by Leiermann | May 10, 2022 | Biographies music, The city of Venice, The Flute, Women in Art and History
Anna Bon di Venezia by Anja Weinberger Truly astonishing things happen when you try to learn more about Anna Bon. Like a mirage, she appears on the horizon of music history in the 1750s, only to disappear again in the mid-1760s. During this rather short period, she...
by Leiermann | Apr 3, 2022 | Biographies, Biographies music, Biographies Music, Classical Music, The City of Vienna
Rest in Pieces by Rita Klement Rest in Pieces – the posthumous fate of Ludwig van Beethoven When Ludwig van Beethoven was buried in Vienna on March 29, 1827, three days after his death, the crowd was enormous. The funeral had been scheduled for the afternoon because...
by Leiermann | Feb 7, 2022 | Biographies, Biographies Music, Biographies music, Classical Music, Women in Art and History, The Flute, The Flute
French composers of the classical period by Anja Weinberger French composers of the classical period by Anja Weinberger If in the German-speaking world the epoch of the classical period is a time peppered with many great and internationally...
by Leiermann | Jul 18, 2021 | Classical Music, Guitar and Lute
The Guitar in the Baroque by Thomas Siemens The Guitar in the Baroque by Thomas Siemens The guitar as we know it today has a history of at least 500 years. On its long journey, it has undergone numerous changes and developments, so that when we hold a guitar from...
by Leiermann | May 8, 2020 | Guitar and Lute
The harmonic blacksmith by Thomas Stiegler James Brydges (1673-1744), the later Earl of Carnarvon, is the prime example of a corrupt, splendor-loving nobleman of the 18th century. During the War of the Spanish Succession, he was “Paymaster-General of the Forces...