Posts / Photos

𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗺 𝗕𝗼𝘆𝗰𝗲: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗩𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗾𝘂𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗺 𝗕𝗼𝘆𝗰𝗲 (1711–1779) was one of the most important English composers of the eighteenth century and 𝗮 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗶𝗴𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱’𝘀 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿…

🇬🇷 On holiday in Crete, Greece. Today, leaving Elounda for Chania, with a stop in the beautiful city of Rethymno. A journey across one of the Mediterranean's most fascinating islands, where spectacular landscapes, Venetian…

𝗔𝗗𝗢𝗟𝗙 𝗙𝗨𝗥𝗧𝗪𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗟𝗘𝗥 — 𝗔𝗥𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗘𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗚𝗜𝗦𝗧, 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗔𝗥 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗙𝗔𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗢𝗙 𝗔 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗗𝗬𝗡𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗬 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗔𝗱𝗼𝗹𝗳 𝗙𝘂𝗿𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗿 was born in Freiburg im Breisgau on 30 June 1853. He became one of the leading German classical archaeologists…

𝗔𝗟𝗧𝗢 𝗗𝗜𝗚𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗟 𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝟭 𝗔𝗟𝗖𝟭𝟬𝟬𝟭 — Czech Chamber Philharmonic, Vojtech Spurny - Baroque Bohemia & Beyond I 𝗔𝗟𝗖𝟭𝟬𝟬𝟮 — Czech Chamber Philharmonic, Vojtech Spurny - Baroque Bohemia & Beyond II 𝗔𝗟𝗖𝟭𝟬𝟬𝟯 — Czech Chamber…

𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗗 𝗕𝗬𝗥𝗢𝗡 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖 𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗕𝘆𝗿𝗼𝗻, born George Gordon Byron in London on 22 January 1788 and dead at Missolonghi, Greece, on 19 April 1824, was one of the most…

𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨 A late photograph of an affectionate diva with her mentor, 𝐌𝐚𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨 𝐓𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐢𝐧, perhaps taken in Greece during their final stage performances together in 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐢’𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚 at 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐮𝐬, 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟎.…

**Wilhelm Furtwangler in 1908.** In this photograph, Furtwangler is a dead ringer for the young Samuel Clemens.** Furtwangler was 22 years old in 1908**, and working as a repetiteur at the Court Opera in…

StadtPark Wien, 21/07/2025 The Stadtpark and the Composers of Vienna A Living Symphony of Memory and Music I. Origins of the Park: A New Urban Ideal (1862) When the Stadtpark (“City Park”) was officially…