LISZT MUSEUM
LISZT MUSEUM Franz Liszt was one of the great travellers among composers. Were his overnight resting-places across Europe marked by plaques, like the one-night stands ascribed (apocryphally or otherwise) …
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PANN MUSEUM
PANN MUSEUM Anton Pann (1796-1854) is unique among the composers who appear in this book: although trained in music, a writer of psalms and a collector of folk music, …
GOLOVANOV MUSEUM
GOLOVANOV MUSEUM The central Moscow flat of Nikolay Semyonovich Golovanov (b 1891), an eminent Soviet-era conductor and composer, is not just a musician’s living quarters but a miniature art …
Troldhaugen Museum
Troldhaugen Museum Troldhaugen (Troll Hill), about ten kilometres south of Bergen in the fjords of western Norway, was the home of Edvard Grieg (b 1843) and his wife Nina. …
ENESCU MUSEUM
ENESCU MUSEUM The Romanians take enormous pride in George Enescu: he was a great violinist and teacher, a composer of international stature and a man who deeply loved his …
ELGAR MUSEUM
ELGAR MUSEUM Discovering Edward Elgar’s birthplace, at Lower Broadheath, just outside Worcester, is an adventure in itself. It can also, with the help of the delightful ‘Elgar Route’ signs …
STERC MUSEUM
STERC MUSEUM The small village of Verzej, in the northwestern corner of Slovenia, is the birthplace of one of the country’s leading composers of the inter-war period. Slavko Osterc, …
5 Symptoms of bad wheel alignment
Having the wheel on your car aligned properly can be the difference between a fully functional car and a car for scrap. It might not seem like an inconvenience …
LEHAR MUSEUM
LEHAR MUSEUM The delightful Salzkammergut spa town of Bad Ischl is situated on a bend of the river Traun and surrounded by mountains and forest. Franz Lehar (b 1870) …
MASCAGNI MUSEUM
MASCAGNI MUSEUM Anna Lolli was a young singer in the chorus of the Teatro Costanzi at Rome in 1910 when she caught the eye of the conductor, Pietro Mascagni. …