Campbell Conversations - April Roundtable

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Sunday, April 6th at 6pm

Archetypal Themes in the Music of the Beatles and Richard Wagner

The music of the Beatles is classified as “pop” which usually connotes temporary popularity. However, the songs of the Beatles can be seen to hold archetypal meanings which allow them to reverberate with us decades after their composition. This talk will explore the archetypes expressed in ten Beatles songs.

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We will juxtapose each song with a piece of classical music from the genre of opera, which dramatically illustrates the same archetype. Our operatic focus will be on the operas of the 19th Century German composer, Richard Wagner, whose 200th birthday is being celebrated this year. His operas and music give us stark mythic images as examples of archetypes at work and play in individual and cultural psyches throughout the world. The presentation will utilize clips from Youtube as well as archetypal imagery in slides.

Campbell Conversations is a roundtable discussion group in Dallas, Texas associated with the Joseph Campbell Foundation (http://www.jcf.org/new/index.php) that meets to discuss the writings of Joseph Campbell (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Campbell), an American teacher and philosopher best known for his work in the field of comparative mythology (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparative_mythology).

The Roundtable meets on or near the first Sunday of each month, depending on availability of presenters, from 6-8 pm. If you are interested in attending, please sign up for our newsletter (http://www.campbellconversations.org/mailing-list/) or meetup.com group (https://www.meetup.com/mythology-58/). You can also follow us (http://twitter.com/dfwcampbell) on twitter, email us (campbellconversations@gmail.com) with any questions or contact our organizers, Doug Gulling (crazyhorse@guiling.com), directly as well.

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