The Third Symphony’s Finale: Creativity, and Heroic Humor Notes by Fred Haight In two recent episodes of Daily Doses of Beethoven, we examined the monumental first movement of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3 “Eroica”, which addresses the idea of a hero—a world-historic figure. We also heard his epic second movement, a Funeral March, expressing the loss […]
Leading into the November 3rd US election, the 4th largest newspaper in the U.S. had its account frozen because of a story about candidate Joe Biden; a journalist was forced to resign from the publication he founded because of censorship of his article on the same topic; many independent media platforms were taken down — […]
The Funeral March of the Third Symphony “Eroica” Notes by Fred Haight Previously, we presented the first movement of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3, “The Eroica” (Heroic). Today, we present the second movement, “The Funeral March”. What does a funeral march have to do with the joyous celebration of creativity and courage that we heard in […]
by Helga Zepp-LaRouche, President International Schiller Institute Zepp-LaRouche presented this paper to the two-day online International Conference of the Association of Asian Scholars on “Revisiting Gandhi: Peace, Justice and Development” 30-31 October 2020 for the celebration of the 150th birthday of Gandhi. She also delivered an abbreviated 10-minute version of paper and participated in the […]
Beethoven and the Heroic Part 4: The Egmont Overture Notes by Fred Haight Part 4: The Egmont Overture The cause of human liberty and freedom led political discussion around the late 18th-early 19th century, and the poets Goethe and Schiller collaborated to tell the story of Switzerland’s fight for freedom. In his play Wilhelm Tell, […]
BEETHOVEN: CREATING THE FUTURE Notes by Margaret Scialdone Legend has it that during a rehearsal of one of his quartets, a violinist complained that the music was incomprehensible – to which Beethoven replied, “Oh, it is not for you, but for a later age”. The beautiful “Abendlied unterm gestirnten Himmel” (Evening Song under a Starry […]
Chinesische Impfstofffirmen arbeiten daran, wie sie in weniger entwickelten Ländern den von ihnen entwickelten COVID-19-Impfstoff verteilen können, sobald dieser verfügbar ist, was wahrscheinlich Mitte Dezember der Fall sein wird. In einem Bericht der chinesischen Global Times vom 3. November werden einige der damit verbundenen enormen realwirtschaftlichen Herausforderungen beschrieben. Der Bericht ist ein Weckruf daran, daß […]
Chinese vaccine companies are working through how to get their COVID-19 vaccines distributed to less developed countries around the world as soon as they are available—hopefully by mid-December. A Nov. 3 report in China’s {Global Times} poses some of the huge physical economic challenges involved. The report is a reminder that getting the vaccines needed […]
Beethoven and the Heroic Part 3: Leonore’s Aria: A study in finding one’s courage. Notes by Fred Haight Leonore’s Aria An aria in opera, is like a soliloquy in a play. The actor shares his or her struggle with their innermost self, directly with you, the audience. Leonore gains great courage in this aria. To […]
Seitdem wir die Putschpläne imperialer Kräfte gegen Präsident Trump aufgedeckt haben, nachdem er 2016 erstmals als Spitzenkandidat in Erscheinung trat, ist uns auch klar, daß der Versuch, ihm jetzt die Präsidentschaft streitig zu machen, eine Fortsetzung dieser Bemühungen ist. Es gibt viele Unregelmäßigkeiten bei den Stimmenauszählungen, die aufgedeckt werden können und müssen. Trump hat angedeutet, […]