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This performance of the Sanctus, from Beethoven's Missa Solemnis, is by the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra, conducted by Leonard Bernstein.
While Beethoven was becoming the most sought-after composer in Europe, he struggled - emotionally - with his personal life.
Beethoven's Third Symphony, commonly known as the Eroica (Heroic) was revolutionary for its time.
At the beginning of 1917, the Russian city ofSt.
In her book North to Freedom (also known as I am David), Anne Holms sets the stage at a Bulgarian forced labor camp - likely Belene - where children, ...
Within weeks after his marriage to Peggy Shippen, a loyalist, Benedict Arnold contacted the British.
Major General Arnold, commander of American forces at West Point, was on the verge of giving the New York fort to the colonists' adversaries - the Bri...
As America struggled during the revolutionary war, it wasn't just battles which were lost to Britain. Trade with the mother country, so vital ...
Rosie the Elephant was played by Tai in the film, Water for Elephants.
Although the Benzini Bros.
What was it like for Sir Anthony Hopkins to play the role of Hrothgar in the film "Beowulf?
The sole surviving manuscript of Britains national epic, about a Dark Ages hero, is now maintained at the British Library.
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