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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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 …
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache Sherlock Jr. Waxworks (Das Wachsfigurenkabinett) The Navigator The Iron Horse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0imk6WpLyuM Helena / Helena de Troya The Thief of Bagdad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kGOIysVl8I Entr’acte The Grand Duke’s Finances (Die Finanzen des Großherzogs) The Last Laugh (Der Letzte Mann) Peter Pan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te5x9eywSCk Michael https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilhXq0yeycQ The Hands of Orlac The Extraordinary …
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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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 …
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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 …
