German Geographer Ferdinand von Richthofen and The Silk Road

by | Feb 3, 2021

The Silk Road and German Geographers The Silk Road or Silk Route (Silk Routes, plural, being more accurate) was a network of overland trade routes extending between the Oriental and the Occidental regions of the Northern Hemisphere from the 2nd century BCE to the 18th...

Max Fleischer and Betty Boop

by | Jan 16, 2021

Max Fleischer’s Animation Studio When we think of animated cartoons, Walt Disney is the first name that may come to mind, certainly not Max Fleischer. But there was a time when Fleischer was as famous as Disney, maybe even more so. Max Fleischer has been called...

Richard Wagner, Bayreuth and Italy

by | Jul 20, 2020

“The Ring of the Nibelung” Introduction Richard Wagner (1813-1883) revolutionized classical music with his Tristan und Isolde (1859) and The Ring (1874). His tremendous influence on opera came from his “musical dramas,” including the...