June 2020

Centuries of Sound on Cambridge 105 Radio — Episode 24 (1916)

Time: 8pm BST, Saturday 20th June 2020 Place: Cambridge 105 Radio This time James Errington is joined by John Ashlin to explore the music of 1916. While Europe lies devastated in the midst of the darkest year of the first world war, America is hotting up, with the birth of jazz and blues music imminent, …

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Radio Podcast #1 – 1853 to 1885

MP3 download | Apple | Spotify | Castbox | Stitcher | Radiopublic | RSS For the inaugural Centuries of Sound radio podcast I’m joined by Sean Spencer (not pictured) as I delve into the first 35 years of sound recording, including lines drawn in soot with feathers, a wasp trapped in a bottle, a talking …

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1925: The Symphony

Another exclusive mix of classical and orchestral music for Patreon backers. 0:00:00 Dziga Vertov – Radio Ear – Radio Pravda (Excerpt 1) 0:00:22 American Concert Orchestra – Extracts from the ballet- suite Scherazada, part 1 0:05:01 San Francisco Symphony Orchestra – Wagner Parsifal Prelude 0:18:32 Hindemith Kleine Kammermusik – Leipzig Gewandhaus Wind Quintet 0:31:31 Marcelle …

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Elsewhere in 1925

January 3 — Benito Mussolini makes a pivotal speech in the Italian Chamber of Deputies. Historians now trace this speech to the beginning of Mussolini’s dictatorship. January 27—February 1 — The 1925 serum run to Nome (the “Great Race of Mercy”) relays diphtheria antitoxin by dog sled across the U.S. territory of Alaska, to combat …

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1925

At Centuries of Sound I am making mixes for every year from 1953 to the present day. Download full mixes, bonus materials and more for just $5 per month at patreon.com/centuriesofsound. Thanks for listening. MP3 sample download | Patreon | Apple | Mixcloud | Spotify | Castbox | Stitcher | Radiopublic | RSS Have you …

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