what are the names of the nine muses
Muses However, the classical understanding of the Muses tripled their triad and established a set of nine goddesses, who embody the arts and inspire creation with their graces through remembered and improvised song and mime, writing, traditional music, and dance. It was not until Hellenistic times that the following systematic set of functions was assigned to them, and even then there was some variation in both their names and their attributes: Calliope (epic poetry), Clio (history), Euterpe (flutes and lyric poetry), Thalia (comedy and pastoral poetry), Melpomene (tragedy), Terpsichore (dance), Erato (love poetry), Polyhymnia (sacred poetry), Urania (astronomy).
The Planets The work is scored for a large orchestra consisting of four flutes (third doubling first piccolo and fourth doubling second piccolo and "bass flute in G", actually an alto flute),[24] three oboes (third doubling bass oboe), one English horn, three clarinets in B♭ and A, one bass clarinet in B♭, three bassoons, one contrabassoon; six horns in F, four trumpets in C, two trombones, one bass trombone, one tenor tuba in B♭ (actually a euphonium scored for treble clef), one bass tuba; a percussion section with six timpani (requiring two players), bass drum, snare drum, cymbals, triangle, tam-tam, tambourine, glockenspiel, xylophone, tubular bells; celesta, pipe organ; 2 harps and strings. In Neptune, two three-part women's choruses (each comprising two sopranos and one alto) located in an adjoining room which is to be screened from the audience are added.