It was published as part of his collection ""Songs of Experience"" in 1794. It was set to music in 1965 by Benjamin Britten as part of his song cycle ""Songs and Proverbs of William Blake"". Esperanza Spalding recorded this poem on her 2010 album Chamber Music Society. Blake printed the poem with the text set in the branches of trees, an image of a nurse and a toddler in the foreground, and a girl with a racket about to hit a shuttlecock in the background."
"Gita milindam Gita-milindam,(गीतमिलिंदम्, Song of the Bumblebee) is a famous epic in Sanskrit written by Indian Poet, Manmohan Acharya. Gita milindam contains 15 gunjans (songs) in different melodious rhythms. The poet swept over untouched horizons and speaks for the common mass. The couple of bumble-bees are the natural singers and enjoyers of life's honey. By taking them as anchors of his presentation of poetic message, the poet has not only shown a creative technique but also suggested his attitude to life. Looking at his off-beat theme, none can deny that he is projecting the voice of the mass and hence"
"Otto Plath Otto Emil Plath (April 13, 1885 – November 5, 1940) was a German American author, a professor of biology and German at Boston University, and an entomologist, with a specific expertise on bees. He was the father of American poet Sylvia Plath, Warren Plath, and the husband of Aurelia Plath. He wrote the 1934 book, ""Bumblebees and Their Ways"". He is notable for being the probable subject of one of his daughter's most well-known poems, ""Daddy"". Otto Emil Plath was born on April 13, 1885 in Grabow, Germany. He was the oldest of six children of Theodore Plath,"
"The Fable of the Bees The Fable of The Bees: or, Private Vices, Public Benefits is a book by Bernard Mandeville, consisting of the poem ""The Grumbling Hive: or, Knaves turn’d Honest,"" along with prose discussion of the poem. The poem was published in 1705, and the book first appeared in 1714. The poem suggests many key principles of economic thought, including division of labor and the ""invisible hand"", seventy years before these concepts were more thoroughly elucidated by Adam Smith. Two centuries later, the noted economist John Maynard Keynes cited Mandeville to show that it was ""no new thing"
"hibernica"" (1744). Bernard Mandeville Bernard Mandeville, or Bernard de Mandeville (; 15 November 1670 – 21 January 1733), was an Anglo-Dutch philosopher, political economist and satirist. Born in Rotterdam, Netherlands, he lived most of his life in England and used English for most of his published works. He became famous for ""The Fable of the Bees"". Mandeville was born on 15 November 1670, at Rotterdam in the Netherlands, where his father was a prominent physician. On leaving the Erasmus school at Rotterdam he showed his ability by an ""Oratio scholastica de medicina"" (1685), and at Leiden University in 1689 he"
"Bernard Mandeville Bernard Mandeville, or Bernard de Mandeville (; 15 November 1670 – 21 January 1733), was an Anglo-Dutch philosopher, political economist and satirist. Born in Rotterdam, Netherlands, he lived most of his life in England and used English for most of his published works. He became famous for ""The Fable of the Bees"". Mandeville was born on 15 November 1670, at Rotterdam in the Netherlands, where his father was a prominent physician. On leaving the Erasmus school at Rotterdam he showed his ability by an ""Oratio scholastica de medicina"" (1685), and at Leiden University in 1689 he produced the"
"The Voyage of the Beagle The Voyage of the Beagle is the title most commonly given to the book written by Charles Darwin and published in 1839 as his Journal and Remarks, bringing him considerable fame and respect. This was the third volume of ""The Narrative of the Voyages of H.M. Ships Adventure and Beagle"", the other volumes of which were written or edited by the commanders of the ships. ""Journal and Remarks"" covers Darwin's part in the second survey expedition of the ship HMS ""Beagle"". Due to the popularity of Darwin's account, the publisher reissued it later in 1839"
"The Circus Bee ""The Circus Bee"" is a circus march composed by Henry Fillmore in February 1908. It is a technically advanced composition and is used as openers and encores in concerts. ""The Circus Bee"" was a celebration of sorts for the fact that Henry Fillmore and his father, who managed their publishing business, finally agreed that the young composer could publish his music ""at home"" even though it did not meet the elder Fillmore's standard of being religious music. The march is named after an imaginary circus newspaper and reflects Fillmore's lifelong interest in circuses and his varied experiences"
