Symphony No. 8 (Mahler) of the symphony have been made by many of the world's leading orchestras and singers, mostly during live performances. Symphony No. 8 (Mahler) The Symphony No. 8 in E-flat major by Gustav Mahler is one of the largest-scale choral works in the classical concert repertoire. Because it requires huge instrumental and vocal forces it is frequently called the "Symphony of a Thousand", although the work is normally presented with far fewer than a thousand performers and the composer did not sanction that name. The work was composed in a single inspired burst, at Maiernigg in southern Austria in the summer
The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night in Burton – John Donne’s hard obscenity, the gigantic vocabularies of Shakespeare and Cyril Tourneur, Swinburne’s affinity for the archaic, the crass erudition of the authors of 17th century chapbooks, the energy and imprecision, the love of tempests and magic.” “Burton Society” edition: “Burton Club” editions: The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night (1885), subtitled A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments, is an English language translation of "One Thousand and One Nights" (the “Arabian Nights”) – a collection of Middle Eastern and South Asian stories