May 2020

1924 in art

Kazimir Malevich – Black Circle Wassily Kandinsky — Contrasting Sounds Tarsila do Amaral — Estação de Ferro Central do Brasil Fernand Léger — Elément Mécanique Joan Miró – The Tilled Field Sándor Bortnyik – The New Adam David Jones — The Garden Enclosed Lovis Corinth — Big self-portrait on the Walchensee William Orpen — Self …

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1924 in Film

  Die Nibelungen: Siegfried Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache Sherlock Jr. Waxworks (Das Wachsfigurenkabinett) The Navigator The Iron Horse Helena / Helena de Troya The Thief of Bagdad Entr’acte The Grand Duke’s Finances (Die Finanzen des Großherzogs) The Last Laugh (Der Letzte Mann) Peter Pan Michael The Hands of Orlac The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West …

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Centuries of Sound on Cambridge 105 Radio — Episode 23 (1915)

Time: 8pm BST, Saturday 23rd May 2020 Place: Cambridge 105 Radio James Errington takes you on another journey into the pre-history of recorded sound — this time joined by Cambridge 105 Radio’s own Alex Elbro to explore the music of 1915, from hot dance ragtime to South-American proto-tango, English music hall comedy and some surprising …

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1924: The Symphony

Here is a two-and-a-half-hour mix of a whopping FIVE recordings from 1924, more suitable for casual listening, maybe? 0:00:00 Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra with George Gershwin – Rhapsody In Blue, Part 1 0:04:20 Berlin State Opera Orchestra – Mahler; Symphony #2 (Resurrection) 1:27:57 Orchestra, A. Paganucci – director – 2nd record, Sept. 15, 1924 …

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Elsewhere in 1924

January 21 – Following the death of Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin immediately begins to purge his rivals to clear the way for his leadership. January 22 — Ramsay MacDonald becomes the first Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. January 25 — The first Winter Olympics, the 1924 Winter Olympics open in Chamonix, in the …

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