Bone And Sickle
Christmas Devils and the Feast of Fools
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 0:45:44
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Synopsis
From St. Nicholas Day through Christmas, the Devil figured prominently in medieval plays, embodying a subversive seasonal element also celebrated in the Feast of Fools. We enter the topic of medieval Christmas plays sideways through German composer Carl Orff’s 1935 composition “O Fortuna,” a piece much beloved in Hollywood soundtracks. The lyric Orff set to … Read More Read More The post Christmas Devils and the Feast of Fools appeared first on Bone and Sickle.
