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Object story

A Steinway for Eugen d'Albert?

In the “Eichendorff Hall” of Haus Schlesien in Königswinter there is a Steinway grand piano made of lemon wood. It a noteworthy museum object not only because the famous Steinway & Sons lettering is emblazoned on it, but also, and above all, because it was owned by Gerhart Hauptmann, the 1912 Nobel Prize winner for literature.
Biography

A celebrated conductor from Liegnitz

He is considered the ancestor of the Berlin Philharmonic: Benjamin Bilse, born in Liegnitz, Silesia, was one of the most famous conductors of the 2nd half of the 19th century.
Biography

Artist and Art Figure

Monika Hunnius is generally known as a Baltic German author. She, however, saw herself as a musician – and was part of a network of musicians that extended all over Europe, to which Julius Stockhausen, Johannes Brahms, and Clara Schumann belonged as well.
Travelling exhibition

Born in Bohemia and Moravia – (un)known to us?

Did you know that Ferdinand Porsche, constructor of the VW Beetle, came from Bohemia? Or that the author of "The Robber Hotzenplotz", Otfried Preußler, was born in 1923 in Reichenberg (Liberec) in what was then Czechoslovakia? The touring exhibition of the Cultural Office for the Bohemian Lands "In...
Holding

Complete collection of research materials of the Herder Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe – Institute of the Leibniz Association

The Herder Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe - Institute of the Leibniz Association is home to an extensive and diverse range of collections relating to East Central Europe, including a library with a music and press collection together with an image archive and a document and...
Travelling exhibition

Czechs of prominence

How did Antonín Dvořák perceive the German language? What was the relationship of the composer Leoš Janáček or the soprano Ema Destinová to the Habsburg Monarchy? What moved Karel Čapek and Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk to become so committed to peaceful German-Czech coexistence? The travelling...
Musical rendition

Ein Lied geht um die Welt (A Song Goes Around the World) / Die tote Stadt op. 12 – Glück, das mir verblieb (The dead city – Joy, that remained to me)

Hans May (music), Ernst Neubach (text) / Erich Wolfgang Korngold (music), Paul Schott (text) / Richard Resch (tenor), Lutz Landwehr von Pragenau (piano)
Document repository

Electronic Reading Room (eL) of the Martin Opitz Library

Would you like to browse selected holdings of the Martin Opitz Library from your own PC? In the MOB's electronic reading room, you will find thousands of digitized documents – from historical address books to monographs, journals and much more.
Picture gallery

Emil Orlik

Emil Orlik (1870–1932) was one of the most famous and versatile Czech artists of the turn of the century. He was known primarily as a graphic artist and draftsman whose artistic work ranged between realism and art nouveau. His extensive oeuvre includes drawings of famous contemporary musicians and composers – whom Orlik also liked to show practicing their art.
Cultural institution

German Culture Forum for Central and Eastern Europe

The German Culture Forum for Central and Eastern Europe works to promote cross-border communication of German culture and the history of Eastern Europe in the form of events, exhibitions, and both printed and digital publications.
Introduction

Jazz in the Eastern Bloc

More than just music: During the Cold War, jazz suddenly found itself between all fronts – at the same time, it served as a propaganda weapon, a symbol of freedom and a musical bridge between East and West.
Musical rendition

Lied der Doina (Doina Song)

Georg Ritter von Onciul (Music and text) / Mia Jakob (soprano), Denise Maurer (piano)
Library | Archive

Martin Opitz Library

The Martin Opitz Library (MOB) is the central library for German culture and history in Eastern Europe. It collects literature from all areas of East-Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe. The main focus of the collections is on the regions that today form western Poland and the Kaliningrad...
Musical rendition

Mazurka f-minor op. 4

Karol Mikuli (music) / Denise Maurer (piano)
Online library catalog

Online Catalog of the Martin Opitz Library

The online catalog of the Martin Opitz Library is based on the software VuFind and allows you to search the library's entire book and journal holdings, a constantly growing sub-collection of the archive and numerous external datasets. If you would like to search this institution's extensive...
Reading series

Public Readings and Lectures at the Herder Institute

For almost a decade and with more than 60 events to date, the public lectures and readings at the Marburg Herder Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe have been a regular feature of the event program. They make the history, regional studies, literature and culture of East Central...
Musical rendition

Resemnare (Resignation)

Ciprian Porumbescu (music and text) / Mia Jakob (soprano), Denise Maurer (piano)
Musical rendition

Schön Schätzchen, ich wünsch dir ein‘ schöne gute Nacht (My dearest, I wish you good night) / Oh du mein grüner Haselstrauch (Oh you my green hazel bush)

Two folk songs / Mia Jakob (soprano)
Musical rendition

Six Celan Songs – 5. Nächtlich geschürzt

Michael Nyman (music), Paul Celan (text) / Mia Jakob (soprano), Denise Maurer (piano)
Musical rendition

Sonatine für Klavier (Sonatina for piano)

Lutz Landwehr von Pragenau (music) / Lutz Landwehr von Pragenau (piano)
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