Death of a book collector
6th March 2012
Princess. Composer. Book collector. Anna Amalia of Prussia (1723–1787), Frederick the Great’s younger sister, was all three. She studied the keyboard and was an enthusiastic organist, and her musical soirées were attended by artists and intellegentsia from across Europe. But ‘Amalia’s greatest significance to music lies in her musical library, a collection of incalculable value. […]
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