• Written by Helmut Schwaiger
• Categorised Artist, Deaths & Honors, Highlights Deaths and Honours, Recommendations

The British-Australian actress and singer Olivia Newton-John, who became famous worldwide for her leading role in the musical adaptation “Grease”, has…

• Written by Helmut Schwaiger
• Categorised Publishing House, Recommendations

In 1995, the Caribbean island of Montserrat was devastated by the catastrophic volcanic eruptions of the Soufrière Hills, which also destroyed…

• Written by Helmut Schwaiger
• Categorised Recommendations, Sheet music

We do not want to discuss the political reasons for the war in Ukraine. But we want to remember the people…

• Written by Helmut Schwaiger
• Categorised Artist, Events, Musicians meeting, Recommendations

Tyrol, the land of mountains. Avalanches (in German: Lawinen) are commonplace and dangerous in winter. But there is one avalanche that…

• Written by Helmut Schwaiger
• Categorised Recommendations, Sheet music

Arabesques are tendril ornaments as found in painting or architecture. The term is used to describe both the surface-filling, natural acanthus…

• Written by Helmut Schwaiger
• Categorised Artist, Artist, Deaths & Honors, Recommendations

His role in the “Rocky Horror Picture Show” as the wild and extremely unhappy ex-delivery boy Eddy was legendary and made…

• Written by Helmut Schwaiger
• Categorised Recommendations, Sheet music

Yes, that too exists: the “International Puppetry Day”. It is celebrated annually on March 21. The Union Internationale de la Marionnette…

• Written by Helmut Schwaiger
• Categorised Recommendations, Sheet music

On the night of 30 April, the fires burn. Witches’ fires! From the Arctic Circle to the southern tip of Italy,…

• Written by Helmut Schwaiger
• Categorised Composer, Deaths & Honors, Publishing House, Recommendations

As reported by the “Kleine Zeitung”, Hans Koller – musician, composer, guesthouse owner and farmer – passed away last Friday, 24…

• Written by Helmut Schwaiger
• Categorised Composer, Recommendations

Max Steiner was born in Vienna’s Leopoldstadt in the Hotel Nordbahn and came from a wealthy theatre dynasty that was friends…