Schiller’s First Heroine
We admire Christophine Reinwald for being a woman in charge of her own destiny. She was closer to her brother than almost anyone else, and it was to him she looked for inspiration when she ...
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Dieter Hildebrandt, born 1932 in Berlin, lives as a writer in the Spessart. Previous Hanser publications include books on Lessing, St. Paul, the piano, and Beethoven's 9th Symphony.
The Sun
The sun gives us hope: if we learn to use its almost limitless resources intelligently, energy shortage will be a thing of the past. The sun puts us at risk: because it shines longer and stronger ...
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When the final chorus of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony rises up, most concertgoers feel they could sing along. Of course, the melody is infectious – but what does Schiller's text signify? Dieter ...
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Piano, piano!
"A grand piano is not an instrument – it is a hundred instruments", said Arthur Rubinstein, and his colleague, Alfred Brendel, put it even more laconically: "The piano can do everything." ...
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