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  2. Thaddeus Cahill - Wikipedia

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    Cahill had tremendous ambitions for his invention; he wanted telharmonium music to be broadcast into hotels, restaurants, theaters, and even houses via the telephone line. [3] At a starting weight of 7 tons (and up to 200 tons) and a price tag of $200,000 (approx. $5,514,000 today), only three telharmoniums were ever built, and Cahill's vision ...

  3. Telharmonium - Wikipedia

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    Telharmonium console by Thaddeus Cahill 1897. The Telharmonium (also known as the Dynamophone [1]) was an early electrical organ, developed by Thaddeus Cahill c. 1896 and patented in 1897. [2] [3] [4] The electrical signal from the Telharmonium was transmitted over wires; it was heard on the receiving end by means of "horn" speakers. [5]

  4. Kenneth Rexroth - Wikipedia

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    Kenneth Charles Marion Rexroth (December 22, 1905 – June 6, 1982 [1]) was an American poet, translator, and critical essayist.He is regarded as a central figure in the San Francisco Renaissance, and paved the groundwork for the movement.

  5. English Bards and Scotch Reviewers - Wikipedia

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    The poem was first published anonymously, in March 1809, and a second, expanded edition followed in 1809, with Byron identified as the author. The opening parodies the first satire of Juvenal. [citation needed] Byron had published his first book of poetry, Hours of Idleness, in 1807.

  6. Works of John Betjeman - Wikipedia

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    That same year he published his first book, Mount Zion, a collection of poems. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ a ] In 1932 Betjeman began a career in broadcasting, with a radio programme about the proposed destruction of Waterloo Bridge ; he continued with regular radio work for the rest of his life, appearing in a wide range of genres, from panel and game shows ...

  7. 1949 in poetry - Wikipedia

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    The man toasts Poe with Cognac and leaves three red roses at the grave (along with the remainder of the Cognac). [ 1 ] February 19 - American poet Ezra Pound , at this time incarcerated in a psychiatric institution, is awarded the first Bollingen Prize in poetry by the Bollingen Foundation and Yale University provoking a storm of criticism ...

  8. Harmonium (poetry collection) - Wikipedia

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    Harmonium is a book of poetry by American poet Wallace Stevens. His first book at the age of forty-four, it was published in 1923 by Knopf in an edition of 1,500 copies. This collection comprises 85 poems, ranging in length from just a few lines (" Life Is Motion ") to several hundred (" The Comedian as the Letter C ") (see the footnotes [ 1 ...

  9. Simon Perchik - Wikipedia

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    Simon Perchik (December 24, 1923 – June 14, 2022) [1] was an American poet who has been described by Library Journal as, "the most widely published unknown poet in America."