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1925 in Art

Tamara de Lempicka — Autoportrait (Tamara in a Green Bugatti) Joan Miró — The Birth of the World Charles Sheeler — Still Life Otto Dix — Portrait of the Dancer Anita Berber Paul Klee – Fish Magic Wassily Kandinsky — Yellow-Red-Blue George Adomeit – Down to the Harbor Lyonel Feininger — Barfüßerkirche in Erfurt I …

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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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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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