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This text is the libretto for La Belle Hélène, an opéra bouffe composed by Jacques Offenbach with words written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. The work premiered at the Théâtre des Variétés in Paris in 1864, offering a satirical retelling of the mythological elopement of Helen of Troy. The lib...
"Beautiful Dreamer" is a parlor song composed by American songwriter Stephen Foster and published posthumously in 1864. Written in a 9/8 waltz tempo, the piece features a gentle melody and lyrics that speak of a lover serenading a sleeping woman. It was created during a period when sheet music was t...
Lewis Carroll's handwritten and hand-illustrated manuscript of 'Alice's Adventures Underground' (1864), the original gift to Alice Liddell that preceded the published 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' (1865), held at the British Library.
"La belle Hélène" is an opéra bouffe in three acts by Jacques Offenbach, featuring a witty French libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. Premiering at the Théâtre des Variétés in Paris in 1864, the operetta is a satirical spoof of the Greek myth surrounding the abduction of Helen of Troy. The...
"La Cagnotte" is an 1864 vaudeville play written by Eugène Labiche and Alfred Delacour. The comedic farce follows a group of provincial gamblers whose pooled lottery winnings lead to escalating misadventures during a trip to Paris. It serves as a classic example of 19th-century French theatrical com...
The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House was a major engagement of the American Civil War fought from May 8 to May 21, 1864, in Virginia. As part of Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign, Union forces engaged Robert E. Lee's Confederate army in a prolonged two-week battle characterized by intense trenc...
The summer 1864 Union campaign and capture of Atlanta, Georgia destroyed a vital Confederate rail hub and boosted Northern morale ahead of Lincoln's November reelection.
The June 1864 Battle of Cold Harbor in Virginia inflicted massive Union casualties in a failed frontal assault on Confederate lines, considered Grant's costliest tactical mistake.
The May 1864 Battle of the Wilderness in Virginia was Grant's first clash with Lee, fought in dense forest where fire and smoke compounded heavy casualties on both sides.
The May 1864 Battle of Spotsylvania Court House in Virginia lasted 13 days, featuring ferocious hand-to-hand fighting at a salient that became known as the Bloody Angle.
