Canto Ostinato can rightly be called one of the most beautiful compositions by a Dutchman. Simeon ten Holt was his name, the composer who lived most of his life in his native Bergen where he passed away in 2012. The Canto is of course his most famous work, but he...

The work of René Descartes is probably familiar to most people. His statement “I think therefore I am” has, in a sense, determined the course of the history. However, not much is known about his private life, especially his time in Egmond. For who knows that he not...