Alfredo Casella (1883-1947)
Alfredo Casella (1883-1947). Casella was born in Turin, the son of Maria (née Uordino) and Carlo Casella. His family included many musicians: his grandfather, a friend of Paganini’s, was first cello in the San Carlo Theatre in Lisbon and eventually became soloist in the Royal Chapel in Turin. Alfredo’s father, Carlo, was also a professional […]
Vysehradsky cemetery
H?bitov Vyšehrad, Vyšehradský h?bitov District: Vyšehrad, located on the river Vltava (Moldau) Address: H?bitov Vyšehrad Prague City of Prague map Gustav Mahler According to ancient legends Vyšehrad Castle is an old seat of a Czech princes. Local settlement was established in the mid-10 th century. Situated on a rocky promontory above the Vltava River. The park area […]
Montmartre cemetery
Montmartre cemetery is a cemetery in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France, that dates to the early 19th century. Officially known as the Cimitière du Nord, it is the third largest necropolis in Paris, after the Pere Lachaise cemetery and the Montparnasse cemetery. Sorted by year of death: Heinrich Heine (1797-1856). Jacques Francois Fromental Halevy (1799-1862). Hector […]
Montparnasse cemetery
Montparnasse cemetery is part of the city’s 14th arrondissement. Created from three farms in 1824, the cemetery at Montparnasse was originally known as Le Cimetière du Sud (Southern Cemetery). Cemeteries had been banned from Paris since the closure, owing to health concerns, of the Cimetière des Innocents in 1786. Several new cemeteries outside the precincts […]
Pere Lachaise cemetery
Père Lachaise cemetery takes its name from the confessor to Louis XIV, Père François de la Chaise (1624–1709), who lived in the Jesuit house rebuilt in 1682 on the site of the chapel. The property, situated on the hillside from which the king watched skirmishing between the Condé and Turenne during the Fronde, was bought […]