This is a presentation describing the Schwab Family History in Hanau and Daniel and Ricci's trip back to Hanau 68 years after the first train transporting Jews from Hanau to the gas chambers.
The document summarizes the fate of the Schwab family living in Hanau, Germany between 1933 and 1939. Of the 20 family members, 11 were murdered during the Holocaust while 9 escaped persecution by fleeing to countries like the US, Canada, and South America. It provides brief biographies of some of the survivors and victims, including family homes destroyed. It also mentions two famous Jews from Hanau and includes contact information for a related website documenting the family's history.
Franz Liszt was a 19th century Hungarian composer, pianist, conductor and teacher renowned for his virtuosic skill as a pianist. He was considered the most technically advanced pianist of his time and perhaps the greatest of all time. Liszt composed Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, which is the most famous piece from his set of 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies. It offers pianists a chance to showcase their virtuosity while providing listeners with immediately appealing music, though it is also one of the most technically demanding solo piano works.
Franz Liszt was a 19th century Hungarian composer and pianist who was renowned as one of the greatest pianists of all time. He was a pioneer in developing the solo piano recital and greatly expanded the technical and tonal capabilities of piano performance. Some of Liszt's most famous compositions include his Hungarian Rhapsodies, Sonata in B Minor, and Symphonic poems which featured unconventional tones, chromaticism, and rapid arpeggios and scales played with both hands.
SUPER presentation on rambrandt by super girls...:)Eymee Amoo
Rambrandt Harmenszoon Van Rijn was a Dutch painter born on July 15, 1606 who became one of the greatest artists in European history. He produced over 600 paintings, 300 etchings, and 2000 drawings in his career. He had success early in his career as an artist, teacher, and art dealer but also faced periods of prosperity and tragedy, including bankruptcy in 1656. He lost his wife Saskia in 1642 and his mistress Hendrickje Stoffels in 1663, while his only son Titus died in 1668. Rambrandt himself passed away on October 4, 1669, leaving behind a legacy as one of the most influential painters in Western art known for
Franz Liszt contribution to the world of MusicPrateek Gupta
Franz Liszt (1811-1886) was a pioneering pianist and composer who made significant contributions to music. He invented the solo piano recital and helped develop modern piano technique. As a composer, Liszt introduced new forms like symphonic poems and developed techniques like thematic transformation. Some of his most influential works include his Etudes, Years of Pilgrimage suites, Hungarian Rhapsodies, and orchestral pieces like Les Preludes. Liszt's innovations influenced later composers and helped establish the New German School of musical thought.
Chapter 38 Sounding a Nation: Grieg and Orchestral NationalismLaura Riddle
This document discusses musical nationalism in Europe in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It provides context on the political climate and new forms of transportation and communication that facilitated the spread of national pride and folk traditions. Notable composers who incorporated elements of nationalism in their works are discussed for several European countries, including Grieg in Norway, Sibelius in Finland, and The Russian Five led by Mussorgsky and Rimsky-Korsakov in Russia. Specific pieces that exemplified nationalism, such as Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite and Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, are highlighted.
Antonín Dvorak was born into a poor family in rural Bohemia. He decided to study at the Prague Organ School despite his family's financial difficulties. In Prague, Dvorak endured hardship while pursuing his musical education and career. He worked as a viola player and gave lessons while dedicating much of his time to composition. His early works were influenced by Czech folk music and classical forms. One of his first attempts at vocal composition was a set of 18 love songs inspired by his feelings for a student named Josefina, though the songs were not initially successful.
The document summarizes the fate of the Schwab family living in Hanau, Germany between 1933 and 1939. Of the 20 family members, 11 were murdered during the Holocaust while 9 escaped persecution by fleeing to countries like the US, Canada, and South America. It provides brief biographies of some of the survivors and victims, including family homes destroyed. It also mentions two famous Jews from Hanau and includes contact information for a related website documenting the family's history.
Franz Liszt was a 19th century Hungarian composer, pianist, conductor and teacher renowned for his virtuosic skill as a pianist. He was considered the most technically advanced pianist of his time and perhaps the greatest of all time. Liszt composed Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, which is the most famous piece from his set of 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies. It offers pianists a chance to showcase their virtuosity while providing listeners with immediately appealing music, though it is also one of the most technically demanding solo piano works.
Franz Liszt was a 19th century Hungarian composer and pianist who was renowned as one of the greatest pianists of all time. He was a pioneer in developing the solo piano recital and greatly expanded the technical and tonal capabilities of piano performance. Some of Liszt's most famous compositions include his Hungarian Rhapsodies, Sonata in B Minor, and Symphonic poems which featured unconventional tones, chromaticism, and rapid arpeggios and scales played with both hands.
