19th-century German male musicians
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Beethoven
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the rise of Beethoven, from Bonn to Vienna, where he became one of the great composers, despite his growing deafness.
21 December 2017
Featuring: Laura Tunbridge, John Deathridge, Erica Buurman
German Roman CatholicsNational anthem writers19th-century German male musiciansGerman Romantic composers, German male opera composers, German opera composers18th-century German male musicians, 18th-century classical pianists, 19th-century keyboardists, Beethoven family, Burials at the Vienna Central Cemetery, Catholic liturgical composers, Child classical musicians, Composers for piano, Deaf classical musicians, German ballet composers, German classical composers of church music, German deaf people, German emigrants to Austria, German male classical pianists, German people of Flemish descent, German string quartet composers, Ludwig van Beethoven, Musicians from Bonn, Oratorio composers, People from the Electorate of Cologne, Pupils of Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Pupils of Joseph HaydnAge of Enlightenment18th century19th centuryMusicNietzsche's Genealogy of Morality
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Nietzsche's influential ideas about what it means to be moral.
12 January 2017
Featuring: Stephen Mulhall, Fiona Hughes, Keith Ansell-Pearson
PhilosophyCritics of the Catholic Church19th-century German male musicians19th-century German journalistsPhilosophers of timeUniversity of Bonn alumni19th-century German non-fiction writersPhilosophers of sexualityWriters about religion and scienceMetaphilosophersGerman philosophers of historyGerman male non-fiction writersCritics of work and the work ethicGerman critics of Christianity19th-century Prussian peopleGerman music criticsWriters about activism and social changeStateless peoplePhilosophy writersIrony theoristsDeterministsPhilosophers of psychology19th-century German novelistsPeople from the Province of SaxonyCritics of religionsCritical theoristsAnti-consumeristsMetaphysiciansGerman philosophers of culturePeople associated with the University of BaselGerman military personnel of the Franco-Prussian WarGerman ethicists, German philosophers of education19th-century German philosophersTheorists on Western civilizationDeaths from pneumonia in GermanyGerman philosophers of mind, German philosophers of religionGerman epistemologistsPhilosophers of nihilismLeipzig University alumniPhilosophers of social science19th-century German male writersGerman male essayistsOntologistsAphoristsExistentialistsAnti-nationalistsPhilosophers of literatureGerman philosophers of art19th centuryGermanyMedicineMusicPsychologyWarWagner
Melvyn Bragg discusses the life, and legacy of the German composer Richard Wagner, mentor of Nietzsche and disciple of Schopenhauer, who changed the face of 19th century opera.
20 June 2002
Featuring: John Deathridge, Lucy Beckett, Michael Tanner
German music critics19th-century German male musiciansLeipzig University alumni19th-century German essayistsGerman male essayistsGerman Romantic composers, German male opera composers, German opera composersGerman theatre directors19th-century German composers, 19th-century classical composersGerman opera librettistsGerman autobiographers19th centuryGermanyMusicWilliam and Caroline Herschel
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the pioneering brother and sister who, between them, discovered Uranus, comets, double stars and infrared light at the end of the 18th century.
11 November 2021
Featuring: Monica Grady, Carolin Crawford, Jim Bennett
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