Martens Hof

Questo è il libro definitivo e ufficiale del metodo che sta rivoluzionando la via al benessere fisico e mentale. Alla base del metodo c'è il potere del freddo e il suo pioniere è Wim Hof. "Puoi letteralmente fare l'impossibile. Puoi migliorare la tua salute fisica e mentale, portare al massimo le tue prestazioni e persino controllare la tua fisiologia in modo da superare al meglio qualsiasi situazione stressante." Wim Hof è noto come "The Iceman" grazie alle sue incredibili imprese fisiche, come passare ore in acque gelide, battere record di resistenza estrema e correre maratone a piedi nudi attraverso distese ghiacciate. Eppure il suo risultato più straordinario non è una performance da record: è la creazione di un metodo che migliaia di persone nel mondo stanno utilizzando per trasformare le loro vite, scoprendo i benefici sorprendenti di bagni e docce ghiacciate e rivoluzionando il proprio rapporto con il freddo..

The court music establishment in Karlsruhe was in some respects rather special: for reasons of cost, the court did not engage any expensive foreign soloists, such as castrati for the solo parts, and instead deployed up to 40 orchestral musicians in addition to a 70-strong girls choir, which is likely to have overlapped with the legendary Blumenmädchen, a group of young ladies-in-waiting who were notoriously engaged by Carl Wilhelm for his entertainment. There were surely some talented vocalists among these members, but the ability to master and embellish such challenging pieces as the arias of miniature operas requires extensive vocal training.

Jacob van Eyck (around 1590 – 1657) is one of the most important musicians of the 17th century in the Netherlands. After making a name for himself as a carillonneur with his improvements to several carillons in the Netherlands, he was put in charge of the bells of all parish churches and the town hall in Utrecht in 1628 and was given the title "Director of the Bell Works". His recorder playing, which he showed in public parks and in the Utrecht churchyard, has come down to us in several prints. The "FLUYTEN LUST-HOF" (printed 1649/1654) is to this day the most extensive collection in European music history with works for a recorder solo. In addition to some free forms, this is a collection of variations on song and dance melodies that were well known at the time, which owe their special status to van Eyck's virtuoso art of improvisation. The "FLUYTEN LUST-HOF" includes almost 150 works.