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Aerial view of Florence (Firenze), Italy from the campanile of the Duomo, with the gigantic dome (designed by Filippo Brunelleschi) in the foreground. Unidentifiable tourists are visible on top of the dome, which provide a measure of the building s scale.

25 Famous Paintings to See the Next Time You’re in Florence

the Beatles. Publicity still from Help! (1965) directed by Richard Lester starring The Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr) a British musical quartet. film rock music movie

What's the Difference Between Tempo and Rhythm?

Woman Playing a Theorbo to Two Men, oil on canvas by Gerard Terborch, 1667-1668. (Baroque Art)

What’s That Sound?: 8 Intriguing Early Musical Instruments

The last big concert of Jimi Hendrix before he died in London was in Germany on the isle of Fehmarn 6th of September 1970. The festival was called Love-and-Peace-Festival.

Is 27 an Especially Deadly Age for Musicians?

Madonna and Child Enthroned by Gentile da Fabriano, tempera on panel, c. 1420, 95.7 x 56.5 cm

Beautiful Gibberish: Fake Arabic in Medieval and Renaissance Art

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Groups of depositors in front of the closed American Union Bank, New York City. April 26, 1932. Great Depression run on bank crowd

Causes of the Great Depression

Easter Procession of Maria Santisima del Sacromonte in Granada, Spain. This statue is known as Virgen de los Gitanos or The Virgin of the Gypsies.

What is Holy Week?

Illustration for Demystified "How Dangerous is Quicksand"

How Deadly Is Quicksand?

Fish. Lionfish. Lion-fish. Turkey fish. Fire-fish. Red lionfish. Pterois volitans. Venomous fin spines. Coral reefs. Underwater. Ocean. Red lionfish swims by seaweed.

10 of the World’s Most Dangerous Fish

Marriage. A couple getting married during a church wedding ceremony. (religion, ceremony, bride, groom)

The Seven Sacraments of the Roman Catholic church

African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.

Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement

9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes

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Born	May 12, 1863 • France
Died	November 8, 1909 (aged 46) • Toulon • France
Founder	Schola Cantorum
Movement / Style	Renaissance
Subjects Of Study	folk music • Basque • liturgical music

Claudio Monteverdi

Italian composer and musician

Hector Berlioz

French composer

Orlando di Lasso

Flemish composer

Josquin des Prez

French-Flemish composer

Johannes Brahms

German composer

Benjamin Britten

British composer

Leonard Bernstein

American composer and conductor

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Italian composer

Andrea Gabrieli

Italian composer

Gabriel Fauré

French composer

Francis Poulenc

French composer

Joseph Haydn

Austrian composer

Franz Schubert

Austrian composer

Franz Liszt

Hungarian composer

Gustav Mahler

Austrian composer

Felix Mendelssohn

German musician and composer

Carl Maria von Weber

German composer and musician

Antonín Dvořák

Bohemian composer

Georg Philipp Telemann

German composer

Sergey Rachmaninoff

Russian musician

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