FW-Themed Essays: On Tobacco pals, children and libraries

Apr. 23rd, 2021 07:06 pm
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Three essays in the anthology "Mehr als ein Soldatenkönig", edited by Jürgen Kloosterhuis and Frank Göse and focused on Friedrich Wilhelm I. of Prussia, were of particular interest to the salon. Here are my reviews:


( Jürgen Kloosterhuis: The Tobacco College Painting and its mysteries )

( Sören Schlueter: FW as a father (to people not Fritz or Wilhelmine) )
( Isabelle Bosch: FW's daughters as mirrored in their libraries )
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The Maras

Sep. 13th, 2020 10:52 am
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[personal profile] selenak write-up:

Born Gertrud Elisabeth Schmeling in Kassel in the same year fellow Hessian Goethe was, 1749, she was the eighth daughter of a poor (and violent) town musician. Who had the same idea Leopold Mozart did when he saw his toddler kid grabbing a violin and hit the road with little Gertrud, presenting her as a musical Wunderkind in the Netherlands and various German cities. At first a violinist, but then this happened:

( Schmeling Mara overview )

[personal profile] selenak write-up:

( Schmeling Mara's memoirs )

[personal profile] mildred_of_midgard write-up:

( The (Johann) Mara Stradivari )

An additional write-up by [personal profile] selenak on more general music topics:

( Fritz and Music )
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