Klaus Döring's Classical Music/Klaus Döring's Klassische Musik

"As Time Goes By" is a song written by Herman Hupfeld in 1931. It became very famous in 1942 when it was sung by Sam (Dooley Wilson) in the film " Casablanca " Casablanca is a 1942 Hollywood romantic drama film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman . The film is set at the beginning of World War II in the Moroccan city of Casablanca , then under the control of Vichy France. The plot focuses on the internal conflict of a man who must choose between duty and love , between the woman he loves and the need to help her and her husband, the leader of the Resistance movement , escape from Casablanca to continue the fight against the Nazis. Although Casablanca was created as an A-movie, with famous actors and first-rate scriptwriters, no one expected to achieve exceptional results and indeed, the first screenings brought a solid, but not spectacular success. It was considered to be one of dozens of run-of-the-mill films churned out ...

  Beethoven’s life presents a  sharp contrast to his music ; where he was often  impatient, abrupt, and even careless  in everyday matters, his  approach to music was marked by profound patience and careful brooding . Although his personal life was frequently  distracted and melancholic , his music conveys a sadness that is  noble and universal , never mere despair. As a  political revolutionist  and social rebel, he rejected conformity, yet in his music, he  respected traditional forms , choosing to  expand rather than discard them . His extempore playing was audacious, yet in his written compositions, Beethoven was  cautious and meticulously selective . Beethoven’s  sketchbooks —more than fifty of which were found after his death—are a testament to his  slow and careful creative process . These books, filled with  musical ideas and repeated revisions , reveal the  germination of themes from simple beginnin...