SUPER presentation on rambrandt by super girls...:)Eymee Amoo
Rambrandt Harmenszoon Van Rijn was a Dutch painter born on July 15, 1606 who became one of the greatest artists in European history. He produced over 600 paintings, 300 etchings, and 2000 drawings in his career. He had success early in his career as an artist, teacher, and art dealer but also faced periods of prosperity and tragedy, including bankruptcy in 1656. He lost his wife Saskia in 1642 and his mistress Hendrickje Stoffels in 1663, while his only son Titus died in 1668. Rambrandt himself passed away on October 4, 1669, leaving behind a legacy as one of the most influential painters in Western art known for
Franz Liszt contribution to the world of MusicPrateek Gupta
Franz Liszt (1811-1886) was a pioneering pianist and composer who made significant contributions to music. He invented the solo piano recital and helped develop modern piano technique. As a composer, Liszt introduced new forms like symphonic poems and developed techniques like thematic transformation. Some of his most influential works include his Etudes, Years of Pilgrimage suites, Hungarian Rhapsodies, and orchestral pieces like Les Preludes. Liszt's innovations influenced later composers and helped establish the New German School of musical thought.
Chapter 38 Sounding a Nation: Grieg and Orchestral NationalismLaura Riddle
This document discusses musical nationalism in Europe in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It provides context on the political climate and new forms of transportation and communication that facilitated the spread of national pride and folk traditions. Notable composers who incorporated elements of nationalism in their works are discussed for several European countries, including Grieg in Norway, Sibelius in Finland, and The Russian Five led by Mussorgsky and Rimsky-Korsakov in Russia. Specific pieces that exemplified nationalism, such as Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite and Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, are highlighted.
Antonín Dvorak was born into a poor family in rural Bohemia. He decided to study at the Prague Organ School despite his family's financial difficulties. In Prague, Dvorak endured hardship while pursuing his musical education and career. He worked as a viola player and gave lessons while dedicating much of his time to composition. His early works were influenced by Czech folk music and classical forms. One of his first attempts at vocal composition was a set of 18 love songs inspired by his feelings for a student named Josefina, though the songs were not initially successful.
Franz Liszt was a pioneering 19th century Hungarian composer and pianist who was taught composition by Antonio Salieri in his early years. While Liszt composed religious works and helped other artists, some of his compositions used unprecedented emotional and psychological impacts with brutal sounds that may have planted the seeds for later heavy metal styles. Liszt felt free to portray all human experiences through his music, including the darker and more evil sides of life, though he was a devout Catholic not seeking to worship evil.
Shostakovich composed his Symphony No. 7, known as the "Leningrad", in 1941 during the siege of Leningrad by Nazi Germany. With only 14 surviving members of the Radio Orchestra, musicians were ordered from the front lines to perform the symphony, which was broadcast live on radio to inspire defiance against the Nazis. Though the city remained under siege, the performance demonstrated Leningrad's resistance and helped turn the tide of the war. The "Leningrad" Symphony came to symbolize the Soviet people's resistance against fascism.
Chapter 37 Personal Soundtracks: Berlioz and the Program SymphonyLaura Riddle
This document provides an overview of Hector Berlioz and his program symphony Symphonie Fantastique. It discusses Berlioz's background and influence, and describes the plot and musical elements of each movement in Symphonie Fantastique, including the idée fixe theme representing Berlioz's beloved that transforms throughout the work. The fourth movement depicts the artist's execution and the fifth his funeral, featuring unusual orchestrations to create spectral sounds. Berlioz pioneered dramatic orchestral effects and was a master of orchestration.
This document summarizes different types of program music and composers. It discusses program music as instrumental music that depicts emotions, moods, scenes or stories. The main forms of orchestral program music are program symphonies, concert overtures, symphonic poems, and incidental music. It provides examples of different composers and their works, including Berlioz and his Symphonie fantastique, Liszt and his symphonic poems, Strauss and his tone poems, and Mendelssohn's incidental music including the famous "Wedding March". The document serves to inform the reader about program music genres and influential composers in the field.
Week 1 lecture 2 early soviet music shostavovich 1 copyheatherseelbach
Early Soviet music was dominated by Soviet policy but some artistic freedom remained until Stalin's rise. Shostakovich's First Symphony, written at age 19, was an instant success internationally and cemented his role as the face of Soviet music. The symphony shows Shostakovich's brilliance in balancing academic writing with playfulness, influenced by Stravinsky and Petrushka. It helped revive the Russian symphonic tradition after many composers had fled the country.
Bulat Okudzhava was a Soviet and Russian poet, writer, musician, singer-songwriter, and novelist born in 1924 in Moscow. He was one of the founders of the genre of "author song" in Russia. His father was arrested and executed during Stalin's purges, and his mother spent 18 years in the Gulag. Okudzhava volunteered for the Red Army during WWII and after the war graduated from university in Tbilisi. He moved back to Moscow in 1956 and began composing and performing songs, accompanying himself on guitar. By the 1980s, his songs were being officially released in the Soviet Union. He died in Paris in 1997 and is buried in Moscow.
