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Felix Mendelssohn

The composer, conductor and instrumental soloist Felix Mendelssohn is considered one of the most important figures of the Romantic period. Some of his most w...

Franz Schubert

“When I wished to sing of love, it turned to sorrow. And when I wished to sing of sorrow, it was transformed for me into love.” Franz Schubert Born on 31 Jan...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

One of the most popular classical composers, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg on 27 January 1756. From an early age, Mozart showed great interest...

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Report of the Committee appointed to translate the inscription on the Rosetta Stone

This 1859 translation of the inscriptions on the Rosetta Stone is one of the finest early examples of chromolithography, the first reliable means of printing colour images.