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Tag: Austrian History

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24 October 2022

Beethoven as a revolutionary in Red Vienna

The workers’ music movement in Vienna during the first decades of the 20th century forged a new connection between politics and music. This social-democratic movement appropriated works from the bourgeois music canon and reinterpreted them according to their own terms. The musicologist Golan Gur has investigated the consequences this has had for a historical and […] Continue reading “Beethoven as a revolutionary in Red Vienna”
Emperor Francis Joseph I at his desk

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7 December 2020

The Emperor’s desk: the decisions of Emperor Francis Joseph I

From the beginning to the end of his reign, Emperor Francis Joseph I had the final say on decisions, as documented by roughly a quarter of a million written submissions. A bi-national team of researchers has now developed a new methodology for a first-time assessment of this comprehensive body of material. In the process, surprising […] Continue reading “The Emperor’s desk: the decisions of Emperor Francis Joseph I”

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31 July 2017

The sound of medieval music

Musical life in the late Middle Ages was vibrant and varied, and this applied also in the Austrian region. Scientists from Vienna are now creating a bridge between the music and everyday life of that period, thus facilitating a better understanding of the era. Continue reading “The sound of medieval music”

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