Congress of Vienna

His father did not agree with Adolf’s aspirations of becoming a painter. After the death of his brother, Edmund in 1900, Adolf shut himself down and detached from his family. His father died in 1903, and he decided to drop out of school. He left for Vienna after his mother’s death in 1907, and became a casual laborer and painter. He attempted to join multiple art schools, but all denied him. After the art school fiasco, Hitler, moved to Munich during the the outbreak of the First World War. He…

Samuel Barber, who is an American composer, born in West Chester, Pennsylvania. In a very young age, Barber was very fond of music, and demonstrated a certain musical talent. Barber wrote his first song at the age of seven and tried to write his first musical at the age of ten. At the age of twelve became an organist, and at the age of fourteen entered the Curtis Institute of Music learning piano, music and composer. When Barber was eighteen or so, he became a composer. At the same time met the…

In the Classical era an amazing composer was born in Salzburg, Austria; His name was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. He was brought into the world on January 27, 1756. Most people just know him as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, but he was also known as Johann Chrysostom Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart has been classified as one of the greatest composers in the history of Western music. The story and history behind the composer is just fantastic and interesting, He had a rough time as he grew older but…

Scripted interview Interviewer: Today we will be interviewing a gentleman that has forged a name for him self in the realm of music. He has created every thing from sonatas, fugues, quartets, sonnets, and operas. He has also traveled all across Europe playing some of the most renowned places such as the Sistine Chapel. Ladies and gentleman I give you Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart: Thank you, thank you it a pleasure to be hear. Interviewer: So let’s start simple, and go all the way back to…

Colonel Redl depicts a young man who is patriotic, ambitious and loyal towards the Habsburg Empire. Born to a poor but loyal Galician family Redl is able to receive a promotion in the military where he is eventually assigned a position as War Minister then made head of the intelligence division due to his ambition and loyalty to the state. However, in his early years he is sent to a military school far from Galicia where he is born, forced to leave his family and taught military education which…

1.Who was Johann Winckelmann, and what was his importance in the history of art? Johann Winckelmann was a German scholar who believed classical art triumphed over “natural” art that was popular in his time (Kleiner 784). He published works like History of Ancient Art (1764) which details different classical art works. However, the thing that set this piece apart from those before him is the fact that he organized less by biography and more by subject, style, and period (Kleiner 784) .…

Germany’s southern state of Bavaria, with its forests, fairy tale towns and picture-book castles has as its capital, Munich, a year-round destination. Gilly Pickup goes in search of Chocolate, Beer Steins and the Mad Monarch Images Gilly Pickup It's amazing how much rich, chocolate Bavarian cream tart you can eat to sustain you during a hard day’s sightseeing. Besides, we’d just climbed all the way to the top of the 15th century ‘Frauenkirche’, Gothic Church of Our Lady, the city’s famous…

Franz Stangl was a policeman, weaver, Captain of a cruel German organization in the SS Commandant. Was a Commandant of the Treblinka and Sobibór death camp. Stangl was born on March 16, 1908 in Altmunster, Austria and died on June 28, 1971 in Dusseldorf, Germany. Franz's childhood was in a small town in Austria, he was son of a watchman, had a sister who was 10 years older than him. He was scare of his father because Franz would get "leathered." he lived in a military household, when stangl was…

Gustav Klimt Gustav Klimt was born on July 14, 1862, on the outer part of Vienna, Austria. The son of Ernst and Anna Klimt. Ernst was a broke struggling gold engraver and Anna was musically talented, but had never wanted to become a professional artist. Gustav became very gifted at a young age. He went to Vienna School of Art and Crafts on a full scholarship. The school did not care that he was from a poor home and that he was young. Klimt used his time wisely at the school and focused on…

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born on January 27, 1756 in Salzburg Austria. At a very young, Wolfgang Mozart could comprehend a piece of music within half an hour. Then he was writing symphonies and playing clavier. His parents name were Leopold and Maria Mozart. Also, his father was a composer as well. Wolfgang Mozart father Leopold Mozart educated him to become successful at playing different instruments and understanding music. Wolfgang father was known to be an outstanding composer and…