Bela Bartok was born on 25 March 1881 in a far corner of the Austro-Hungarian Empire: today Sannicolau Mare (in Hungarian Nagyszentmiklos, in German Gross Saint Nikolaus) is part …
Within the complex of buildings, ancient and modern, that constitute the Alhambra in Granada lies an old Arab bathhouse, dating from the beginning of the 14th century; and within …
Pe-teris Barisons came from a farmstead at Staburags, in rural Latvia, and the museum in his memory is not easy to find. You need to start from Aizkraukle, a …
Back at Mandalay I saw my trishaw rider waiting for me on the river bank and I gratefully returned with him to the Royal City for a shower and …
Best Travel Destinations With Infant So, you might not qualify here to travel by luxury jet or megayacht; but, you can still have the “once in a lifetime (luxury …
Best Travel Value Destinations The questions from our two children throughout our entire stay at the resort and tours of the Magic Kingdom were endless; and, the experience the …
Bulls were in Minos’ blood. As the Tyrian princess Europa walked wide-eyed by the shore, she saw among her father’s herds a handsome bull. The second-century bc poet Moschus …
Editions, their number and kind, provide insight into the transmission of the music and ultimately its popularity. Hidden between its covers, printed music cannot easily be appreciated when displayed …
Seeing and hearing Musical museums attract the music lover whose main experience of music is as a listener. If visitors are lucky, they will discover something to give added …
Museo Civico in Rovereto, but it was abandoned around the year 2000 and the artefacts were put into storage at the local opera house, the Teatro Zandonai. A museum …