Josephine’s tale is a tragic, yet familiar story of love and marriage in an era of strict social constraints, often with devastating consequences. One cannot help but feel for the gentle Josephine, who was trapped by societal expectations, and the passionate, deeply sensitive man, who yearned for her loving comfort. In this article, we will introduce Josephine, one possible claimant …
Beethoven’s Unsterbliche Geliebte, or Immortal Beloved ‘My angel, my all, my own self’ Written at the age of 41, Beethoven’s famous love letter reads as a breathless expression of despair and hope, of love and devotion for an unnamed woman, his Immortal Beloved, whose identity has sparked two centuries of curiosity, research and debate. Here, we will take a …
‘The young Englishman, who knew all of Beethoven’s works by heart’ I believe we can all appreciate the Englishman’s justified admiration and enthusiasm for Beethoven’s musical talent and be somewhat bemused by the comment made to Potter, by pianist J.B Cramer: ‘If Beethoven emptied his inkstand upon a piece of music paper you would admire it! Though, wouldn’t we …
David Vernon: Beethoven: The String Quartets As a long time Churchill fan I always find wisdom and encouragement in his sayings. One can easily discover answers in these compact one liners to almost any situation in life. No wonder, when reading David Vernon’s new book, a quote came to me: I like a man who grins when he fights. I …
In the first article on printing the focus was on printing in general, on the history and the techniques. In this second part we turn our attention to a more specific area, on printing music and music publishing. In the last part of this article there is a complete list and short history of each music publisher that were in …
Printing: a process of reproducing text or an image on paper or other materials through various techniques. Sounds simple, but its evolution has had far-reaching consequences. The history of printing is a remarkable human journey that has profoundly contributed to, and influenced human communication, knowledge distribution and consequently to the development of societies and humanity in general. In a …