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How Beethoven Created Incredible Music as a Deaf Composer
…poisoning as a possible cause of his deafness. This was potentially linked to the common use of lead-contaminated goblets and plates, and even lead as an additive in wine. In…
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Una Furtiva Lagrima – Donizetti
…money on what he believes is a love potion, but it turns out to be cheap wine. However, when he sees Adina crying, he knows she has fallen for him….
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The Elixir of Love by Gaetano Donizetti, Performed by the Virginia Opera
…story follows Nemorino, a young farmer who drinks a love potion in hopes of winning over Adina. However, the potion is just ordinary red wine sold by a quack doctor….
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Johann Pachelbel
…and Education Johann Pachelbel was born in Nuremberg, Germany, in 1653 into a middle-class family. His father, Johann (Hans) Pachelbel, was a wine dealer, and his mother was Anna Maria…
