String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11 Andante cantabile...
String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11 Andante cantabile (1871), Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Borodin Quartet
View ArticleHello. Could you please recommend me some books or reading about the late...
I honestly am not the best person to ask for book recs, especially regarding specific topics, so I always feel clueless when people come to me for recommendations (unless it’s movies in which case I...
View ArticleAny advice on applying to johns hopkins? I'm applying next year into the...
Hi! First, I don’t know how the app review process differs entering from high school as an undergrad versus transferring from community college, but I imagine they’re looking for the same qualities....
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unhistorical: HI FOLLOWERS, sorry for rarely updating these days; hopefully...
unhistorical:HI FOLLOWERS, sorry for rarely updating these days; hopefully after finals and such this blog will be regularly updated again, unless I die in the process, which is possible. Until then...
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The Rhinegold & the Valkyrie (1910) cover and title pages...
The Rhinegold & the Valkyrie (1910) cover and title pages illustrations by Arthur Rackham
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unhistorical: The Empyrean, from The Divine Comedy (1861-1868),...
unhistorical:The Empyrean, from The Divine Comedy (1861-1868), Gustave DoréThe Empyrean, “from the Medieval Latin empyreus, an adaptation of the Ancient Greek ἔμπυρος empyrus ”in or on the fire (pyr)”,...
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Alice Herz-Sommer, believed to be the world’s oldest...
Alice Herz-Sommer, believed to be the world’s oldest Holocaust survivor, dies at 110Herz-Sommer, who was born in 1903 to a German Jewish family in Prague, was also an accomplished pianist. While held...
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Winslow Homer (February 24, 1836 - September 29, 1910) In dark,...
Sunlight on the Coast (1890) Northeaster (1895) Summer Squall (1904) Gulf Stream (1899) West Point, Prout's Neck (1900) Sunlight on the Coast (1890)Winslow Homer (February 24, 1836 - September 29,...
View ArticleNocturne in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 1 (1835), Frédéric Chopin
Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 1 (1835), Frédéric Chopin
View ArticleSwan Lake, Op. 20 (1877), Introduction & Act I, No. 1...
Swan Lake, Op. 20 (1877), Introduction & Act I, No. 1 Scène.Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake (Лебединое озеро) premiered at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow on March 4, 1877. This original...
View ArticleSwan Lake, Op. 20 (1877), Act I, No. 2 Valse
Swan Lake, Op. 20 (1877), Act I, No. 2 Valse
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March 6, 1869: Dmitri Mendeleev presents his periodic table to...
Mendeleev's 1871 tableMarch 6, 1869: Dmitri Mendeleev presents his periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society.Dmitri Mendeleev was a Russian chemist and, from 1865 to 1890, a professor at the...
View ArticleSwan Lake, Op. 20 (1877), Act I, No. 3 Scène
Swan Lake, Op. 20 (1877), Act I, No. 3 Scène
View Articlewhat are some of your favorite classic movies? I would like to start watching...
Hm I’m not sure what classic movie means, so I’m just going to go with the general time period (silent-1950s/60s) rather than the style (also I understand - I haven’t watched that many older or...
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International Women’s Day was first celebrated in the...
International Women’s Day was first celebrated in the early 20th century in several nations, organized by various different groups and coinciding with a period of rapid growth for many different...
View ArticleSwan Lake, Op. 20 (1877), Act I, No. 4 Pas de Trois
Swan Lake, Op. 20 (1877), Act I, No. 4 Pas de Trois
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March 9, 1945: Operation Meetinghouse begins. The first bombings...
March 9, 1945: Operation Meetinghouse begins.The first bombings conducted by the United States over Japan came in the form of the Doolittle Raid, a 1942 air raid that succeeded in boosting American...
View ArticleSwan Lake, Op. 20 (1877), Act I, No. 5 Pas de Deux
Swan Lake, Op. 20 (1877), Act I, No. 5 Pas de Deux
View ArticleSwan Lake, Op. 20 (1877), Act I, No. 6 Pas d’Action, No. 7...
Swan Lake, Op. 20 (1877), Act I, No. 6 Pas d’Action, No. 7 Sujet, & No. 8 Danse des Coupes
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Albert Einstein (March 14, 1879 - April 18, 1955) To inquire...
Albert Einstein (March 14, 1879 - April 18, 1955)To inquire after the meaning or object of one’s own existence or that of all creatures has always seemed absurd from an objective point of view. And yet...
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