With Magellan as General Captain, five ships set sail from Sanlúcar de Barrameda on 20 September 1519. He and his crew discovered the Strait of Magellan at the end of 1520 and were the first Europeans to cross the Pacific. After reaching today’s Philippines, Magellan fell in battle with Visayan…
The first circumnavigation of the world started 500 years ago with Christ and cannons. Weiterlesen »
The most dangerous of all worldviews is the worldview of people who have not looked at the world This year marks the 250th anniversary of the birthday of Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859), and the 160th anniversary of his death. Reason enough to pay musical tribute to this cosmopolitan and universal
Alexander von Humboldt – World Citizen and Universal Genius Weiterlesen »
Napoleon Bonaparte was born 250 years ago. Napoleon was a genius warlord and guardian of the legacy of the French Revolution or a war criminal and servant of the nations. The story of the French ruler traces the fantastic path from a notorious islander to the most powerful man in
Warlord or war criminal? Weiterlesen »
“Wind of Change” is the title of a rock ballad by the Scorpions that was composed and written by Scorpions singer Klaus Meine in September 1989. It was regarded in the media as the so-called “Hymne der Wende” and is the most successful single of German production. The English text
The Wind of Change – when the iron curtain fell Weiterlesen »
On September 1, 1939, Hitler reported, “Since 5:45 a.m., the gun is now being fired back! And from now on bomb will be rewarded with bomb!” It was “Fake News”, because he himself had staged the “Attack of Poland on German Territory” in order to start the war. This was
The Devil’s World Domination – 80 Years of World War II Weiterlesen »
God in human form admonished a wooden bearer to honour Sunday. He fends off and means “Sunday or moon day doesn’t matter to him”. God curses him to stand eternally as a man in the moon. There are many such and similar stories about the “man in the moon”. The
The man in the moon – 50 years moon landing Weiterlesen »
Was it the cool May in Central Europe or were there other reasons for the numerous new publications of the month of May – nobody knows. In order to give you a better overview, these novelties are sorted below for the individual orchestra forms and instrument groups. Starting with symphonic
May 2019 – more than 170 new publications Weiterlesen »
Sigmund Freud said: “Leonardo da Vinci resembled a man who had awoken too early in the darkness, while all the others were still asleep.” In fact, da Vinci was far ahead of the knowledge of that time. He was a painter, sculptor, architect, anatomist, mechanic, engineer, writer, natural philosopher, inventor,
500 years of universal genius Leonardo da Vinci Weiterlesen »
It was in the late 1980s when I organized a seminar “Humor in wind music”. None other than Henk van Lijnschooten was a seminar leader. And one thing he quickly made clear to us: humour in music is not fun, but hard work. Not only the presented music has to
Humor in music is not funny! Weiterlesen »
A waltz with a sad background Can you compose a polka for a sad occasion? Yes, you can: if you are a musician colleague whose love was bohemian music. Just on the day he died, a large rainbow stood over his house. Tobias Krehlik of the S.o.B. band wrote the
Music under the rainbow Weiterlesen »
