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…, disinformation, and a contempt for the truth or the reality of most people's lives - has overrun real journalism.” 11 The question then begs, what of centuries past? The argument has been put forth that W. A. Mozart was the "pop icon" of his day and his music…

…the Russian stage, and laid the foundation of his lifelong love for Mozart; but he had no acquaintance with Schumann, and at 21 did not even know how many symphonies Beethoven had composed. He was an ardent worker nevertheless, and once when Anton Rubinstein, his…

…Amadeus Mozart. His family, originating from old traditional polish nobility, had a strong background in the profession of law and therefore his father was a lawyer at the court in Königsberg. As a young child, E.T.A. Hoffmann had inherited some negative…

…and ethnography are all well known. Salzburg, birthplace of the composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, has several museums housing collections of his manuscripts and memorabilia, including one in the house where he was born. The Austrian economy is based on a balance…

…notable contributions were the teaching editions he made of the works of Bach, Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven and the pieces he composed for children. In 1904, while staying in the Slovakian countryside in order to practice and compose, Bartók overheard Lidi…

…, a clothes pressing machine, improvements in the printing press, a pole with a manipulable grasp at the end to take down books from high shelves, laboratory equipment, and a musical instrument called the glass harmonica which Mozart and Beethoven wrote music…

…of Destiny had been directed by Doctor Arnold Fanck. Over the next week Leni attended as many of the showings of the film at Mozart Hall as possible. Leni was so impressed with Fancks film that she decided to go to northern Italy to see the Dolomites…

…, or any other strand of maths apart from what was learnt in high school. He describes his intelligence by likening it to the ability of Mozart or Beethoven to look at a piano and know intrinsically how to play it. He denies having a photographic memory…

…-called 'Mozart Effect', where mothers will play classical music for their children while still in the womb to increase the child's brain activity. With increased brain activity, the child has is likely to come out smarter than if not exposed to classical…

…of his musical successors such as Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. Handel's Messiah was a three movement work. The first movement was called Christmas. The second movement was called Death and Resurrection, and the third movement, Redemption. Unlike Bach's…