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Mozart's Piano
The fortepiano played by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) when he was in Prague in 1787. (Czech Museum of Music, Prague)
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Protagoras of Abdera: Of All Things Man Is The Measure
Protagoras of Abdera (l.c. 485-415 BCE) is most famous for his claim that "Of all things the measure is Man, of the things that are, that they are, and of the things that are not, that they are not"...
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Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor op. 54 (Sviatoslav Richter 1958)
Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor op. 54 (Sviatoslav Richter 1958) Piano Concerto in A minor op. 54 00:00 1. Allegro affettuoso 14:28 2. Intermezzo (Andantino...
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Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (French: Declaration des Droits de l’Homme et du Citoyen) is a human rights document adopted in the early stages of the French Revolution (1789-1799...
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The Brave Who Went on the Warpath Alone and Won the Name of the Lone Warrior
The Brave Who Went on the Warpath Alone and Won the Name of the Lone Warrior is a Sioux tale in the tradition of the hero's journey in which a young person overcomes seemingly impossible...
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Dmitri Shostakovich
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) was a Russian composer of operas, ballets, concertos, string quartets, and 15 symphonies. Shostakovich was frequently denounced by the repressive Soviet state, but in some periods, he also gained...
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Schubert: Piano Quintet in A Major, D. 667
Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group Schubert: Piano Quintet in A Major, D. 667 "Trout" - IV. Thema - Andantino - Variazioni I-V - Allegretto · Emil Gilels · Amadeus Quartet Schubert: Piano Quintet...
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) was a Russian composer most famous for his symphonies, the ballets Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, and The Nutcracker, and the operas Eugene Onegin and The Queen of Spades. A composer...
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Statue of Apollo Playing the Cithara from Miletus
Apollo is rendered as a muscular young man. However, the feminine sensuality displayed here is probably caused by his over-emphasized hips. His robe falls below the waist, exposing the external genitals...
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Girl Playing Knucklebones
Statue of a young Roman girl playing a game of knucklebones, using animal ankle bones as four-sided dice, 1st-2nd century CE.
The British Museum, London.