The document discusses several ways Romantic ideals were evident in the lives and works of Romantic composers. It explores exoticism through composers like David, Verdi and Bizet who were fascinated by foreign lands and incorporated influences from Egypt, the Middle East, Brazil and Spain into their compositions. Nationalism is examined through composers like Chopin, Tchaikovsky and Verdi who expressed their national pride and supported independence movements through their music. Individual power and revolutionary fervor are seen in Beethoven and Wagner who were inspired by political uprisings and expressed strong personal beliefs through ambitious works like Beethoven's Eroica Symphony and Wagner's anti-Semitic writings.
Nationalism in 19th century European music refers to composers using musical elements from their home countries, such as folk songs and dances, in their classical compositions to develop a national style. Examples include Franz Liszt developing a Hungarian national style through his Hungarian Rhapsodies, and The Mighty Handful group of Russian composers led by Mily Balakirev who sought to compose music based on Russian folk and religious music. Other nationalistic 19th century composers mentioned are Jean Sibelius of Finland who used Finnish legends, and Antonin Dvorak of Bohemia who incorporated Bohemian folk music into his symphonies.
The document summarizes music of the Romantic period (1820-1910), highlighting several prominent composers. It describes the Romantic period as emphasizing emotion, imagination, and individual expression. Violin virtuoso Niccolò Paganini and pianists Frédéric Chopin, Franz Liszt, and Robert Schumann are discussed. Program music conveying images without words is mentioned. Composers featured include Hector Berlioz, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, known for his ballets, and Camille Saint-Saëns, who created elegant music.
The document summarizes four famous composers: Antonio Vivaldi, W.A. Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Franz Liszt. It provides key biographical details and their significance: Vivaldi helped transition from Baroque to Classical era and his rediscovered works; Mozart was a child prodigy who wrote his first symphony at age 9; Beethoven was considered the greatest composer ever and essentially invented the modern piano; Liszt was regarded as the greatest pianist and composed influential orchestral and piano works.
Geoffrey Chaucer (1340-1400) was an English poet considered the father of English poetry. He was born in London and worked as a poet and author in the court of Queen Elizabeth for over 40 years. Chaucer's works are divided into three periods - an early French and Italian period where he was influenced by these cultures and languages, and his greatest English period where he wrote his masterpiece, The Canterbury Tales, a collection of 24 stories told by a group of pilgrims traveling to Canterbury Cathedral.
The document discusses Romanticism in music during the period from 1820-1900. Some key characteristics of Romantic music included individual styles that reflected composers' personalities, a focus on emotion and expression, nationalism that incorporated folk elements, programmatic instrumental works, expanded orchestrations and harmonies, and both miniature and large-scale compositions. Romantic composers wrote for the growing middle class audience and sought recognition from both contemporaries and posterity.
The document discusses the Schwab family of Hanau, Germany between 1933 and 1939. It details that out of 22 Schwab family members living in Hanau during this period, 11 were murdered and 11 escaped to countries like China, the USA, Canada, France, Brazil, Argentina, Belgium, Holland, and South Africa. It provides information on the Schwab family home, certificates of bravery, a shop owned by the family, famous Jews from Hanau including relatives of the Schwab family, and contact details for a website documenting the family's history called The Forgotten Letters.
This document discusses nutritional anemias, specifically megaloblastic anemias caused by folate or vitamin B12 deficiencies. It begins by defining anemia and explaining how nutritional deficiencies can cause anemia through decreased red blood cell production, increased destruction, or impaired hemoglobin production. Folate and B12 deficiencies specifically result in megaloblastic anemia due to impaired DNA synthesis. This causes large, immature red blood cells known as megaloblasts. Megaloblastic anemia is characterized by macrocytic blood cells. The document outlines the clinical presentation and laboratory findings of folate deficiency anemia and discusses populations at higher risk.
Franz Liszt was a pioneering 19th century Hungarian composer and pianist who was taught composition by Antonio Salieri in his early years. While Liszt composed religious works and helped other artists, some of his compositions used unprecedented emotional and psychological impacts with brutal sounds that may have planted the seeds for later heavy metal styles. Liszt felt free to portray all human experiences through his music, including the darker and more evil sides of life, though he was a devout Catholic not seeking to worship evil.
Shostakovich composed his Symphony No. 7, known as the "Leningrad", in 1941 during the siege of Leningrad by Nazi Germany. With only 14 surviving members of the Radio Orchestra, musicians were ordered from the front lines to perform the symphony, which was broadcast live on radio to inspire defiance against the Nazis. Though the city remained under siege, the performance demonstrated Leningrad's resistance and helped turn the tide of the war. The "Leningrad" Symphony came to symbolize the Soviet people's resistance against fascism.
