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Goethe was one of the great Brazil experts of his time. The only plant genus named after Goethe is the Brazilian mallow genus Goethea. Goethe wrote to Nees von Esenbeck in March 1826: "I would also like to add a request for some impressions of the Goethea, which I would like to have illuminated."

He was happy to receive Brazilianists and travellers to Brazil such as Martius, Eschwege and Sternberg in Weimar. Madame Vogel from Dresden was also gladly received in Weimar, all the more so because she was accompanied by a famous traveller to Brazil.

• With Sylk Schneider (lecture)
• Admission: 10 € / reduced 8 €
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The painter Caspar David Friedrich and the writer Heinrich von Kleist lived just a few hundred metres apart in Dresden. They knew and appreciated each other; Kleist publicly defended Friedrich on several occasions. The renowned Kleist researcher Hans-Jochen Marquardt traces the relationship between the two geniuses.

• With PD Dr Hans-Jochen Marquardt (lecture)
• Admission: €10 / reduced €8
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"The Tales of Hoffmann" is one of the most fascinating mysteries in the history of opera. The composer Jacques Offenbach died before the premiere, leaving behind a multifaceted opera fragment in which grotesque and sinister elements from E. T. A. Hoffmann's novellas are mixed with the poet's biography to create a bizarre dream world. The characters strangely change their identities, demonic antagonists relentlessly pursue all attempts at love and life possibilities that have just arisen suddenly melt away into nothingness - it soon becomes impossible to distinguish between fiction and truth, between fiction and reality. Add to this Offenbach's marvellous music, which constantly oscillates between operetta and grand opera and invites you to listen closely.

• With Katrin Rönnebeck (lecture)
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In her works, the poet Annette von Droste-Hülshoff shows a deep engagement with dark, existential themes. She thematises suffering and transience and shows a tension between the beauty of the world and an inner turmoil. The well-known philosopher of religion Hanna-Barbara Gerl-Falkovitz will be focussing on the poet and her work.

• With Prof. Dr Dr Hanna-Barbara Gerl-Falkovitz (lecture)
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In cooperation with the Freundeskreis Carl Maria von Weber Hosterwitz e. V., a commemorative event will be held at the grave of Carl Maria von Weber to mark the 200th anniversary of his death.

The actor Johannes Gärtner will recite Richard Wagner's eulogy at the Old Catholic Cemetery, which was delivered here 200 years ago by Wagner himself. The event will be musically framed by pupils from the Landesgymnasium.

• With pupils from the Landesgymnasium für Musik and Johannes Gärtner (reading)

Photo: © Michael R. Hennig (DML-BY)

"Weber, are you really a famous man?", the director of the Dresden court theatre Wolf Adolf August von Lüttichau is said to have asked his Kapellmeister Weber when he realised that he was being enthusiastically celebrated in Berlin. Weber had to overcome many obstacles in his life before this could happen. Did he always "persistently" pursue his goal during this time - as he put it in the statutes of the "Harmonischer Verein" - or did he sometimes go astray?

Let us accompany the composer on his life's journey with the help of his son Max's vivid descriptions and the latest findings from the biography of Weber written by Christoph Schwandt.

• With Lutz Reike (lecture)
• Admission: €10 / reduced €8
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In 1811, Lord Findlater died in his Loschwitz vineyard and left his secretary Fischer a gigantic fortune. In the subsequent inheritance dispute with the lord's Scottish relatives, Fischer was represented before the court in Edinburgh by the same Dresden lawyer Christian Gottlieb Eisenstuck who played a decisive role in the Kügelgen murder trial at the same time. Findlater's life and work will be presented.

• With Dr Martin Päckert and Frank Klyne (lecture)
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Klaus Günzel is one of the most renowned literary researchers in the GDR. He was a librarian at the Christian Weise Library in Zittau from 1957 and published numerous works, articles on classical German literature and above all on German Romanticism, which later became the focus of his work. From 1984 he lived as a freelance writer in the GDR and published several bibliographies, including on E. T. A. Hoffmann, Heinrich von Kleist and Ludwig Tieck. Uwe Kahl presents the writer's life and work.

• With Uwe Kahl (lecture)
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The fascinating biographies of the Kaskel family members are presented from the 18th to the 20th century.

• With Dr Matthias Donath (lecture)
• Admission: €10 / reduced €8
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• In co-operation with the Sächsischer Musikverein e. V.

Wilhelm Gottlieb Becker (1753-1813) was one of the most important figures of the German late Enlightenment and one of the most active garden publicists around 1800. He played a key role in advancing the debate on the further development of landscape gardening in Germany. The lecture sheds light on Becker's personality, his garden theory works and approaches, which have largely been forgotten today. It also sheds light on his Dresden network, as he was a member of the "Körner Circle", among others.

• With Dr Anja Gottschalk (lecture)
• Admission: €10 / reduced €8
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• In co-operation with the Dresdner Goethe-Gesellschaft e. V.

The life of the Saxon court composer Johann Gottlieb Naumann (1741-1801) led from Dresden via Italy, Sweden and Denmark back to the Dresden court, where he was engaged for the rest of his life. His fascinating biography and some of his marvellous compositions will be presented and illuminated.

• With Dr Romy Donath (lecture)
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the versatile composer and conductor Paul Aron was born in Dresden in 1886. He studied with Max Reger and initiated the music series "Neue Musik Paul Aron" in Dresden. in 1933, he first fled to Czechoslovakia and later to Cuba and the USA, where he died. Prof Dr Matthias Herrmann presents the life and work of the composer.

• With Prof Dr Matthias Herrmann (lecture)
• Admission: €10 / reduced €8
• Please book in good time online or by calling the Visitor Service of the Museums of the City of Dresden on 0351 488 7272 (Mon - Fri).
• In co-operation with the Sächsischer Musikverein e. V.