Munich

Hitler himself. Bavaud planned to follow Hitler around Germany with a pistol taking a shot any opportunity he had. On November 9th 1938, Hitler and the other Nazi leaders marched through Munich to celebrate the famous Munich Putsch which was a failed attempt by Hitler and the Nazi party to seize power in Munich. Among thousands…

Richard Georg Strauss was born in Munich on June 11, 1864. He was the first child of the musician Franz joseph and his wife Josepha. At the age of six years old he was composing his own first piece of music. At the age of eighteen he had composed a 140 works of his own. Upon recommendation of his own Mentor at the time, the renowned Wagner Conductor Hans von Bulow, Richard Strauss became the most Music director in in the Meninges at the young age of 21. One year later in 1886, the musician…

German Composer and Conductor, born in 1883 at Starnberg, the outskirts of Munich, where there was a villa owned by his family, he died in December 1972 at his temporary abode in Shimo-ochiai, Tokyo. Prinsheim’s operatic symphony, ‘Yamada Nangamaza’, the piece which is contained the influences and atmosphere of Thai music idioms. The publication of the research result has been done in…

The NSDAP was shaped out of smaller groups in late 1917-1918. In 1918, Anton Drexler, a German nationalist created a new division of this league in Munich. Drexler trailed the views of several military nationalists of that time, some interpretations involved opposing the Treaty of Versailles, having anti-Semitic, and anti-Marxist outlooks. They all had a knowledge of trusting in the power of Germans which various nationalists appealed to be part of the Aryan master race. He also faulted…

ARTISTS LOOK AHEAD Andy Warhol started to become successful in the late 40’s creating illustrations for Glamour magazines. By the early 60’s Warhol began to be known for his comic like painting of subjects derived from advertisements. Subjects like the Campbell soup can or Coca-Cola. Warhol was rather shy and always observed, he would carry a camera to capture objects or famous people. Later he would turn those photographs into silk screen prints and reproduce them as his iconic pop art canvases…

The White Rose shined as a light in the darkness of Germany from 1942-1943. This resistance group courageously published 6 pamphlets in Nazi Germany rebelling and criticising Nazi Germany and Hitler. From childhood, to their time in University, to their arrests and executions, the members of the White Rose resistance group showed tremendous courage when taking a stand against the Nazi government. Leading up to the White Rose movement, Hitler had a extraordinary rise to power. After World…

The Paralysis of the West The disaster at Munich was as a result of Neville Chamberlain’s naivety. In 1938, Chamberlain met with Adolf Hitler and agreed to hold talks with the French and even convinced the Czechs to stand down. However Chamberlain failed to invite Czechoslovakia at the Munich talks because he was naive to believe Hitler’s assurance that he had no more territorial ambitions in Europe. The West did not…

In the modern days, there are various levels of clarinet competitions. They have played significant roles in clarinet development. The top talented young clarinet performers are usually discovered from these competitions. From the participants’point of view, they tend to gain experience and learn from other participants. For those competitions which have crucial influence internationally, it is an unwritten rule that organizing committee always invite a prestige composer to compose a new piece…

been an ongoing debate on whether or not violence in video games is a direct cause of violent behavior. This topic was once again brought to debate in the article “Do Video Games Lead to Violence” when it was released that the 18-year old gunman from Munich, responsible for the death of nine people, commonly played and enjoyed first person shooter games. Those who are supporters of the claim that violent video games lead to violence say that there is a direct link to the shooting and his love of…

When I discovered that I would finally be able to travel abroad through Centre’s study abroad program I was beyond ecstatic. Due to basketball I really have never had the opportunity to go abroad, because if we were to we would end up missing parts of our season and I just skip parts of the season. However I had heard so many great stories from all my friends about their experiences and how the trips not only changed their lives but also changed their outlook on how different cultures live. A…