I am become Fancy: Theatre

Summary by Krater

A video exploring the history of Western classical music periods, from Baroque to the Romantic era, focusing on the lives of composers like Giuseppe Tartini and Hector Berlioz, and examining the evolution of theatre architecture, safety hazards, and writing systems.

From the video

Answers: What is the history of Western classical music periods and theatre development?

• Baroque music
• Classical music
• Romantic era music
• Theatre architecture and history
• History of writing systems
• Greek mythology in literature

What it concludes

• Tartini wrote his most famous piece, The Devil's Trill, after hearing it played by the devil in a dream.
• Berlioz rewrote his symphony after seeing a second woman, eventually marrying her and later marrying his former housemaid.
• Theatre architecture evolved from open Roman and Shakespearean yards to orchestra pits and mechanized stage traps.
• Cuneiform is the very first written language and has far too much punctuation.
• The Phoenicians simplified writing into an alphabet, which the Greeks later expanded to 22 letters.
• King James I commissioned a committee of scholars to translate the Bible into English, which took eight years.