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In the spotlight
On that day 13 July
Persons
Théodore GOUVY
Théodore Gouvy was born into a French-speaking family in the Sarre, shortly after it became part of Prussia following the fall of the Empire in 1815. Had not the vagaries of history decided otherwise,...
Persons
Eugène MANUEL
Homme de lettres. Professeur de rhétorique (à partir de 1846), agrégé ès lettres (1847) et Inspecteur général de l'Instruction publique (nommé en 1879).
Persons
Aurélien SCHOLL
Journaliste, auteur dramatique, chroniqueur et romancier. Cofondateur de plusieurs titres de presse (Le Satan, La Silhouette, Le Jockey, Le Club, Le Camarade, Le Lorgnon et Le Nain jaune).
Focus
Pianistic Virtuosity
Inspired by the example of Paganini’s violin playing, Romantic composers made the piano the premier instrument of virtuosity.
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