XIX CENTURY – FANTASMAGORICA

[2016,013,000] TAPS – 24 NOTES

1862, JULY 01. IL SILENZIO There are several legends concerning the origin of Taps. The most widely circulated one states that a Union Army infantry officer, whose name often is given as Captain Robert Ellicombe, first ordered Taps performed at the funeral of his son, a Confederate soldier killed during the Peninsula Campaign. This apocryphal story claimsContinua a leggere “[2016,013,000] TAPS – 24 NOTES”

[2015,012,000] STEPS

2015, FEBRUARY 11. HERMANN HESSE Gradini Come ogni fior languisce e giovinezza cede a vecchiaia, anche la vita in tutti i gradi suoi fiorisce, insieme ad ogni senno e virtù, né può durare eterna. Quando la vita chiama, il cuore sia pronto a partire ed a ricominciare, per offrirsi sereno e valoroso ad altri, nuoviContinua a leggere “[2015,012,000] STEPS”

[1849,010,000] 2. ROMAN REPUBLIC

1849, FEBRUARY 09. ROME The Roman Republic was declared TODAY. The first in the world to abolish capital punishment in its constitutional law. The Pope, Pius IX, fled to Gaeta, a fortress in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. The republic is led by a triumvirate, a reflection of a form of government seen in the ancient Roman Republic (509 BC – 27 BC).Continua a leggere “[1849,010,000] 2. ROMAN REPUBLIC”