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I. Adagio – Molto allegro [0:00]
II. Tempo di Menuetto [5:04]
Sigiswald Kuijken, violin
Luc Devos, fortepiano
performed on period instruments
Painting of Mozart family by Johann Nepomuk della Croce
[youtube.com/watch?v=9Yt97xhurk8]
I. Adagio – Molto allegro [0:00]
II. Tempo di Menuetto [5:04]
Sigiswald Kuijken, violin
Luc Devos, fortepiano
performed on period instruments
Painting of Mozart family by Johann Nepomuk della Croce
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Tagged Fortepiano, Johann Nepomuk della Croce, Minuet, Mozart, Mozart family, Music, Sigiswald Kuijken, Sonata form, Tempo, Violin Sonata No. 20, Violin Sonata No. 22, Violin Sonata No. 27, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Berliner Philharmoniker – Edward Elgar Salut d’amour op. 12 2010
von der Berliner Waldbühne, Dirigent Ion Marin
Posted in Educational, FILM, IN THE SPOTLIGHT, MEMORIES, MY TAKE ON THINGS, PEOPLE AND PLACES HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, Uncategorized, YouTube/SoundCloud: Music, Special Interest
Tagged Arts -Architecture, sculpture, berliner philharmoniker, Berliner Waldbühne, Caroline Alice Elgar, Dirigent Ion, Edward Elgar, Edward Elgar Salut, Marin Ion, Orchestra, Pomp and Circumstance Marches, Salut d'Amour
ST. MARCULF
May 1: Marculf is also known as Marcoul. He was born at Bayeux, … Read More
I want a house that has got over all its troubles; I don’t want to spend the rest of my life bringing up a young and inexperienced house.
Jerome K. Jerome (1859-1927)
Woo is a Chinese film director known for the balletic violence of his movies. His films belong to a genre originating in Hong Kong called “heroic bloodshed” and have inspired American filmmakers like Quentin Tarantino. Woo first gained international recognition with his 1989 Hong Kong thriller The Killer. During the 1990s, he became one of the first Asian directors to achieve mainstream success in Hollywood. He has since directed several American films, including what 1997 blockbuster? More…
Minamata disease is a degenerative neurological disorder characterized by a loss of coordination and peripheral vision, poor articulation of speech, and numbness of the extremities. It was first encountered in 1956, when numerous cases of the then-unknown disease were observed in Minamata, Japan. Investigations showed that the consumption of seafood contaminated by a local chemical factory‘s mercury-laden wastewater caused the disorder. What brought more attention to the disease in 1965? More…
Posted in Educational, Environmental Health Causes, Hazardous Materials Exposure, Health and Environment, IN THE SPOTLIGHT, Mercury Toxicity, PEOPLE AND PLACES HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, Uncategorized
Tagged Chisso, Disease, Japan, Mercury poisoning, Minamata, Minamata disease, Minamata Kumamoto, Neurological disorder, peripheral vision
Three people have been killed and another 79 injured in an attack on a train station in Urumqi, the capital of western China’s restive Xinjiang region. Officials say terrorists set off explosives in the station on Wednesday evening and stationed themselves at exits, where they proceeded to slash and stab the fleeing commuters. The perpetrators have yet to be identified, but many are attributing the attack to Uighur separatists. More than 100 people in Xinjiang have died in the past year as a result of sectarian tensions between Han Chinese and Uighurs, a Turkic-speaking, predominantly Muslim ethnic group.More…
The Great Pyramid of Giza, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, is the largest pyramid ever built. A mass of limestone blocks covering 13 acres (5.3 hectares), it was originally 756 feet (230 m) along each side of its base and 482 feet (147 m) high. It has several passages, two large chambers in addition to one below ground level, and two small air chambers for ventilation. It is believed to have been built as the tomb of fourth dynasty Egyptian King Khufu, who was known by what Greek name? More…