"to feature a bumblebee in his 1940 animated musical ""Fantasia"" and have it sound as if it were flying in all parts of the theater. This early attempt at ""surround sound"" was unsuccessful, and the music was excluded from the film's release. In 1599, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, someone, possibly Tailboys Dymoke, published ""Caltha Poetarum: Or The Bumble Bee"", under the pseudonym ""T. Cutwode"". This was one of nine books censored under the Bishop's Ban issued by the Archbishop of Canterbury John Whitgift and the Bishop of London Richard Bancroft. Emily Dickinson made a bumblebee the subject"
"viscosity at the scale of small insects meant even their small wings can move a very large volume of air relative to their size, and this reduces the power required to sustain flight by an order of magnitude. The orchestral interlude ""Flight of the Bumblebee"" was composed (c. 1900) by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. It represents the turning of Prince Guidon into a bumblebee so he can fly away to visit his father, Tsar Saltan, in the opera ""The Tale of Tsar Saltan"", although the music may reflect the flight of a bluebottle rather than a bumblebee. The music inspired Walt Disney"
"Waldemar Bonsels Waldemar Bonsels (21 February 1880 in Ahrensburg – 31 July 1952 in , Münsing) was a German writer. Waldemar Bonsels's most famous work is the children's book ""Die Biene Maja und ihre Abenteuer"" (""Maya the Bee and her Adventures"", translated as ""The Adventures of Maya the Bee""). This work also served the basis for a Japanese animated television series named ""Maya the Honey Bee"" in the mid-1970s, as well as a Croatian opera for children written by Bruno Bjelinski, making Bonsels work known to even a great audience. The Opera was staged in 2008 in Villach, Austria at"
"expedition. Horror films involving insects, sometimes called ""big bug movies"", include the pioneering 1954 ""Them!"", featuring giant ants mutated by radiation, and the 1957 ""The Deadly Mantis"". ""The Far Side"", a newspaper cartoon, has been used by professor of Michael Burgett as a teaching tool in his entomology class; ""The Far Side"" and its author Gary Larson have been acknowledged by biologist Dale H. Clayton his colleague for ""the enormous contribution"" Larson has made to their field through his cartoons. The ""Flight of the Bumblebee"" was written by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, in 1899–1900, as part of his opera, ""The Tale of"
"die"", a conclusion to which Paul Miner comments: ""Brain-death is real death"". The Fly (poem) ""The Fly"" is a poem written by the English poet William Blake. It was published as part of his collection ""Songs of Experience"" in 1794. It was set to music in 1965 by Benjamin Britten as part of his song cycle ""Songs and Proverbs of William Blake"". Esperanza Spalding recorded this poem on her 2010 album Chamber Music Society. Blake printed the poem with the text set in the branches of trees, an image of a nurse and a toddler in the foreground, and a"
"Bhrngadutam Bhṛṅgadūtam () (2004), literally ""The bumblebee messenger"", is a Sanskrit minor poem (Khaṇḍakāvya) of the Dūtakāvya (messenger-poem) genre composed by Jagadguru Rambhadracharya (1950–). The poem consists of 501 verses in the Mandakrāntā metre divided in two parts. Set in the context of the Kiṣkindhākāṇḍa of Rāmāyaṇa, the poem describes the message sent via a bumblebee by Rāma, spending the four months of the rainy season on the Pravarṣaṇa mountain in Kiṣkindhā, to Sītā, held captive by Rāvaṇa in Laṅkā. A copy of the poem, with the ""Guñjana"" Hindi commentary by the poet himself, was published by the Jagadguru Rambhadracharya"
"while touring with five different big top shows. The Circus Bee ""The Circus Bee"" is a circus march composed by Henry Fillmore in February 1908. It is a technically advanced composition and is used as openers and encores in concerts. ""The Circus Bee"" was a celebration of sorts for the fact that Henry Fillmore and his father, who managed their publishing business, finally agreed that the young composer could publish his music ""at home"" even though it did not meet the elder Fillmore's standard of being religious music. The march is named after an imaginary circus newspaper and reflects Fillmore's"
"The Rhyme of the Flying Bomb ""The Rhyme of the Flying Bomb"" is a narrative poem written by Mervyn Peake in 1947, and published with his felt-pen illustrations in 1962. A sailor wandering in London during a World War II air-raid finds a newborn baby in the debris. He takes refuge with the child in an empty church, where it amazes him by levitating and speaking. A dialogue follows between the child, fresh from eternity, and the man mired in the temporal world. At dawn a flying bomb falls on the church, killing them both. The poem was set to"
