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Union Grand-Duc Adolphe
The Union Grand-Duc Adolphe is the umbrella organization for music interests in Luxembourg, representing choral societies, brass bands, music schools, theatrical societies, folklore associations and instrumental groups. Covering some 340 societies, it has over 17,000 individual members."Union Grand-Duc Adolphe", ''Luxemburger Lexikon'', Editions Guy Binsfeld, Luxembourg, 2006. History On 6 September 1863, the ''Allgemeiner Luxemburger Musikverein'' (ALM) was founded to represent the interests of 26 music and choral societies in Luxembourg. The honorary president was Prince William Frederick Henry of the Netherlands, Prince Henry of the Netherlands, the president August Fischer, a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg, Chamber of Deputies and a city councilor, and the director Jean Antoine Zinnen, Jean-Antoine Zinnen, the national composer. On 15 June 1864, the first ALM festival was held in Ettelbrück with a choral rendering of the patriotic poem ''Ons Heemecht, Ons Hém ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luxembourg
Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small landlocked country in Western Europe. It borders Belgium to the west and north, Germany to the east, and France to the south. Its capital and most populous city, Luxembourg, is one of the four institutional seats of the European Union (together with Brussels, Frankfurt, and Strasbourg) and the seat of several EU institutions, notably the Court of Justice of the European Union, the highest judicial authority. Luxembourg's culture, people, and languages are highly intertwined with its French and German neighbors; while Luxembourgish is legally the only national language of the Luxembourgish people, French and German are also used in administrative and judicial matters and all three are considered administrative languages of the cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |