

The Mannheim School
The courtyard of the Palace at Mannheim During the latter half of the 18th century, an orchestra based in Mannheim, at the Court of Duke Karl Theodor, became well known throughout Europe. Visitors, including Mozart, wrote glowing accounts of its highly disciplined virtuosity and its ability to produce certain novel and arousing effects such as lengthy, whole orchestra crescendos and abrupt dynamic changes. Associated with this orchestra were a group of composers of the early
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“And their song mingles with the moonlight”
Claude Monet, A Seascape, Shipping by Moonlight As we begin our new term this September, the evenings will be getting darker and our...
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Aug 31, 2025





