George Washington and Frederick the Great: Parallel Lives by Jürgen Overhoff
In George Washington and Frederick the Great, Jürgen Overhoff traces the parallel lives of two of the most important & influential statesmen of the eighteenth century.
Out March 31 (26 May UK pub).
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"Wie wir ohne Ketten geboren sind, so wünschen wir ohne Zwang zu leben" (As we were born without chains, we wish to live without coercion) #FredericktheGreat #FriedrichDerGroße #Preußen
“Hats off, gentlemen. If he were alive, we wouldn't be here today.” ( #Napoleon to his generals when visiting Frederick the Great's tomb.)
👑⚔️ #FrederickTheGreat, King of Prussia (1740-86) and military genius, was #BOTD 24 Jan 1712 . He hung out with #Voltaire between battles.
The Musical Offering Analyzed #bwv1079 #JSBach #Canon #Counterpoint #MusicalOffering #BaroqueMusic #CrabCanon #Ricercare #CanonPerpetuus #Counterpoint #Contrapuntal #BachCanons #BachFugue #BachAnalysis #LateBach #MusicTheory #MathematicsInMusic #BachPotsdam #FrederickTheGreat #ClassicalMusicAnalysis
Friedrich der Große died #OnThisDay in 1746 after a tumultuous reign of 46 years; #FrederickTheGreat greatly expanded #Prussia & through war & diplomacy raised it to the status of a great European power while enacting important liberal reforms... #Preußen
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederi...
"Hats off, gentlemen. If he were alive we wouldn't be here today."
[ #Napoleon when visiting Frederick's tomb with his generals]
👑⚔️ #FrederickTheGreat, military genius and King of Prussia (1740-86), #DOTD 17 August 1786.
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Frederick the Great's eulogy on Julien Offray de la Mettrie.
Frederick might have fallen out with Voltaire, but note his Voltairean remarks on La Mettrie's clerical critics.
I really must read "L’Homme Machine" […]
Frederick the Great -- Flute Concerto No. 3 in C Major: I. Allegro
https://youtu.be/pHbW7djoOU8?si=7yn2yESwh0aDamqL
I enjoyed listening to this on KMFA yesterday
I confess that my interest in the piece is in part prompted by an extramusical motive, the identity of its composer. I have an […]
Other older drawings!!
Fratte on horses; Katte with his steed Orfraie; Wilhelmin of Prussia X Countes Orzelska <-the latter was based on jokes)
#digitalart
#yaoi
#fratte
#frederickthegreat
#hanshermannvonkatte
#wilhelminevonpreußen
#annakarolinaorzelska
#yuri #toxicyuri <-tbh
Happy Heavenly Birthday to the extraordinary Frederick the Great, King of Prussia! 🎉👑 Renowned for your military genius and cultural patronage, your close relationships with men, 1/2
#FrederickTheGreat #HappyHeavenlyBirthday #LGBTQHistory #Trailblazer
War of the Austrian Succession
Frederick the Great
#FriedrichDerGroße led #Preußen to victory at the Battle of Chotusitz #OnThisDay in 1742 but Chotusice (Čáslav) was just one of many battles in the First Silesian War & the War of the Austrian Succession which #FrederickTheGreat used to make #Prussia a great power...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_...
