Emperor Ferdinand II (1619-37) stands out as a crucial figure in the Counter-Reformation in central Europe, a leading player in the Thirty Years War, the most important ruler in the consolidation of the Habsburg monarchy, and the emperor who reinvigorated the office after its de…
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During the heyday of the U.S. and international labor movements in the 1930's and 1940's, Ferdinand Smith, the Jamaican-born co-founder and second-in-command of the National Maritime Union (NMU), stands out as one of the most-if not the most-powerful black labor leaders in the U…
"Wenn auch Hiller das Princip combinirter Rhythmen nicht erfand, so entwickelte er es doch auf einen Punct, auf welchem man ein solches Verfahren umfassender und genauer beurtheilen kann, als bei irgend einem anderen Componisten." Obwohl diese an Adolf Bernhard Marx gerichtete P…