Erlkönig is a poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. It depicts the death of a child assailed by a supernatural being, the Erlkönig. The poem has often been set to music with Franz Schubert's rendition for solo voice and piano. The piano starts playing rapid triplets to create a sense of urgency and simulate the horse's ...
Thousand and One Nights / Tausend und Eine Nacht / Mil e Uma Noites / Mil y una Noches
There was once a king who discovered that his wife had been disloyal. In his bitterness and grief, he decides that all women are the same and had her executed. He then proceeded to marry every fair lady in his kingdom trying to protected himself from the treachery of women by putting each wife to death ...