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Richard Wagner’s text-music match helped both performers and listeners, say researchers
Washington, July 2 (ANI): Contrary to all suggestions regarding Richard Wagner’s “difficult” reputation, a new study now suggests that the German composer used to set his text to music in a way that uses the acoustics of the soprano voice in a manner that helps both performers and listeners.
“Each vowel in European languages is associated [...]
Like humans, birds too avoid inbreeding
Washington, June 30 (ANI): Scientists have found that a strictly monogamous species of bird has the ability to choose partners with a different genetic profile.
The researchers, led by Richard Wagner from the Konrad Lorenz Institute for Ethology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, said avoidance of inbreeding is evident among humans, and has been demonstrated [...]
King Ludwig II’s watch to go on auction
Geneva – A watch commissioned most likely by King Ludwig II of Bavaria in the late 1800s will go on sale in Geneva next month, Sotheby’s auction house said Monday.
Ludwig II, an eccentric who was removed from power on grounds of insanity, most likely ordered the watch, which is decorated on the back with a [...]
