englischAs monotheistic religions, Judaism and Islam are strongly influenced by Greek philosophy. This works to reconcile religious and rational truth. Therefore, the role of philosophical mysticism in Jewish-Islamic discourse must be considered in order to identify common features, similar goals [...]
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englischWhen people are looking for a new orientation, they are often motivated by the excitement of something that is completely different from everyday experience. Exotic ideas of India or Hindu spirituality had a formative effect on the shape and content of new concepts of life and the idea of [...]
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englischElfride Trötschel (1913-1958) was a soprano from Dresden. The beginning of her artistic career is directly linked to the musical city of Dresden, further stations were East and later West Berlin as well as a multitude of international appearances. Trötschel's diversity was remarkable: from [...]
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englischElfride Trötschel (1913-1958) was a soprano from Dresden. The beginning of her artistic career is directly linked to the musical city of Dresden, further stations were East and later West Berlin as well as a multitude of international appearances. Trötschel's diversity was remarkable: from [...]
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englischAs a literary figure of world stature, Goethe spent a lifetime working on his pioneering idea of world literature and world poetry. He finally gave this concern concrete form and shape at an advanced age by creating the work West-östlicher Divan in memory of Persian literature and culture [...]
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englischThe tension between what is fact and what is fake is shaping a large number of current debates. Guarantees and obligations have lost their self-evident nature, appearing flexible, negotiable and uncertain, and the distinction between what is true and what is false has become blurred.
The [...]
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englischAs a literary figure of world stature, Goethe spent a lifetime working on his pioneering idea of world literature and world poetry. He finally gave this concern concrete form and shape at an advanced age by creating the work West-östlicher Divan in memory of Persian literature and culture [...]
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englischThe Prague musician Erwin Schulhoff (1894–1942) worked in Dresden after the end of the War in 1919/20, organised progress concerts and corresponded with Schönberg and Grosz. Stimuli from Expressionism, Dadaism and Jazz can be found in his work.
The texts, which bear witness to a [...]
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englischThe music collection of the Zwickau Ratsschulbibliothek is one of the most important historical music collections in Central Germany. This study is the first to offer an overview of the collection's approximately 300 early modern music manuscripts from the perspective of musicology and [...]
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englischThe historical children's drawings in the Arnscheidt Collection are a hitherto unnoticed source of evidence that impressively documents children's perceptions of historical events. The pictures originated in Kurt Arnscheidt's art lessons at Görres Gymnasium, a secondary school in Düsseldorf, [...]
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