Ludwig van Beethoven
This great creator (1770-1827) was born in Bonn, Germany, in a family with deep musical traditions. However, he was not a prodigy, and his genius only began to emerge in his teens. …
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
This composer (1756-1791) is perhaps the most famous classical music virtuoso of all time. Many other composers were worshiped by his music – Haydn considered him "the greatest composer”, and Schubert melted in delight, arguing, that "the magic of Mozart's music …
Music in Austria
Music in Austria
Music, classical music in particular, is this field of art, which Austria is most famous for. Already in the 12th century. Vienna was known worldwide for the performances of minezingers and other traveling musicians. W 1498 r. Maximilian I. …
Zygmunt Freud
Zygmunt Freud
Zygmunt Freud will give birth! myself 6 house 1856 r. in Freiberg, Moravia. Three years later his father, Jewish wool merchant, will carry out! with his family to Vienna, where he lived in the district of Leopoldstadt. There Freud got all his …
SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY
Salzburg-born physicist and mathematician Christian Johann Doppler (1803-1853) observed, that the wavelengths of light and sound decrease in relation to the recipient as they approach and increase as their source moves away. This explains the change in pitch of the police siren …
A MINILEXICON OF ARCHITECTURE AND CULTURE
A MINILEXICON OF ARCHITECTURE AND CULTURE
But (should. „pan”) – superior, supervisor. Officer title in the Ottoman Empire, clerical and courtly, which both officers enjoyed, as well as governors, and even to the heads of the eunuchs and the court servants; after the proclamation of the republic, the title is purely honorific.
Now – …
Whirling dervishes
Whirling dervishes
The great Turkish poet and mystic Mevlana Celaleddin-i Rumi was born in September 1207 r. in the city of Balkh (in northern Afghanistan). The nickname "Mevlana” his disciples gave him, and it means more or less "our great master” (arab ), to Rumi …
The real story of St.. Nicholas
The real story of St.. Nicholas
Santa Claus was born in Patara (40 km west of Kas) ok. 280 r. We know little about his youth, except that, that during the persecution of Christianity under the Emperor Diocletian (284 – 305) he was imprisoned several times. …
Ionian philosophers
Ionian philosophers
As a result of the rapid development of Greek society and changes in economic and political life in the so-called. the period of archaic Greece (lata 800 – 500 p.n.e.) there has also been progress in the field of spiritual culture. Interested, as a result of colonization outside the city-state, …
The Five Pillars of Islam
The Five Pillars of Islam
The Muslim ritual has five responsibilities, called pillars of religion, which are recognized by all believers, regardless of affiliation to sects and fractions.
1. Confession of faith, or shahadah (arab. certificate), it is a confirmation of strict monotheism and prophetic mission …