The Funeral March of the Third Symphony “Eroica” Notes by Fred Haight Previously, we presented the first movement of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3, “The Eroica” (Heroic). Today, we present the second movement, “The Funeral March”. What does a funeral march have to do with the joyous celebration of creativity and courage that we heard in […]
by Helga Zepp-LaRouche, President International Schiller Institute Zepp-LaRouche presented this paper to the two-day online International Conference of the Association of Asian Scholars on “Revisiting Gandhi: Peace, Justice and Development” 30-31 October 2020 for the celebration of the 150th birthday of Gandhi. She also delivered an abbreviated 10-minute version of paper and participated in the […]
Beethoven and the Heroic Part 4: The Egmont Overture Notes by Fred Haight Part 4: The Egmont Overture The cause of human liberty and freedom led political discussion around the late 18th-early 19th century, and the poets Goethe and Schiller collaborated to tell the story of Switzerland’s fight for freedom. In his play Wilhelm Tell, […]
BEETHOVEN: CREATING THE FUTURE Notes by Margaret Scialdone Legend has it that during a rehearsal of one of his quartets, a violinist complained that the music was incomprehensible – to which Beethoven replied, “Oh, it is not for you, but for a later age”. The beautiful “Abendlied unterm gestirnten Himmel” (Evening Song under a Starry […]
Chinese vaccine companies are working through how to get their COVID-19 vaccines distributed to less developed countries around the world as soon as they are available—hopefully by mid-December. A Nov. 3 report in China’s {Global Times} poses some of the huge physical economic challenges involved. The report is a reminder that getting the vaccines needed […]
Beethoven and the Heroic Part 3: Leonore’s Aria: A study in finding one’s courage. Notes by Fred Haight Leonore’s Aria An aria in opera, is like a soliloquy in a play. The actor shares his or her struggle with their innermost self, directly with you, the audience. Leonore gains great courage in this aria. To […]
As we have been exposing the efforts of the imperial forces to run a coup against President Trump since he first emerged in 2016 as a leading candidate, it is clear to us that the attempt to steal the election from him is a continuation of those efforts. There are many irregularities in the vote […]
President Trump told a group of Republican National Committee staffers, many of them young people in their 20’s, that he didn’t go to Wall Street to finance his political campaign, in order not to be beholden to those interests. The statement came in answer to a question about funding of his campaign. “We had plenty […]
Check out the IAEA’s new webpage identifying the locations of all known experimental fusion research devices worldwide. Based on information which it collects and then reviews with the International Fusion Research Council, the IAEA launched a new webpage with a world map indicating where the 115 fusion research projects, in 26 countries, are either now […]
Beethoven and the Heroic ; Part 2: Leonore Notes by Fred Haight Part 2: Leonore No-one ever portrayed a woman more heroically then Beethoven. His only opera, Fidelio, is about a woman named Leonore, who courageously disguises herself as a boy, goes into prison, risking her life, in order to rescue her husband, Florestan, who […]