Chapter 37 Personal Soundtracks: Berlioz and the Program SymphonyLaura Riddle
This document provides an overview of Hector Berlioz and his program symphony Symphonie Fantastique. It discusses Berlioz's background and influence, and describes the plot and musical elements of each movement in Symphonie Fantastique, including the idée fixe theme representing Berlioz's beloved that transforms throughout the work. The fourth movement depicts the artist's execution and the fifth his funeral, featuring unusual orchestrations to create spectral sounds. Berlioz pioneered dramatic orchestral effects and was a master of orchestration.
This document summarizes different types of program music and composers. It discusses program music as instrumental music that depicts emotions, moods, scenes or stories. The main forms of orchestral program music are program symphonies, concert overtures, symphonic poems, and incidental music. It provides examples of different composers and their works, including Berlioz and his Symphonie fantastique, Liszt and his symphonic poems, Strauss and his tone poems, and Mendelssohn's incidental music including the famous "Wedding March". The document serves to inform the reader about program music genres and influential composers in the field.
Week 1 lecture 2 early soviet music shostavovich 1 copyheatherseelbach
Early Soviet music was dominated by Soviet policy but some artistic freedom remained until Stalin's rise. Shostakovich's First Symphony, written at age 19, was an instant success internationally and cemented his role as the face of Soviet music. The symphony shows Shostakovich's brilliance in balancing academic writing with playfulness, influenced by Stravinsky and Petrushka. It helped revive the Russian symphonic tradition after many composers had fled the country.
Bulat Okudzhava was a Soviet and Russian poet, writer, musician, singer-songwriter, and novelist born in 1924 in Moscow. He was one of the founders of the genre of "author song" in Russia. His father was arrested and executed during Stalin's purges, and his mother spent 18 years in the Gulag. Okudzhava volunteered for the Red Army during WWII and after the war graduated from university in Tbilisi. He moved back to Moscow in 1956 and began composing and performing songs, accompanying himself on guitar. By the 1980s, his songs were being officially released in the Soviet Union. He died in Paris in 1997 and is buried in Moscow.
The document discusses several ways Romantic ideals were evident in the lives and works of Romantic composers. It explores exoticism through composers like David, Verdi and Bizet who were fascinated by foreign lands and incorporated influences from Egypt, the Middle East, Brazil and Spain into their compositions. Nationalism is examined through composers like Chopin, Tchaikovsky and Verdi who expressed their national pride and supported independence movements through their music. Individual power and revolutionary fervor are seen in Beethoven and Wagner who were inspired by political uprisings and expressed strong personal beliefs through ambitious works like Beethoven's Eroica Symphony and Wagner's anti-Semitic writings.
Nationalism in 19th century European music refers to composers using musical elements from their home countries, such as folk songs and dances, in their classical compositions to develop a national style. Examples include Franz Liszt developing a Hungarian national style through his Hungarian Rhapsodies, and The Mighty Handful group of Russian composers led by Mily Balakirev who sought to compose music based on Russian folk and religious music. Other nationalistic 19th century composers mentioned are Jean Sibelius of Finland who used Finnish legends, and Antonin Dvorak of Bohemia who incorporated Bohemian folk music into his symphonies.
The document summarizes music of the Romantic period (1820-1910), highlighting several prominent composers. It describes the Romantic period as emphasizing emotion, imagination, and individual expression. Violin virtuoso Niccolò Paganini and pianists Frédéric Chopin, Franz Liszt, and Robert Schumann are discussed. Program music conveying images without words is mentioned. Composers featured include Hector Berlioz, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, known for his ballets, and Camille Saint-Saëns, who created elegant music.
The document summarizes four famous composers: Antonio Vivaldi, W.A. Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Franz Liszt. It provides key biographical details and their significance: Vivaldi helped transition from Baroque to Classical era and his rediscovered works; Mozart was a child prodigy who wrote his first symphony at age 9; Beethoven was considered the greatest composer ever and essentially invented the modern piano; Liszt was regarded as the greatest pianist and composed influential orchestral and piano works.
Geoffrey Chaucer (1340-1400) was an English poet considered the father of English poetry. He was born in London and worked as a poet and author in the court of Queen Elizabeth for over 40 years. Chaucer's works are divided into three periods - an early French and Italian period where he was influenced by these cultures and languages, and his greatest English period where he wrote his masterpiece, The Canterbury Tales, a collection of 24 stories told by a group of pilgrims traveling to Canterbury Cathedral.
The document discusses Romanticism in music during the period from 1820-1900. Some key characteristics of Romantic music included individual styles that reflected composers' personalities, a focus on emotion and expression, nationalism that incorporated folk elements, programmatic instrumental works, expanded orchestrations and harmonies, and both miniature and large-scale compositions. Romantic composers wrote for the growing middle class audience and sought recognition from both contemporaries and posterity.
