A New Sense of Time
On the surface, the music of Franz Schubert seems uncomplicated. But deeper study reveals that Schubert, writing early in the 19th century, actually composed highly complex music that only sounds...
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Today, the Lost Grove Cemetery stands in the middle of fields near Harcourt, Iowa, a short distance from Highway 175, which connects nearby towns and farms. The grove was named by pioneers who settled...
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As a young boy, Charles Gabriel wanted to be like his father—not as the farmer who moved his family from Ohio to the undeveloped lands just west of Davenport, Iowa, but rather, as the singing school...
View ArticleThe Impact of Light
Born in London in 1775, by the early 19th century Joseph Turner was recognized as one of the world’s great painters. Yet he kept looking for ways to improve his art. A major turning point for him was...
View ArticleLove for the Lonely
In his recent book about the American frontier in the 19th century, author Louis Fairchild describes the loneliness of many who settled in Texas. The vast plains stretched far beyond the horizon. While...
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