Sunday Feature: In Their Own Write - Notes From the Congress of ViennaSeries 1, episode 0Using diaries, memoirs and dance music of the period, Michael Goldfarb tells the story of the Congress of Vienna and how it still affects us 200 years later. Michael examines Beethoven's music composed specially for the congress, generally thought to be the worst work he ever created. He also interviews diplomats and historians, asking their views about the Congress of Vienna's continued impact on European geopolitics. The key dispute in Vienna was over Russian claims to Poland. Much of the territory in dispute is today Ukraine and Russia is still involved. Is geography destiny? Are borders always at the whim of 'great men'? And what role did women play in settling these questions at Vienna? |
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