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Johann Christoph Friedrich (later: von) Schiller (November 10, 1759 – May 9, 1805), was a German poet, philosopher, historian, and dramatist. During the last several years of his life (1788–1805), Schiller struck a productive, if complicated, friendship with already famous and influential Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, with whom he discussed much on issues concerning aesthetics, encouraging Goethe to finish works he left merely as sketches; this thereby gave way to a period now referred to as Weimar Classicism. They also worked together on Die Xenien (The Xenies), a collection of short but harshly satiric poems in which both Schiller and...

Friedrich Daniel Rudolf Kuhlau (September 11, 1786 – March 12, 1832) was a German-Danish composer during the Classical and Romantic periods. Born in Germany, after losing his right eye in a street accident at the age of seven, he studied piano in Hamburg. His father, grandfather, and uncle were military oboists. Even though Kuhlau was born to a poor family, his parents managed to pay for pianoforte lessons. In 1810, he fled to Copenhagen to avoid conscription in the Napoleonic Army, which overwhelmed the many small principalities and duchies of northern Germany, and in 1813 he became a Danish citizen....

Georg Friedrich Haas (August 16, 1953 in Graz) is an Austrian composer of spectral music. Haas' style recalls that of György Ligeti in its use of micropolyphony, microintervals and exploitation of the overtone series. He is a founding member of the Graz composers' collective Die andere Seite. He lives in Vienna and composes in a cottage in Fischbach, Styria. .

Carl Friedrich Abel (1723–1787) was a German composer. He was a fine player on the viola da gamba, and composed important music for that instrument. Abel was born on 22nd December 1723 in Cöthen, the son of Christian Ferdinand Abel, the principal viola da gamba and cello player in the court orchestra of Johann Sebastian Bach. On Bach's recommendation, in 1748 he was able to join Johann Adolph Hasse's court orchestra at Dresden where he remained for ten years. In 1759 he went to England, and became chamber-musician to Queen Charlotte. He gave a concert of his own compositions in...

The “Barry White of Prenzlauer Berg”. FRIEDRICH LIECHTENSTEIN is simply inconceivable. If you haven’t seen him on stage before, what he does can hardly be described. To give it a try: a strange floating, indifferent, ambivalent, dreamy, with spangled glamour. Obstinate fragments of text fall and rise within a marvellously vibrant tone-culture. And the most surprising thing is that this remarkable sound, as it easily flutters down, just makes you want to dance! .