Gustavo Dudamel begins a Beethoven-centric L.A. Phil month finding currency in 'Egmont,' featuring Cate Blanchett and a new ...

Even some 200 years after his death, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's scientific curiosity continues to yield new insights. This has now been demonstrated by biologists at Friedrich Schiller University ...

German poet Goethe travelled through Italy between 1786 and 1788. His account 'Italian Journey,' which was written between 1813 and 1817, is based on this trip. Photo: Filepic Germany and Italy aim to ...

The biographer of a truly world-historical writer finds his work weighted with a double burden. He must trace how his subject’s private passions and follies gave rise to original art, and he must show ...

The 2025 record price for Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was for L.S. "Goethe" with autograph date The 2024 record price for Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was for Autograph poem, 'Liegt dir Gestern klar und ...

The word "genius" is regularly used for absurdly talented artists and writers. Take Lin-Manuel Miranda, a composer, lyricist, director and actor best known for creating the musical Hamilton. Not only ...

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (August 28, 1749 – March 22, 1832) was a German polymath who is widely regarded as the greatest and most influential writer in the German language. His work has had a ...

The biography that Sam Tanenhaus began in 1998, Buckley: The Life and the Revolution That Changed America, has finally been published. Part of the reason Tanenhaus spent one year writing for every ...

The following is the third of a series of illuminating articles revealing Goethe’s lively interest in Jewry and things Yiddish, based upon excerpts from “Goethe and the Jews,” (G. P. Putman’s Sons, ...

Amy Odell’s new biography of Gwyneth Paltrow, the endlessly controversial actress and Goop founder, does not pull any punches The Standard's journalism is supported by our readers. When you purchase ...