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12 de sept. de 2018 · The term dreaming spires is used allusively to refer to the city or university of Oxford. It was coined by the English poet, essayist and social critic Matthew Arnold (1822-88) in Thyrsis, “a Monody, to commemorate the Author’s friend, Arthur Hugh Clough1, who died at Florence, 1861”, published in Macmillan’s Magazine (London) of April ...
Songs of the Spires (1981)
Songs of the Spires by Gleaming Spires released in 1981. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
4 de sept. de 2011 · Songs of the Spires (1981)
3 de mar. de 2017 · Gleaming Spires were a new wave pop group popular in the 1980s. Performing as Bates Motel they were enlisted by the Mael brothers to be a part of the 1981-1985 incarnation of their band, Sparks. After completing demos with neophyte producer Stephen Hague, principal members Leslie Bohem (writer of Dante's Peak) and David Kendrick (later of Devo) recruited fel…
In his poem ‘Thyrsis’ the Victorian poet Matthew Arnold called Oxford ‘the city of dreaming spires’ after the stunning architecture of these university buildings. Two rivers run through Oxford, the Cherwell and the Thames (Isis), and it is from this riverside situation that Oxford got its name in Saxon times, ‘Oxenaforda’ or ‘Ford ...
