1904

Radio Podcast #12 — 1904

MP3 download | Apple | Spotify | Castbox | Stitcher | Radiopublic | RSS James Errington takes you on another journey back into the forgotten history of recorded sound, this time joined by Liam Higgins, playing cylinders and shellac all from the year 1904. Aside from the usual brass band, banjo and proto-ragtime and barbershop …

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Centuries of Sound on Cambridge 105 Radio — Episode 12 (1904)

Time: 8pm BST, Saturday 20th July 2019 Place: Cambridge 105fm James Errington takes you on another journey back into the forgotten history of recorded sound, this time joined by Liam Higgins, playing cylinders and shellac all from the year 1904. Aside from the usual brass band, banjo and proto-ragtime and barbershop music, you can listen …

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1904 in Art

Mikalojus Konstantinas ÄŒiurlionis — A Day Henri Matisse — Luxe, Calme et Volupté Max Slevogt — Portrait of the Dancer Anna Pavlova Ilya Repin — Portrait of Leonid Nikolaievich Andreyev Gwen John — Dorelia in a Black Dress Isidre Nonell – La Paloma Pablo Picasso – The Actor Vilhelm Hammershøi — Interior with Young Woman …

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Strychnine, Egg Whites, Brandy and a Human Zoo: The Terrible 1904 Olympics

The third modern olympiad, despite the dropping of such noble sports as kite flying, pigeon racing, cannon shooting and fire fighting, is still talked about as one of the strangest and most misguided sporting events in history. A few reasons: The games was moved from the fairly reasonable location of Chicago to the comparative backwater …

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Alessandro Moreschi, the Last Castrato

This month’s mix features one of the only recordings in existence by a ‘castrato’ – a man who was castrated as a youth in order to maintain his choirboy-like vocal range. Most recordings featured in my mixes have little, if any, information available about them, and few of the artists even have a biography online, …

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Elsewhere in 1904

January 8 — The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system January 18 — The Herero Rebellion in German South-West Africa begins January 23 — The Ã…lesund Fire destroys most buildings in the town of Ã…lesund, Norway, leaving about 10,000 people without shelter February 7 — The Great Baltimore …

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