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By Anne on March 27, 2021April 14, 2021

This publication includes previously unpublished first-hand accounts of conditions in Germany between September 1944 and May 1945.

Posted in: ISK, Jupp Kappius, Operation Downend, OSS, SOE, Tempsford Academy, WWII

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Classical Sunday: Schütz’s Schwanengesang

By Anne on January 17, 2021January 16, 2021

Beautiful, and somewhat haunting.

Posted in: 17th century classical music, 17th century composers, German 17th century music, German composers, Heinrich Schütz

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Rest in Peace, Christopher Tolkien

By Anne on January 16, 2021January 11, 2021

Christopher John Reuel Tolkien died on 16 January 2020, at the age of 95, in Draguignan, Var, France.

Posted in: Christopher Tolkien, documentary, English poets, Judy Dench, Literature, Poetry, The History of Middle Earth, The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien, Tom Shippey, video

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Classical Sunday: Vivaldi’s Amor Sacro (Motets)

By Anne on January 10, 2021January 8, 2021

In furore iustissimae irae…

Posted in: 18th century composers, Andrea Marcon, Antonio Vivaldi, Baroque, Classical Music, Italian classical music, Italian composers, Simone Kermes

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Happy 100th Birthday, (Great-) Grandma Naomi

By Anne on January 6, 2021

Today, Naomi Ann Snyder would have turned 100.

Posted in: Christman family, Family History, Genealogy, Snyder Family

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It Came Just the Same

By Anne on December 25, 2020December 24, 2020

Merry Christmas, one and all.

Posted in: Christmas, Christmas Carols, Filharmonia Narodowa, Tradition, Warsaw Philharmonic Choir

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Merry Celtic Christmas

By Anne on December 20, 2020December 13, 2020

4th Sunday of Advent. We’re getting there…

Posted in: Advent, Brandon Fiechter, Celtic Culture, Christmas, Derek Fiechter, entertainment, Family, Music

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Classical Sunday: Traditional Scandinavian Folk Songs

By Anne on December 13, 2020January 16, 2021

Something to celebrate the cold season with. Enjoy.

Posted in: Folk Music, folklore, Sweden, winter

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(Neo-) Classical Sunday: The Harry Potter Series

By Anne on December 6, 2020December 30, 2020

“I know the movies can’t be the books… because I know what’s coming and it’s impossible to fully dramatise on screen what I’m going to write. But I just ask you to be true to the characters; that’s all I care about.” J.K. Rowling

Posted in: 20th century composers, Classical Music, Harry Potter, Harry Potter movies, J.K.Rowling, movie score, movies

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(Neo-) Classical Sunday: The 13th Warrior – Sound of the Northmen

By Anne on November 29, 2020November 14, 2020

The 13th Warrior is a 1999 American historical fiction action film based on Michael Crichton’s 1976 novel ‘Eaters of the Dead’, which is a loose retelling of the tale of Beowulf combined with Ahmad ibn Fadlan’s historical account of the Volga Vikings.

Posted in: Antonio Banderas, Beowulf, Classical Music, movies, The 13th Warrior