1806—Michael Haydn dies before completing hisRequiem in B-flat Major.The existing movements—an “Introit,”“Kryie,” and “Dies Irae” (partial)—require 3 trombones. The “Tuba mirum” portion of the “Dies Irae” features soprano and alto soloists with a trombone obbligato (Chase 205)....
principal trombonist with the Gewandhaus Orchestra. David is concertmaster of the same orchestra (and Felix Mendelssohn is conductor). The concertino is originally a violin work consisting of only the slow movement; the outer movements are added later by the composer. The review of the premiere...
Ernestine Rose was a Polish-born American reformer and suffragist, an active figure in the 19th-century women’s rights, antislavery, and temperance movements. Born in the Polish ghetto to the town rabbi and his wife, Ernestine Potowski received a better
Education - 19th Century, Reforms, Schools: From the mid-17th century to the closing years of the 18th century, new social, economic, and intellectual forces steadily quickened—forces that in the late 18th and the 19th centuries would weaken and, in man
History of Technology Timeline What’s the Difference Between Modern and Contemporary Art? Difference EngineThe completed portion of Charles Babbage's Difference Engine, 1832. This advanced calculator was intended to produce logarithm tables used in navigation. The value of numbers was represented by th...