The document discusses the Schwab family of Hanau, Germany between 1933 and 1939. It details that out of 22 Schwab family members living in Hanau during this period, 11 were murdered and 11 escaped to countries like China, the USA, Canada, France, Brazil, Argentina, Belgium, Holland, and South Africa. It provides information on the Schwab family home, certificates of bravery, a shop owned by the family, famous Jews from Hanau including relatives of the Schwab family, and contact details for a website documenting the family's history called The Forgotten Letters.
This document discusses nutritional anemias, specifically megaloblastic anemias caused by folate or vitamin B12 deficiencies. It begins by defining anemia and explaining how nutritional deficiencies can cause anemia through decreased red blood cell production, increased destruction, or impaired hemoglobin production. Folate and B12 deficiencies specifically result in megaloblastic anemia due to impaired DNA synthesis. This causes large, immature red blood cells known as megaloblasts. Megaloblastic anemia is characterized by macrocytic blood cells. The document outlines the clinical presentation and laboratory findings of folate deficiency anemia and discusses populations at higher risk.
Le Free To Play (F2P) - Principes et elements de reflexion (Sept.12)Sébastien Waxin
Le Free To Play - Principes et éléments de réflexion (Sept.12)
Document de synthèse.
Sommaire :
- Avant propos
- Un hardware qui évolue
- Le gratuit en tant que business model
- La partie immergée de l'iceberg : le game design
- Gratuit, mais pas tout à fait...
- Un marketing adapté
- La distribution digitale
- Et le futur ?
Contact :
Sébastien Waxin
Twitter : @sebwaxin
LinkedIn : linkedin.com/in/swaxin
Nouvelle page : démarche living lab innovation d'usage BD numérique François Millet
Présentation du projet Living Lab de développement de nouveaux usages numériques de lecture de BD à l'occasion de la journée professionnelle du salon du livre de Caen "Epoque" du 28 mai 2015.
Swiss Retail Forum 2015 - La digitalisation du point de vente est en marcheUNIVERSRETAIL
La digitalisation du point de vente est en marche : avant, pendant et après la visite, assurez un parcours client sans couture. Créez et maintenez le lien en humanisant la relation entre l'enseigne et l'internaute - chaland - client. Utilisez le mobile de vos clients pour mieux interagir avec eux.
Présentation réalisée par Lise Déchamps, Univers Retail, à l'occasion du Swiss Retail Forum 2015 organisé par Imadéo
The Harlem Renaissance was an artistic movement that took place in Harlem, New York in the 1920s-1930s. African American artists, writers, musicians and thinkers flourished in this period, creating works that explored themes of racial identity and black cultural heritage. Key figures included Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Jacob Lawrence, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Billie Holiday, whose works in literature, visual art, music and jazz had a significant influence and helped redefine African American identity.
The document provides biographical details about Andrew Mendelssohn:
- Andrew Mendelssohn was the father of famous composer Felix Mendelssohn.
- Felix Mendelssohn was born on February 3, 1809 in Hamburg, Germany to Andrew and his wife Lea Solomon Mendelssohn.
- Felix had an older sister named Fanny. The document does not provide any other information about Andrew Mendelssohn.
Anne Frank was a German Jewish teenager who was forced into hiding with her family and four others during World War 2 to escape the Holocaust. They spent 25 months hidden in an annex above her father's office until they were betrayed to the Nazis and arrested, then sent to concentration camps. Anne died at the age of 15 in the Belsen concentration camp. The Holocaust was the mass murder of millions of Jewish people and others by the Nazis between 1939-1945 due to their religion or race in an act of genocide.
The holocaust had a profound impact on Jewish communities in Europe. Adolf Hitler rose to power in Germany in the 1930s and 1940s, and sought to eliminate Jews and others he deemed undesirable. Over 6 million Jews were killed, as Hitler occupied many European countries and instituted policies of ghettoization, forced labor, and mass murder. Survivors struggled to rebuild their lives after enduring immense suffering and loss during this dark period of history.
The document summarizes the life of Anne Frank and her family during World War 2. It details how they fled Nazi persecution in Germany by moving to Amsterdam, but were later forced into hiding in 1942 when the Nazis occupied the Netherlands. Anne Frank received a diary for her 13th birthday, in which she documented their time in hiding in a secret annex. However, in 1944 the annex was discovered and its occupants were arrested and deported to concentration camps. Only Anne's father Otto survived, and her diary was published after the war, becoming one of the most widely read books in the world.
