Vienna: How The City of Ideas Created

Consider the events explored, explained, and connected by this course. Three lifetimes ago, Europe was a farming society ruled by families of monarchs:

It's impossible to imagine more compelling performance of this music- Howard Shelley is truly a rescuer of lost musical souls. –Gramophone, Jan'17

The History of Mercury Living Presence. The year was 1950. The record industry was recovering from the 'battle of the speeds', which pitted RCA Victor, with its 45-rpm disc, against Columbia Records, inventor of the microgroove long-playing record. (The 78-rpm shellac disc had just suffered a swift demise.) In the aftermath of the protracted struggle, the unexpected happened. Both sides won: the 45-rpm became the preferred speed for popular music at the time and the LP was adopted as the industry standard for classics and other 'long-playing' programs.

Emanuel Lasker's most instructive games of Chess 1889-1899 - The Longest reigning World Chess Champion for 27 years