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From July 1 to July 27, Hilde Binford and colleagues will present “Johann Sebastian Bach: Currents and Cross-Currents in the Baroque Era and in Our Time,” a National Endowment for the Humanities project whose purpose is to provide an understanding of the intellectual and musical worlds of J. S. Bach. School teachers from a wide variety of disciplines will travel with Dr. Binford, Louise Forsyth, and other experts to Eisenach, Leipzig, and Potsdam, Germany, for an intensive experience of lectures, performances, discussions and field trips. Follow along as the group explores the life and works one of the great geniuses of Western music.

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Auerbachs Keller

Sunday, July 13, 2008


Several of us went to the Auerbachs Keller for dinner, which was a unique experience. On the walls were elaborately painted depictions of Goethe's Faust, which kind of reminded me of the stations of the cross. The server spoke English, and as is customary throughout many of the places I've been to so far in Germany, was very cordial. There are two restaurants in the Auerbach Keller: one the historical restaurant where Goethe allegedly dined, and the larger part with the aformentioned stations. We went around after dinner examining each painting, translating the works in varying levels of German comprehension. I thought the expereince was rather nice.

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