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  1. Scheherazade - Wikipedia

    Across the next five centuries, Scheherazade’s witty and dynamic voice was taken up by storytellers across the cultivated urban centres of Baghdad, Damascus, Cairo, and al-Andalus, …

  2. Scheherazade | Rimsky-Korsakov’s Orchestral Suite | Britannica

    Scheherazade, orchestral suite by Russian composer Nicolay Rimsky-Korsakov that was inspired by the collection of largely Middle Eastern and Indian tales known as The Thousand and One …

  3. Scheherazade: the story of a storyteller - Art UK

    Jan 23, 2018 · With the sultan's approval, Scheherazade started her very first story. So captivating and mesmerising were her charm and her storytelling capabilities, it was almost …

  4. NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV | Scheherazade | Jader Bignamini, …

    NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV | Scheherazade | Jader Bignamini, conductor | Detroit Symphony Orchestra

  5. THE STORY BEHIND: Rimsky-Korsakov's "Scheherazade"

    Feb 7, 2022 · Scheherazade was inspired by the tales of The Arabian Nights in which the Sultan vows to take a new wife each night and have her executed the next morning. However, his …

  6. SCHEHERAZADE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of SCHEHERAZADE is the fictional wife of a sultan and the narrator of the tales in the Arabian Nights' Entertainments.

  7. Scheherazade Definition - World Literature I Key Term | Fiveable

    Scheherazade is a legendary figure and the storyteller in 'The Arabian Nights', a collection of Middle Eastern folk tales. She is known for her intelligence and resourcefulness, as she …

  8. Scheherazade - Curtis Institute of Music

    In the titular Scheherazade, the Sultan meets his match. Over 1,001 nights, she saves the lives of a thousand women—as well as her own—by relaying to the Sultan an endless series of …

  9. Scheherazade - Wikiwand

    Across the next five centuries, Scheherazade’s witty and dynamic voice was taken up by storytellers across the cultivated urban centres of Baghdad, Damascus, Cairo, and al-Andalus, …

  10. Who was Sheherazade? - Women'n Art

    Aug 12, 2020 · She was storyteller. The name Scheherazade derives from the Arabic form of the Middle Persian name Čehrāzād which is composed of the words words čehr (lineage) and …