German male classical composers
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HistoryScienceFellows of the Royal SocietyFellows of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesRecipients of the Copley MedalMembers of the Royal Swedish Academy of SciencesGerman LutheransHonorary members of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences18th-century classical composers19th-century German male musiciansGerman critics of Christianity18th-century German composersGerman FreemasonsGerman classical composersGerman opera librettistsPeople of the Age of EnlightenmentRoyal reburials18th-century German LGBTQ people18th-century German astronomers18th-century keyboardists18th-century male musiciansBritish scientific instrument makersClassical-period composersGerman art collectors, Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Poland), People of the War of the Bavarian Succession, 18th-century art collectorsGerman military writersPeople of the Silesian WarsWriters from Berlin
Frederick the Great
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Frederick II, king of Prussia from 1740 to 1786.
2 July 2015
Featuring: Tim Blanning, Katrin Kohl, Thomas Biskup
History18th-century classical composersGerman critics of ChristianityGerman opera librettists18th-century German composersGerman classical composersPeople of the Age of EnlightenmentRoyal reburialsGerman FreemasonsWriters from BerlinGerman male classical composersPeople of the Silesian Wars18th-century male musicians18th-century German LGBTQ peopleGerman military writersGerman art collectors, Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Poland), People of the War of the Bavarian Succession, 18th-century art collectorsWilliam 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
ScienceFellows of the Royal SocietyFellows of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesRecipients of the Copley MedalMembers of the Royal Swedish Academy of SciencesHonorary members of the Saint Petersburg Academy of SciencesGerman Lutherans18th-century classical composers19th-century German male musicians18th-century German composersGerman classical composers18th-century German astronomersClassical-period composersBritish scientific instrument makers18th-century keyboardistsGerman male classical composers