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 …
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 …
Centuries of Sound is a monthly mix of original recordings from a single year. If you want higher bitrate downloads, a bonus podcast with discussion of the recordings, extra bonus mixes and much more, please support me on Patreon for just $5 per month, and keep the project ad-free. MP3 download | Apple | Mixcloud …
I’ve been in a couple of pub quizzes over Zoom recently, and have put together a round of my own to share with friends & family. Now I’ve done it a couple of times, I thought I might as well share it for anyone to use. Feel free to adapt to suit, or just play …
Wassily Kandinsky — On White II Gerrit Rietveld — Red and Blue Chair Yrjö Ollila – Hearing the Homework Gustave Van de Woestyne – Gaston en zijn zuster George Bellows – Dempsey and Firpo Stanley Spencer — The Betrayal Max Ernst – Of This Men Shall Know Nothing Felice Casorati — Meriggio (Noon) George Grosz …
CÅ“ur fidèle Der Schatz / The Treasure Safety Last! Schatten — Eine nächtliche Halluzination The Ten Commandments The Extra Girl Le Retour à la Raison Die Straße / The Street Souls for Sale Salomé The Covered Wagon La Roue The Love Nest The Pilgrim Our Hospitality Scaramouche The Hunchback of Notre Dame I.N.R.I. Merry-Go-Round …
Time: 8pm BST, Saturday 25th April 2020 Place: Cambridge 105 Radio James Errington takes you on another trip into the ancient history of recorded sound, this time joined by Cambridge native Liam Higgins to review the music scene on both sides of the Atlantic in 1914, the year the lights famously went out all over …
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January 1—7 — In a violent, racially motivated attack, at least 8 people are killed, and the town of Rosewood, Florida is abandoned and destroyed. January 9 — Lithuania begins the KlaipÄ—da Revolt, to annex the KlaipÄ—da Region (Memel Territory). January 11 — Despite strong British protests, troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr …
It’s been a quiet couple of weeks of mainly doing stuff in the garden, and I’ve taken the opportunity to finally tackle James Joyce’s second-most-daunting book, Ulysses. I’ve owned a copy for roughly half of my life now, and hadn’t even opened it, not exactly through feeling intimidated, more that it seemed like a huge …
Centuries of Sound is a monthly mix of original recordings from a single year. If you want higher bitrate downloads, a bonus podcast with discussion of the recordings, extra bonus mixes and much more, please support me on Patreon for just $5 per month, and keep the project ad-free. MP3 download | Apple | Mixcloud …
