Stella's Place

Take it or leave it, I’m sharing part of one of my favorite classical music pieces. Scheherazade is based on the One Thousand and One Nights (also known as Arabian Nights), which tells the story of an Arab Sultan:

The Sultan Schakhriar, convinced that all women are false and faithless, vowed to put to death each of his wives after the first nuptial night. But the Sultana Scheherazade saved her life by entertaining her lord with fascinating tales, told seriatim, for a thousand and one nights. The Sultan, consumed with curiosity, postponed from day to day the execution of his wife, and finally repudiated his bloody vow entirely.

This second part is sometimes titled, The Story of the Kalendar Prince.

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