The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Dukas) Romantic genre of programmatic music, which composers like Franz Liszt, Claude Debussy, Jean Sibelius and Richard Strauss increasingly explored as an alternative to earlier symphonic forms. Unlike other tone poems, such as "La mer" by Debussy or "Finlandia" by Sibelius, Dukas's work is, like works such as "Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks" by Strauss, descriptively programmatic, closely following the events described in the Goethe poem. It was customary, in fact, to publish the poem as part of the orchestral score. The instrumentation of the piece consists of two flutes and piccolo, two oboes, two soprano clarinets and bass clarinet, three bassoons
Llan the Sorcerer Llan the Sorcerer Llan the Sorcerer, a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character has been depicted as an ancient evil who has been an enemy of Alpha Flight. In Llan's most recent appearance on Earth, he possessed accountant Dexter Rayne, and forced him to conduct a sacrificial ritual returning Llan to life on Earth. He then attacked Talisman and Heather Hudson. He transported Alpha Flight to an alien dimension, defeated them and abandoned them there. Though a human pawn, he then attacked Montreal, and battled Gamma Flight and Alpha Flight. During the events