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Sinatra meets Rachmaninoff
The song »Full moon and empty arms« was composed by Ted Mossmann in 1945 and then sang and made famous by Frank Sinatra. Mossmann was inspired by Sergei Rachmaninoff’s piano concert No. 2 for his composition … Continue reading
The full moon in opera
Let us still stay with the music for a little while and let us bring our attention to a grand musical genre of theatre, the opera. We recently saw TOSCA (from Puccini) in Madrid and lo and behold! In the [read more]
Full moon songs
It is self-evident to sing about the moon and some may have caught themselves humming a few quiet sounds while gazing into the full moon light. There are a large number of folk songs in all cultures addressing the full [read more]
With the car on the moon
When Neil Armstrong became the first human being that set foot on the moon within the scope of the Apollo 11 mission in 1969, he said the famous words »That’s one small step for man … one … giant leap [read more]
The reverse side of the Moon
As is generally known, the Moon is not a disc but a sphere and one could ask the question if we actually get to see different sides of this Moon sphere? The answer is: no! At least this is true [read more]
Golf in a vacuum
Almost exactly 40 years ago, on 06.02.1971, Alan B. Shepard succeeded the furthest one-handed golf swing in history to date, as commander of the Apollo 14 mission. He did not accomplish this due to any extraordinary abilities as a golf [read more]