Eusebius7 links
Some useful sites, of a cultural nature:
The Lieder
Page, providing lyrics and translations to hundreds of classical
songs
The
Davidsbündler Web site, reviving 19th Century composer Robert
Schumann's conspiracy to defend the classical ideal of Beauty, and smite
the Philistines
The Web Museums: fabulous selections of fine art images
A page of links concerning
Friedrich
Schiller, Poet of Freedom
A web page describing Benjamin Franklin's invention of the glass armonica
Audio and video files of the greatest singer America has ever produced, Marian Anderson
A web site devoted to English poet
John
Donne
A web site with resources on
orchestration
for composers and arrangers
For readers of German:
Ibykus,
a valuable resource for cultural and philosophical ideas... and,
The German Schiller
Institute as well
For translators:
The Technical University of Munich provides the excellent LEO Dictionary online,
and even better, their Forum where you can get answers, often within minutes, to translation problems beyond the scope of the dictionary
A fascinating discovery about the history of music and the human mind: the
so-called
Neanderthal
Flute
Public Service announcements:
"You can also become a member of the Clara Schumann
Society! No dues. Simply perform or research the music of Clara during the
next year, and let me know! Look for the membership page for details."
http://www.geneva.edu/~dksmith/clara/schumann.html
Visit the website of the Lyndon LaRouche Political Action Committee, people who think and act globally, campaigning for a new Renaissance to forestall a New Dark Age.
Some other useful sites, of general interest to internet users:
The
HTML Primer, a clearly written manual on how to use the HTML
coding for sites on the World Wide Web.