by Leiermann | Jul 11, 2022 | lago di garda
Lake Garda – already the approach is a dream by Anja Weinberger No matter where exactly in Germany or Austria the journey begins – at some stage locations of the not quite 600km long route you have to (or are allowed to) choose between several promising...
by Leiermann | Apr 20, 2022 | The coffee
Caffè Corretto by Thomas Stiegler 1 hot espresso 1 cl Vecchia-Romagna Brandy A popular classic from Italy. Simply pour the espresso into a cup and “correct” it with a shot of brandy. You can also try grappa or brandy instead of the brandy! Especially the...
by Leiermann | Jul 28, 2020 | Biographies music, Biographies music, Classical Music, Guitar and Lute
Giovanni Battista Marella by Thomas Stiegler Today there are only a few people left who are interested in the work of the French composer G. B. Marella. Probably the only one of his works that is still regularly heard is his Suite in A major. Yet there are still so...
by Leiermann | May 28, 2020 | History
A walk to Canossa by Thomas Stiegler The quote “a trip to Canossa” is still used today to describe a humiliating plea to which one is forced by external circumstances. It was already used in this sense by the German Chancellor Bismarck, who in his 18th...
by Leiermann | Feb 3, 2020 | Biographies, Biographies music, Biographies music, Biographies Music, Das 19. Jahrhundert, Guitar and Lute, Guitar and Lute
Ferdinando Carulli von Thomas Stiegler Ferdinando Maria Meinrado Francesco Pascale Rosario Carulli, besser bekannt als Ferdinando Carulli, war ein italienischer Komponist des frühen 19. Jahrhunderts und einer der bedeutendsten Gitarristen seiner Zeit. Er wurde in...