Biography

During his student years, Chopin was fascinated by folk music, and it characterises his work from this period.

She educated successive members of Alexandria's elite, and her students held high positions.

Beethoven's income during this period came from the publication of his works, from their performances, and from patrons for whom he performed private concerts and exclusive copies of the works they commissioned before their publication.

The cult of Rasputin flourished among the ladies of St. Petersburg.

Kosciuszko's orderly was an African-American from western Massachusetts, Agrippa Hull.

Women were a constant presence in the emperor's life and played a large role in it.

Columbus' second expedition took place between 1493 and 1494.

In October 2020, New York’s Christie’s Auction House reported that a copy of the First Folio sold for $9.97 million.

The artist worked on increasing his creativity.

During his first two-week visit to Vienna in 1787, he almost certainly met Mozart.