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The billiard room at Osborn House, Queen Victoria's summer residence on the Isle of Wight.
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The billiard room at Osborn House, Queen Victoria's summer residence on the...

Bagni di Lucca, a small pavillion in the hills around the spa, where guests used to picnic during Bagni di Lucca's heyday in the early 19th.
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Bagni di Lucca, a small pavillion in the hills around the spa, where gu...

The Vienna Woods where Franz Schubert and his friends used to hike or drive in a simple, open cart. Der Wienerwald, in dem Franz Schubert und seine Freunde wanderten, oder mit einem einfachen, offenen Leiterwagen Spazierfahrten unternahmen.
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The Vienna Woods where Franz Schubert and his friends used to...

An inn in Grinzing, since Schubert's time almost unchanged. Now a part of Vienna, Grinzing was a village in the early 19th century, where Beethoven used to spend his summers and Schubert met his friends in the local taverns.
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An inn in Grinzing, since Schubert's time almost unchanged. Now a part of Vienna...

Outing of the "Schubertianer", Schubert's circle of friends. They are seen driving through the Lower Austrian countryside between Atzenbrugg and Aumuehl. Watercolour (1820)
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Outing of the "Schubertianer", Schubert's circle of friends. They are see...

A ball game in Atzenbrugg. The "Schubertianer" at play. A composite artwork by Franz Schubert's friends: Drawing by Franz von Schober, figures by Moritz von Schwind, etching by Ludwig Mohn. Sitting in the foreground: Schwind, Vogl (with guitar), and Schubert.
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A ball game in Atzenbrugg. The "Schubertianer" at play. A composite artwor...

Entrance to the "Augarten", a park opened to the public by Emperor Joseph II. Over the main gate on the left the inscription: "To Mankind, from its admirer." This is part of Mozart's and Haydn's Vienna. In. 64289
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Entrance to the "Augarten", a park opened to the public by Emperor Joseph II. Ov...

A part of the "Augarten" park, opened to the public by Emperor Joseph II. This is part of Mozart's and Haydn's Vienna. In. 18986
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A part of the "Augarten" park, opened to the public by Emperor Joseph II. Th...

Italian organ grinders used to play in Luebeck around Christmas; in his novel "The Buddenbrooks", German writer Thomas Mann describes the scene. An Italian hand-organ of 1880 stands in one of the narrow streets of Old Luebeck. A Christmas tree is seen in the window.
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Italian organ grinders used to play in Luebeck around Christmas; in his novel...

Christmas Eve of a wealthy bourgeois family in Luebeck, Germany, as described by Thomas Mann in his novel "The Buddenbrooks".
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Christmas Eve of a wealthy bourgeois family in Luebeck, Germany, as...

A Vienna coffeehouse at the beginning of the 19th. Patrons play chess, read newspapers, an Armenian merchant watches the chess players. Armenians seem to have made coffee popular in Vienna.
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A Vienna coffeehouse at the beginning of the 19th. Patrons play chess, read...

Promenade in the Hinterbruehl Valley, a most popular excursion and vacation area south of Vienna. The Hinterbruehl Valley was one of Beethoven's favourite walks; Schubert hiked there with his friends. Watercolour (1818), 47 x 65 cm - Inv. 2482
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Promenade in the Hinterbruehl Valley, a most popular excursion and vacation a...