History of economic thought died, Engels completed the second volume of "Das Kapital" from his notes. Marx wrote his magnum opus "Das Kapital" (1867) at the British Museum's library in London. Karl Marx begins with the concept of commodities. Before capitalism, says Marx, production was based on slavery – in ancient Rome for example – then serfdom in the feudal societies of medieval Europe. The current mode of labor exchange has produced an erratic and unstable situation allowing the conditions for revolution. People buy and sell their labor as people buy and sell goods and services. People themselves have become disposable commodities. As Marx
Karl Marx (composer) Karl Marx (composer) Karl Marx (* 12. November 1897 in Munich; † 8. May 1985 in Stuttgart) was a German composer and music teacher. Karl Marx was the son of Josef Marx and his wife Emilie, née Eheberg. After early violin and piano lessons, Karl Marx first studied natural sciences at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich in 1916. His encounter with Carl Orff, during whom he took private composition lessons after the World War I, was decisive for his decision to turn professionally to music. 1920-22 Marx studied composition with Anton Beer-Walbrunn and conducting with Eberhard Schwickerath and Siegmund