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Berlin–Munich Reichsautobahn, today's A9, southeast of Dessau, photographed in 1939.The oaks were intentionally retained in the median. Reichsautobahn car plaque. The Reichsautobahn system was the beginning of the German autobahns under Nazi Germany.
Image credits: Old-time Photos To learn more about the fascinating world of photography from the past, we got in touch with Ed Padmore, founder of Vintage Photo Lab.Ed was kind enough to have a ...
First the player piano (c. 1900), then the home phonograph (which became common in the decade before World War I), then the radio (in the 1920s) dealt severe blows to amateur piano-playing as a form of domestic recreation. During the Great Depression of the 1930s, piano sales dropped sharply, and many manufacturers went out of business.
The Piano (1993): A period drama about a psychologically mute Scottish woman who expresses herself with both sign language and her piano playing. A Piano for Mrs. Cimino (1982): A made-for-TV Film starring Bette Davis. The Piano Teacher (2001) Secret (2007): A Taiwanese drama about a music student majoring in piano. September Affair (1950): A ...
King of Jazz is a 1930 American pre-Code color musical film starring Paul Whiteman and his orchestra. The film title refers to Whiteman's popular cultural appellation. At the time the film was made, "jazz", to the general public, meant jazz-influenced syncopated dance music heard on phonograph records, on radio broadcasts, and in dance halls.
Clifford Benjamin Brown [1] (October 30, 1930 – June 26, 1956) was an American jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer. He died at the age of 25 in a car crash, [2] leaving behind four years' worth of recordings.
Cora Stell Andersen (1897–1989), also known as Cora Andersen, was an international concert pianist who toured during the 1920s with Silvio Scionti performing piano duos. In the 1930s and 1940s, she toured as a solo pianist and was the only American soloist invited to perform at the 1937 Paris Exposition.
The next year he formed his own orchestra, playing at the Café de Paris. He went on to play in other nightclubs both in London and Paris including the Kit Kat Club, often performing as a solo act, or playing xylophone with a piano accompaniment. [2] The custom-made Besson xylophone he played had a five-octave range, one more than the normal.