… have been called "the decade of the piano" because during that period the piano and the music written for it played a dominant role in European musical culture. The piano had, of course, already been popular for more than half a century, but by the…

… Massachusetts. His ancestors were Puritans, among which included William Hathorne. He was a strong defender of his faith and took part in the persecution of the Quakers during the seventeenth century. Hawthorne added the “w” to the family name…

… on the 20th day of April of the year 1889. He was born in the small town of Austria known as Braunau. It was right along the Inn River across from Germany. His father was Alois Hilter and right after his son’s birth, he moved his family to Linz, Austria.…

… a look at the world in which he currently lives, he sees it as being normal since it is so slow in changing. When an historian looks at the present, he sees theeffects of many events and many wise people. Benjamin Franklin is one of these people.…

… England on February 7th, 1812. He was the second child out of eight. He was taught to read by his mother, and sent to day school from the ages of nine to twelve. He was very smart, and even made up a secret sort of mimic language for himself and his…

… is usually the Indians that are looked upon as the heathens. They are portrayed as savages who spent most of their time raiding wagon trains and scalping the white settlers just for fun. The media has lead us to believe that the American government was…

… until July 31, 1886. He was taught the piano by his father and then Czerny (Vienna, 1822-1823), making himself known as a remarkable concert artist by the age of 12. In Paris he studied theory and composition with Reicha and Paer; he wrote an opera and…

… and feared as the great Genghis Khan. Merkit warriors poisoned his father when he turned ten years old, and then became chief. The whole tribe fled. He lived a lonely life, owning only seven sheep, sometimes digging for food. "My greatest…

… emigrated to the USA in the late 1800's. George's father, Morris, was trying to avoid a probable twenty year conscription in his native St. Petersburg. Besides that, his hometown sweetheart, Rose Bruskin, had already moved to New York with her family.…

… was born in Diamond, Missouri at about 1865 as a slave child on Moses and Susan’s farm. Born and raised by his mother Mary, George was always having a whooping cough. One cold night, night raiders or slave robbers, came and took Mary and George…