 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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CULTURE: Hall swells to the sound of a thousand; Christopher Morley previews a rare performance of Mahler's Eighth Symphony, the so-called "Symphony of a Thousand".(Features)
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Byline: Christopher Morley
It was a shrewd move of Mahler's to dedicate his Eighth Symphony to his beautiful young wife Alma.
Having presented her with a wonderful bouquet in the form of the love-letter which was the tender Adagietto of his Fifth Symphony (later to become ubiquituous as the Death in Venice theme-music), he had subsequently rather spoiled things with matters surrounding his next symphony and the Kindertotenlieder.
Composed around one of the happiest periods in the composer's life, with Gustav and Alma enjoying their two little ...
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Bruges, Cradle of Capitalism, 1280-1390
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; Bruges, Cradle of Capitalism, 1280-1390. By...52181921-0. Reviewed by Kathryn Reyerson In Bruges, Cradle of Capitalism, 1280-1390, James...broker-moneychanger networks of medieval Bruges may not have spawned direct descendants...
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Bruges. (Belgian city)(includes vital statistics)
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; ...Medieval Appearances Notwithstanding, Bruges Looks Ahead to the 21st Century THE TWO THINGS I LIKE MOST about Bruges are: first, it's not going to change...s. The second thing I like is that Bruges' human sized proportions means that...
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Bruges;Tony Randall Remembers This Preserved Medieval City
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...Venice is the most beautiful city I have ever seen, then Bruges is the prettiest. If Venice is an opera by Bellini, then Bruges is a quartet by Haydn; Venice is Titian and Tintoretto. Bruges is van Eyck and Roger van der Weyden. Both are cities...
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Bruges, beautifully perfect, basking as cultural capital of Europe.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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Beautiful Bruges, a city frozen in time
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times
; BRUGES, Belgium When we first wander through Bruges, astonished and silent, we try to rein in our excitement. Bruges is a medieval city perfectly preserved, a sprawling metropolis once of world significance, and yet today almost unaltered...
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CHOCFUL OF SURPRISES BRUGES COMES IN FOR A BIT OF A RIBBING IN THE BLACK COMEDY OF THE SAME NAME, BUT, FINDS ALAN TAYLOR, THE CITY HAS UNEXPECTED DELIGHTS WAY BEYOND THE CARICATURE
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Herald
; THE movie In Bruges, as you might guess from its no-flannel...priest, they find themselves . . . in Bruges. Ken, a man with a cultural hinterland...wilder stag weekends, takes one look at Bruges and wants out, now, immediately, pronto...
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 "Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)")
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Discreet charm of Bruges; Euro weekend.
Newspaper article from: Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
; ...the increasingly well-travelled Brit. Bruges, on the other hand, is made for the...only dream of. One of the plus points of Bruges is its compactness. You can stroll through...of the most popular ways to travel to Bruges, the Sea France ferry service between...
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If you go to Bruges, Belgium ...(The Seattle Times)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
; Bruges will be more crowded than usual this year...000 residents in the historical center, Bruges draws more than 3 million visitors annually...them Europeans who come on day trips. But Bruges has enough museums, historical sites...
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 "The Mail on Sunday (London, England)")
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BRUGES; DREAMY: The canal at Rozenhoedkaai, with old Bruges in the background.
Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
; ...DAVIES THE beautiful, compact city of Bruges - recently cast in a full supporting role in the movie In Bruges - is a medieval masterpiece just across...backdrop when Hollywood moves in. Not Bruges. The Belgian city - 50minutes by train...
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From Memling to Pourbus: the forgotten period. (Bruges, Belgium)
Magazine article from: Contemporary Review
; ...time is the fifteenth century, the place Bruges: a bustling metropolis, the meeting...patrimony. Yet at the end of the century Bruges suffered serious political, social and...decline after 1500 is far from accurate. Bruges remained a city of European stature despite...
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