“She was at peace. She’d just had the world serenade her.” And just like Crawford, who famously omitted Christina from her will “for reasons well known,” the Los Angeles Times reported Davis also disinherited Hyman. She currently runs a ministry in Virginia. NEW YORK (AP) _ Actress Bette Davis left…
His late period works were characterized by formal, harmonic, and structural experimentation at the highest level, often pointing toward contrapuntal tendencies and microscopic textures, as well as an increasingly introverted compositional outlook. Beethoven’s Royal Patrons. Beethoven initially accepted the offer to the surprise of at least three of his patrons.…
In What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, What exactly is the relationship between Betty Carver and Gilbert Grape, and how does her husband, Ken Carver, feel about it? It was obvious at the beginning of the movie when she seduces Gilbert while he was at her home delivering grocery. He made no…
The composer led a rather frugal life and spent only minor sums on luxury articles, died as a rich man. Just 5 % of the Vienna citizens left a similar or higher fortune, 77 % left only a tenth or less. Beethoven’s funeral as depicted by Franz Xaver Stöber (1795–1858)…
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Beethoven – A Rough Childhood. As a child Beethoven is taught by his father to play the piano with ambitions to become the next Mozart. His drunken father often beat him when he did not meet his high standards. Now, in the last months of his life, Beethoven dedicated the…
The puppeteer behind beloved Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch died Sunday at 85. The longtime puppeteer behind beloved Sesame Street characters Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, Caroll Spinney, has died at age 85, the Sesame Street Workshop announced in a statement. Eric Jacobson took over the role of…
During Beethoven’s lifetime piano underwent some major improvements. In fact, most probably in his early age he did not play the piano, but rather a harpsichord. In this instrument the strings are not hit by a hammer, but rather plucked with a limited dynamic audio range. During Beethoven’s lifetime piano…
In last season’s Big Freedia finale we saw Freedia and longtime boo Devon stroll hand-in-hand into a wedding chapel in New Orlean’s French Quarter. Freedia was even singing the famous wedding procession song! When did Big Freedia get married? This was a big deal for her considering she used to…
In 1787, when Beethoven was 17 years of age he left Bonn on six months’ leave of absence from the court orchestra, and arrived in Vienna a month later. Armed with a letter of introduction from Max Franz, whom Mozart knew, he gained entry into Mozart’s home and was ushered…