"the poet Sylvia Plath, wrote a group of poems about bees late in 1962, within four months of her suicide, transforming her father's interest into her poetry. The scientist and illustrator Moses Harris (1731–1785) painted accurate watercolour drawings of bumblebees in his ""An Exposition of English Insects Including the Several Classes of Neuroptera, Hymenoptera, & Diptera, or Bees, Flies, & Libellulae (1776–80)"". Bumblebees appear as characters, often eponymously, in children's books. The surname Dumbledore in the Harry Potter series (1997–2007) is an old name for bumblebee. J. K. Rowling said the name ""seemed to suit the headmaster, because one of"
"poem in his 1941 collection ""A Choice of Kipling's Verse"". The Bell Buoy ""The Bell Buoy"" is a poem by Rudyard Kipling. It was first published with illustrations in ""Saturday Review"", Christmas Supplement 1896 and then published in McClure's Magazine in February 1897 as ""The Bell-Buoy"", with illustrations by Oliver Herford. It was also included in the 1903 collection ""The Five Nations"". Some changes to the wording occurred sometime between the edition in McClure's and when it was collected in ""Rudyard Kipling's verse: inclusive edition, 1885-1918"" (1919) as ""The Bell Buoy"". The other changes are minor and some may be"
"of the Valkyries"" by Richard Wagner, ""The Swan of Tuonela"" by Jean Sibelius, ""Invitation to the Dance"" by Carl Maria von Weber, the Polka and Fugue from ""Schwanda the Bagpiper"" by Jaromír Weinberger and ""Flight of the Bumblebee"" by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, which was later adapted into the ""Bumble Boogie"" segment in ""Melody Time"" (1948). The film's disappointing initial box office performance and the USA's entry into World War II brought an end to these plans. Deems Taylor prepared introductions for ""The Firebird"" by Stravinsky, ""La Mer"" by Claude Debussy, ""Adventures in a Perambulator"" by John Alden Carpenter, ""Don Quixote"" by"
"Lewis Buzbee Lewis Buzbee is a San Francisco based author and poet. He is ""a fourth generation California native on his mother’s side, and a Dust Bowl Okie on his father’s."" He is the author of the novels ""Fliegelman's Desire"" (1990), ""Steinbeck's Ghost"" (2008) and ""The Haunting of Charles Dickens"" (2010), the short story collection ""After the Gold Rush"" (2006) and the memoir ""The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop"" (2006). He is also the author of the children's book ""Bridge of Time"" (2012). Buzbee's work has appeared in ""The Paris Review"", ""Harper's"", ""The New York Times Book Review"", ""GQ"" and ""ZYZZYVA"". His poem"
"Butterfly (1957 song) ""Butterfly"" is a popular song written by Bernie Lowe and Kal Mann and published in 1957. The song is credited to Anthony September as songwriter in some sources. This was a pseudonym of Anthony Mammarella, producer of ""American Bandstand"". The original recording of the song by Charlie Gracie reached No. 1 on the ""Billboard"" chart, No. 10 on the R&B chart and No. 12 on the UK Singles Chart in 1957. A cover version by Andy Williams also reached No. 1 on the ""Billboard"" chart in 1957. Williams' version also reached No. 1 the UK in May"
"to insects and found their flight was impossible, but ""One shouldn't be surprised that the results of the calculations don't square with reality"". The following passage appears in the introduction to ""Le Vol des Insectes"": This translates to: Magnan refers to his assistant André Sainte-Laguë. Some credit physicist Ludwig Prandtl (1875–1953) of the University of Göttingen in Germany with popularizing the idea. Others say Swiss gas dynamicist Jacob Ackeret (1898–1981) did the calculations. The calculations that purported to show that bumblebees cannot fly are based upon a simplified linear treatment of oscillating aerofoils. The method assumes small amplitude oscillations without"
"and Watches, as well as the Exactness and Beauty they may be made of, are chiefly owing to the Division that has been made of that Art into many Branches. (""The Fable of the Bees, Volume two""). The Fable of the Bees The Fable of The Bees: or, Private Vices, Public Benefits is a book by Bernard Mandeville, consisting of the poem ""The Grumbling Hive: or, Knaves turn’d Honest,"" along with prose discussion of the poem. The poem was published in 1705, and the book first appeared in 1714. The poem suggests many key principles of economic thought, including division"