This document summarizes the life and death of Anne Frank during the Holocaust. It describes how she and her family went into hiding in 1942 in Amsterdam to escape Nazi persecution of Jews. However, in 1944 they were betrayed and arrested. Anne and her sister Margot were sent to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany, where they both died in March 1945 shortly before the camp was liberated. After the war, Anne's diary was published and became famous worldwide.
This document provides an overview of the definitive edition of Anne Frank's diary. Some key points:
- This edition restores 30% more material from Anne's diary that had been previously omitted, including passages about her emerging sexuality and disagreements with her mother, making her seem more human.
- Anne and her family hid for two years in the back of an Amsterdam warehouse to escape Nazi occupation, where she detailed relations between the eight people living in extremely confined conditions.
- The diary is considered one of the most enduring documents of the 20th century and a testament to the human spirit, bringing to life Anne's experience as a teenage girl during the Holocaust.
George Handel was a prominent Baroque composer born in 1685 in Germany. He is renowned for his operas, oratorios, and instrumental compositions, most notably his 1741 oratorio Messiah. After early training and work in Germany, he spent most of his career in England, where he held positions at the Royal Academy of Music and composed works for the royal court. Though his operas fell out of fashion, his oratorios like Messiah brought him great success and acclaim. Handel died in 1759 in London and is regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Baroque era.
Clara Schumann, age 38, Munich. Photograph by Franz Hanfst.docxsleeperharwell
Clara Schumann, age 38, Munich. Photograph by Franz Hanfstaengl, 1857. Robert-Schumann-
Haus, Zwickau.
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CLARA SCHUMANN
The Artist and the Woman
Revised Edition
NANCY B. REICH
Cornell University Press
ITHACA AND LONDON
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In memory of
Haskell A. Reich,
1926–1983
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Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface to the Revised Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Acknowledgments to the Revised Edition
Acknowledgments to the First Edition
Chronology
Abbreviations
PART I. The Life of Clara Schumann
1. Prelude: The Wiecks of Leipzig
2. Clara’s Career Begins
3. Robert Schumann and the Wiecks
4. The Break with Wieck
5. The Marriage
6. The Dresden Years
7. Düsseldorf and the Death of Robert Schumann
8. The Later Years
PART II. Themes from the Life of Clara Schumann
9. Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms
10. Other Friends and Contemporaries
11. Clara Schumann as Composer and Editor
12. The Concert Artist
13. Clara Schumann as Student and Teacher
Catalogue of Works
Notes
Bibliography
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Illustrations
Clara Schumann, 1857 frontispiece
Marianne Tromlitz, June 7, 1816
Friedrich Wieck’s letter to Marianne Wieck, November 7, 1825
Cover of Clara’s diary
Clara Wieck, age 8
Clara Wieck’s piano, Gewandhaus concert, October 20, 1828
Program, Clara Wieck’s first Gewandhaus concert
Clara Wieck, 1832
Clara Wieck, 1835
Robert Schumann, 1839
Clara Wieck, 1840
Friedrich Wieck, ca. 1853
Clara and Robert Schumann, 1847
Six Schumann children, 1855
Clara Schumann with Marie
Marie Schumann
Elise Schumann
Julie Schumann
Ludwig Schumann
Ferdinand Schumann
Eugenie Schumann
Felix Schumann
Clara Schumann, 1878
Clara Schumann, 1854
Johannes Brahms, 1853
Concert program, March 12, 1891
Concert program, January 13, 1833
Autograph, “Volkslied”
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Preface to the Revised Edition
In the fifteen years since the first edition of this biography was published, interest
in Clara Schumann has exploded. Performances, editions, and recordings of her
music, films, dramas, radio and TV programs inspired by her life, piano
competitions in her name, dissertations, scholarly papers, articles in the scholarly
and popular presses, program notes, publication of letters, biographies in several
languages and revisionist biographies, all attest to the significance of and fascination
with Clara Wieck Schumann as an artist and as a woman.
Some part of the fascination was generated by the feminist movement, which
stirred the demand for courses in women’s studies, women’s history, and gender
studies now found in universities around the globe. Clara Schumann—career
woman and single mother—was an ideal subject for students interested in women,
history, and music. Indeed, many of the lecture invitations I received the first few
years after the publication of the book were from groups more interested in
women’s issues than in music history. As awareness of her accomplishments grew,
however, she increasingly came to be seen not only as a symbol of wo.
Anne Frank was a German Jewish girl who was born in Frankfurt in 1929 and died in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945. She is most known for keeping a diary while in hiding with her family for two years to avoid Nazi persecution, documenting their daily lives and her thoughts and feelings. Her diary provides a first-hand account of life in hiding during the Holocaust and has become one of the most widely read books in the world.
1) The author took up an interest in genealogy years ago but life got in the way of further research until the pandemic provided time to restart the journey.
2) Early research revealed census records for parents/grandparents in Canada and a 1911 UK census signed by the author's grandmother in Whitechapel, London.
