by Leiermann | May 25, 2022 | Forgotten Habsburg Women, The City of Vienna, Women in Art and History
Isabella of Bourbon-Parma by Julia Meister Isabella of Bourbon-Parma: Caught in the Rigid Corset of the Court The empresses Elisabeth, Maria Theresa, perhaps Zita – for the most part, the collective memory stops remembering other Habsburg women at this point....
by Leiermann | Apr 20, 2022 | Forgotten Habsburg Women, The City of Vienna, The history of Austria, Women in Art and History
How the Christmas tree came to Vienna by Julia Meister The Story of Henriette Alexandrine of Nassau-Weilburg or: How the Christmas Tree Came to Vienna The only Protestant woman buried in the Capuchin crypt – that Viennese attraction popular with tourists, which...
by Leiermann | Apr 5, 2022 | Others, The coffee
The cappuccino by Thomas Stiegler At the beginning of the 16th century, there was unrest within the Franciscan order. Many friars saw the great ideal of Francis of Assisi betrayed and longed for a simple life of service to the poor and needy.For this reason, in the...
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 | Mar 30, 2022 | Classical Music, The Flute, The Flute
Flute concerto in G major KV 313 by Anja Weinberger Mozart’s works still occupy a very prominent position within the flute literature. There is no audition in which one of the two concertos is not required, hardly any competition in which one of them does not...