Count Ferdinand Ernst Gabriel von Waldstein
self-aggrandizement; self-glorification; something becoming large by feeding upon itself
leather covering or binding
Missa solemnis (Beethoven)
early work (of an writer, artist, etc.); youthful work
musical notes; (sheet) music; score
male chorus; male-voice choir; chorus for male voices
trapdoor; trap door; flap door
Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
spruce tree (esp. Picea jezoensis hondoensis, a variety of Ezo spruce)
dissolution of several sections into a new organization (organisation)
to survive; to continue living; to escape death
conferral of a posthumous rank
being-for-others (philosophical term used by Hegel and Sartre); être-en-soi
philharmonic society; society of the friends of music
Teutonic Knights; Teutonic Order
mechanical engineer; mechanician
Richard Strauss (German composer) (1864.6.11-1949.9.8)
to hinder the growth of (e.g. plants, someone); to hamper the growth of