3) The journey through records led back 46 generations to Yehoshua Zimri around 105 CE, and included discoveries of ancestors who were rabbis and leaders in Jewish communities in France as far back as the 13th century.
4) Connecting to Rashi, a famous 11th century French rabbi, through an ancestor 10 generations removed was a particularly amazing finding in the
Anne Frank was born in Germany in 1929 to Jewish parents Otto and Edith Frank. After Hitler rose to power, the Franks fled to Amsterdam to escape persecution. In 1940, Germany occupied the Netherlands and began rounding up Jews. To hide, Otto Frank took his family into a secret annex behind a bookcase in his business. Anne documented their time in hiding in her diary from 1942 to 1944. However, in August 1944 the Franks were discovered and deported to concentration camps, where Anne died at age 15. Her father Otto was the only survivor, and he later ensured Anne's diary was published.
The eight members of the Frank family and four other Jews hid for over two years in a secret annex of Otto Frank's warehouse in Amsterdam to escape Nazi persecution. They were eventually discovered in 1944 and sent to concentration camps, where Anne and her sister died at Bergen-Belsen in March 1945 at the ages of 15 and 19, respectively. Anne kept a diary during their time in hiding, documenting their daily lives and her inner thoughts. After the war, her father Otto was the sole survivor and had Anne's diary published, which has since become one of the most famous documents of the Holocaust.
The document discusses music of the Medieval period from 500 AD to 1500 AD. It describes the period as the "Dark Ages" characterized by warfare, lack of a centralized government, and decline of urban life. Sacred music like Gregorian chant dominated, consisting of monophonic melodies without harmony. Secular music later emerged outside the church in the 12th-13th century. Notable composers included Hildegard of Bingen, who experienced visions and composed Gregorian chants, and Adam de la Halle, dubbed the "Last of the Trouveres," who wrote the first known musical play.
This summary provides information about 3 individuals mentioned in the document:
1. Ernst Abbe (1840-1905) was a distinguished German physicist and inventor who was an atheist and social reformer. He implemented a generous profit-sharing scheme at the optical company Zeiss.
2. Andalusian ruler Abd ar-Rahman III (891-961) created a highly prosperous and cultured Islamic empire in Spain during a time when Europe was experiencing the Dark Ages. Historians note he defied the Quran and was clearly an atheist.
3. Philosopher Peter Abelard (1080-1142) was a brilliant teacher in 12th century Europe whose teachings were condemned
This document provides an overview of Romantic piano music and composers from the 19th century, including Chopin, Liszt, Schumann, and Brahms. It discusses the evolution of the piano and how it became a popular home instrument. Composers like Chopin specialized in short lyrical pieces for the salon. Schumann and his wife Clara were important figures in music. Brahms synthesized classical and romantic styles in his symphonies and chamber works. The document uses musical examples to illustrate different genres and styles from the Romantic period.
Anne Frank was born in Germany in 1929 to a Jewish family. When the Nazis came to power, the Franks went into hiding in a secret annex behind her father's office to escape persecution. Anne received a diary as a gift for her 13th birthday, which she used to record her experiences while in hiding. In August 1944, the annex was raided and the Franks were arrested and deported to concentration camps, where Anne and her sister eventually died of typhus at Bergen-Belsen. After the war, Anne's father Otto had her diary published, which has since become one of the most widely read books about the Holocaust.
Anne Frank was a Jewish girl who kept a diary while hiding from the Nazis for two years with her family during World War 2. Her diary documents her life in hiding in Amsterdam and provides insight into her thoughts and feelings. After the family was discovered and sent to concentration camps, Anne died at the age of 15. Her diary was published after the war and has become one of the most widely read books in the world, providing a personal account of the Holocaust from a young girl's perspective.
Johann Christian Bach was a composer of the Classical period and the youngest son of Johann Sebastian Bach. He was born in Leipzig in 1735 and spent time living in London, earning him the nicknames "the London Bach" and "the English Bach." He wrote 91 works but only 48 are considered authentic, including symphonies that were closer in style to the Italian sinfonia than later classical symphonies. One of his best known compositions is the March of the Regiment "Prinz von Ernst."
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Heartfulness Magazine - June 2024 (Volume 9, Issue 6)heartfulness
Dear readers,
This month we continue with more inspiring talks from the Global Spirituality Mahotsav that was held from March 14 to 17, 2024, at Kanha Shanti Vanam.
We hear from Daaji on lifestyle and yoga in honor of International Day of Yoga, June 21, 2024. We also hear from Professor Bhavani Rao, Dean at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University, on spirituality in action, the Venerable BhikkuSanghasena on how to be an ambassador for compassion, Dr. Tony Nader on the Maharishi Effect, Swami Mukundananda on the crossroads of modernization, Tejinder Kaur Basra on the purpose of work, the Venerable GesheDorjiDamdul on the psychology of peace, the Rt. Hon. Patricia Scotland, KC, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, on how we are all related, and world-renowned violinist KumareshRajagopalan on the uplifting mysteries of music.
