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I have long been interested in the intersection of manuscript and print culture.  The wonderful 2011 exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago Altered and Adorned was full of fascinating examples. Here is another, which came in recently: It is manuscript biographical dictionary (202 × 163 mm), created in Germany in about 1750, in which the anonymous compiler […]

The most famous musical response to Napoleon’s defeat in Russia in December 1812 is, quite rightly, Tchaikovsky’s ‘1812 Overture’.  That was composed almost seventy years after the event, but there was also music written at the time to celebrate the Russian victory. This is A military song in honour of General Count Wittgenstein dedicated to […]