CONF: Representing the Habsburg-Lorraine Dynasty, c. 1618–1918 (Vienna 8 – 10 June 2015)

Representing the Habsburg-Lorraine Dynasty in Music, Visual Media and Architecture, c. 1618–1918
Vienna, 8 – 10 June 2015

Organized by Institute of History of Art and Musicology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
For more information: https://enfilade18thc.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/einladung_habsburg-lothringische-dynastie.pdf

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