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| The Institute's published aim is to seek to apply the ideas of poet, dramatist and philosopher ] to what it calls the "contemporary world crisis," emphasizing Schiller's concept of the interdependence of ] artistic beauty and ] political freedom, as elaborated in his series of essays entitled ''Letters on the Aesthetical Education of Man.'' | The Institute's published aim is to seek to apply the ideas of poet, dramatist and philosopher ] to what it calls the "contemporary world crisis," emphasizing Schiller's concept of the interdependence of ] artistic beauty and ] political freedom, as elaborated in his series of essays entitled ''Letters on the Aesthetical Education of Man.'' | ||
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| ⚫ | In ] the Schiller Institute initiated a campaign to return to the so-called "Verdi tuning" in the world of ], so called because it was ] composer ] who originally waged a battle to stop the arbitrary rising of the pitch to which orchestras are tuned. | ||
| The "Verdi tuning" is one where C=256HZ, or A=432HZ, as opposed to the common practice today of tuning to anywhere from A=440 to A in the 450+ range. Many prominent singers and instrumentalists actively campaigned for the Schiller Institute's proposal, including several who performed recitals for the Institute to demonstrate the different quality of the Verdi tuning, compared with contemporary tuning. | The "Verdi tuning" is one where C=256HZ, or A=432HZ, as opposed to the common practice today of tuning to anywhere from A=440 to A in the 450+ range. Many prominent singers and instrumentalists actively campaigned for the Schiller Institute's proposal, including several who performed recitals for the Institute to demonstrate the different quality of the Verdi tuning, compared with contemporary tuning. | ||
| These included ], former First Violinist of the ], and the following vocalists: ] (baritone), ] (tenor), and ] (baritone). Other well known vocalists who endorsed the initiative include ] (soprano), ] (soprano), ] (tenor), ] (tenor), ] (baritone), ] (mezzosoprano), ] (soprano), ] (soprano), ] (tenor), ] (soprano), ] (baritone), ] (basso), ] (mezzosoprano), and ] (basso). | These included ], former First Violinist of the ], and the following vocalists: ] (baritone), ] (tenor), and ] (baritone). Other well known vocalists who endorsed the initiative include ] (soprano), ] (soprano), ] (tenor), ] (tenor), ] (baritone), ] (mezzosoprano), ] (soprano), ] (soprano), ] (tenor), ] (soprano), ] (baritone), ] (basso), ] (mezzosoprano), and ] (basso). | ||
| In ], the Institute published ''A Manual on the Rudiments of Tuning and Registration: Book I: Introduction and Human Singing Voice.'' This book discusses the tuning issue from both the artistic, and the scientific point of view. | |||
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| The Schiller Institute has published a four volume series of English translations of the works of ], entitled ''Poet of Freedom'', as well as some translations into other languages as well. In ], Institute members have organized public performances of Schiller's plays, including ''Wilhelm Tell''. | |||
| ==The Jeremiah Duggan case== | ==The Jeremiah Duggan case== | ||
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The Schiller Institute was founded at a conference in Wiesbaden, Germany, in 1984, and a second conference in Washington, D.C., in 1985, by Helga Zepp LaRouche, her husband, the controversial American figure Lyndon LaRouche, and American Civil Rights movement leader Amelia Boynton Robinson.
The Schiller Institute is one of many institutions connected to the international movement of Lyndon LaRouche, which is regarded by many as a dangerous, extremist cult (see LaRouche's critics).
The Institute's published aim is to seek to apply the ideas of poet, dramatist and philosopher Friedrich Schiller to what it calls the "contemporary world crisis," emphasizing Schiller's concept of the interdependence of classical artistic beauty and republican political freedom, as elaborated in his series of essays entitled Letters on the Aesthetical Education of Man.
Cultural Activity
Music
In 1988 the Schiller Institute initiated a campaign to return to the so-called "Verdi tuning" in the world of classical music, so called because it was Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi who originally waged a battle to stop the arbitrary rising of the pitch to which orchestras are tuned.
The "Verdi tuning" is one where C=256HZ, or A=432HZ, as opposed to the common practice today of tuning to anywhere from A=440 to A in the 450+ range. Many prominent singers and instrumentalists actively campaigned for the Schiller Institute's proposal, including several who performed recitals for the Institute to demonstrate the different quality of the Verdi tuning, compared with contemporary tuning.
These included Norbert Brainin, former First Violinist of the Amadeus Quartet, and the following vocalists: William Warfield (baritone), Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), and Piero Cappuccilli (baritone). Other well known vocalists who endorsed the initiative include Shirley Verrett (soprano), Joan Sutherland (soprano), George Shirley (tenor), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Sherrill Milne (baritone), Fedora Barbier (mezzosoprano), Grace Bumbry (soprano), Elly Ameling (soprano), Peter Schreier (tenor), Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Kurt Moll (basso), Marilyn Horne (mezzosoprano), and Ruggero Raimondi (basso).
In 1992, the Institute published A Manual on the Rudiments of Tuning and Registration: Book I: Introduction and Human Singing Voice. This book discusses the tuning issue from both the artistic, and the scientific point of view.
Drama and Poetry
The Schiller Institute has published a four volume series of English translations of the works of Friedrich Schiller, entitled Poet of Freedom, as well as some translations into other languages as well. In Germany, Institute members have organized public performances of Schiller's plays, including Wilhelm Tell.
The Jeremiah Duggan case
In October 2004, a British inquest heard allegations that the Schiller Institute is an anti-Semitic cult that may have used mind-control techniques on a student who died after running across a busy road in Wiesbaden, in what the German authorities initially deemed a suicide.
In March 2003, Jeremiah Duggan, a 22-year-old Jewish student from London, attended a Schiller Institute conference in Wiesbaden with a group of people from the Schiller Institute and the LaRouche Youth Movement. He learned about the conference after being handed a LaRouche newspaper outside the Sorbonne in Paris, where he was studying. After six days in Wiesbaden, Duggan telephoned his mother in England to say he "wanted out," was "frightened" and "in deep trouble," before the line went dead. His mother told the inquest that her son sounded terrified. Forty-five minutes later, he ran for one kilometer down the middle of a busy road and was killed after being hit by three cars.
Duggan's family believes the Schiller Institute may have used mind-control techniques on her son in an effort to have him join the organization. The family has hired a Berlin lawyer to have the German suicide verdict quashed and the police investigation re-opened. A spokesperson for the Lyndon LaRouche organization has strongly denied the Institute played a role in Duggan's death.
External Links
Material on the Duggan case
- No Joke (the effect LaRouche has on young recruits) – Washington Post, October 2004
- The cult and the candidate by Terry Kirby, July 2004 (The Independent of London)
- The Bizarre Case of Baroness Symons – LaRouche response to the recent Independent and Washington Post articles