Dr. Prasad Veluthanar shares an Ayurvedic perspective on treating autism, Dr. IchakAdizes helps us navigate disagreements at work, Sravan Banda celebrates World Environment Day by sharing some tips on land restoration, and Sara Bubber tells our children another inspiring story and challenges them with some fun facts and riddles.
Happy reading,
The editors
Trusting God's Providence | Verse: Romans 8: 28-31JL de Belen
Trusting God's Providence.
Providence - God’s active preservation and care over His creation. God is both the Creator and the Sustainer of all things Heb. 1:2-3; Col. 1:17
-God keep His promises.
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- All things were made through Him
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We may suffer now, but joy can and will come
God can see what we cannot see
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The Hope of Salvation - Jude 1:24-25 - MessageCole Hartman
Jude gives us hope at the end of a dark letter. In a dark world like today, we need the light of Christ to shine brighter and brighter. Jude shows us where to fix our focus so we can be filled with God's goodness and glory. Join us to explore this incredible passage.
The Book of Ruth is included in the third division, or the Writings, of the Hebrew Bible. In most Christian canons it is treated as one of the historical books and placed between Judges and 1 Samuel.
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The Book of Samuel is a book in the Hebrew Bible, found as two books in the Old Testament. The book is part of the Deuteronomistic history, a series of books that constitute a theological history of the Israelites and that aim to explain God's law for Israel under the guidance of the prophets.
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It seems that current missionary work requires spending a lot of money, preparing a lot of materials, and traveling to far away places, so that it feels like missionary work. But what was the result they brought back? It's just a lot of photos of activities, fun eating, drinking and some playing games. And then we have to do the same thing next year, never ending. The church once mentioned that a certain missionary would go to the field where she used to work before the end of his life. It seemed that if she had not gone, no one would be willing to go. The reason why these missionary work is so difficult is that no one obeys God’s words, and the Bible is not the main content during missionary work, because in the eyes of those who do not obey God’s words, the Bible is just words and cannot be connected with life, so Reading out God's words is boring because it doesn't have any life experience, so it cannot be connected with human life. I will give a few examples in the hope that this situation can be changed. A375
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Protector & Destroyer: Agni Dev (The Hindu God of Fire)Exotic India
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19. Schwab Family Holocaust Era Out of 20 family members living in Hanau between 1933 and 1939: 11 murdered 9 escaped Countries fled: China, USA, Canada, France, Brazil, Argentina, Belgium, Holland, South Africa
20. Murdered Max Schwab Martha Schwab Hans Ferdinand Schwab Helen Schwab Erna Schwab Johanna Hausmann Jettchen Fleischmann Adolf Fleischmann Alice Frank Oskar Frank Lotte Frank
32. Survivors Rudolf Erwin Alexander Schwab Rosa Schwab Kaufmann Alexander Schwab Armand Demuth, Montreal Quebec Alfons (son of Helene and Jonas) Demuth Ella, sister of Martha Schwab/Hausman Irene Hoexter Gustav Fleischmann Toni Koch
33. Famous Jews from Hanau Moritz Daniel Oppenheim Ernest Fleischmann – (cousin of Rudolph Schwab) One of the most successful orchestra managers in the world, had left Frankfurt at age 12 when his parents fled from Adolf Hitler to settle in Cape Town. General director by the London Symphony Orchestra and Los Angeles Philharmonic
34. Elizabeth Schmitz In 1935, Elizabeth Schmitz authored an anonymous call to Christian conscience about the church’s responsibility to the Jews. Schmitz insisted: “We must, as Christians,” she declared, “act for all the Jews as much as is our possibility.” http://vimeo.com/3325702
As a mere teenager in South Africa, he organized two music festivals, and at age 35 Fleischmann was hired as general director by the London Symphony Orchestra. In 1969, he took over the Los Angeles Philharmonic, where he guided the orchestra's direction for 29 years. During that time, he transformed a good provincial orchestra into an orchestra with world reputation. He attracted music directors of international stature, created links to the film music industry and made the traditional Hollywood Bowl America's largest summer festival. A half-year ago (in March 1998), he passed his position at the Philharmonic on to a young Dutchman by the name Willem Wijnbergen. However, retirement is not an issue for 74-year-old Fleischmann. He just started a new company consisting of himself and one assistant. The cultural counseling company is called "Fleischmann Arts, " and it has customers in all parts of America and in Germany. He regularly visits the NDR Symphony Orchestra in Hamburg to give management advise. Georg Hirsch has a profile of this mover and shaker from Los Angeles.