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In 1888, Thomas Edison sent his "Perfected" Phonograph to Mr. George Gouraud in London, England, and on 14 August 1888, Gouraud introduced the phonograph to London in a press conference, including the playing of a piano and cornet recording of Sullivan's "The Lost Chord", one of the first recordings of music ever made.
"Long, Long Ago" is a song dealing with nostalgia, written in 1833 by English composer Thomas Haynes Bayly.Originally called "The Long Ago", its name was apparently changed by the editor Rufus Wilmot Griswold when it was first published, posthumously, in a Philadelphia magazine, along with a collection of other songs and poems by Bayly.
An Appointment with Mr Yeats" by The Waterboys is an album of Yeats poems set to song. The poem "Down by the Salley Gardens" was based by Yeats on a fragment of a song he heard an old woman singing. Yeats' words have been recorded as a song by many performers. The song "A Bad Dream" by Keane is based on the poem "An Irish Airman Foresees His ...
One of several songs that Bowie wrote about Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four; Bowie had also hoped to produce a televised musical based on the book. [31] "2112" 2112: Rush: Anthem: Ayn Rand: Song shares themes with the novel, such that Neil Peart recognized Rand in the album's liner notes. [32] "Abigail" Creatures: Motionless in White: The ...
The song was released on 9/11 of 2012, its music video on 9/11 of 2015, and was brought back to streaming sites 9/11 of 2021 after being taken down in August of that year. Lily Kershaw "Ashes Like Snow" Midnight in the Garden 2013 Originally written as a poem, [51] "Ashes Like Snow" is about the September 11 attacks. Lyrics include: "A strange ...
Back in the Day (Missy Elliott song) Back Then (CDB song) Back Then Right Now; Back to the 80s (song) Back When; Back When My Hair Was Short; Baggy Trousers; Be Here Now (George Harrison song) Beach Baby; The Best Year of My Life (song) Birth of Rock and Roll; La Bohème (Charles Aznavour song) Bookends (song) The Boys of Summer (song) Bring ...
The song "Edison" by the Bee Gees from their 1969 album Odessa is a reference about Thomas Edison. Czech poet Vítězslav Nezval wrote a lengthy epic poem titled Edison (1930), in which Edison is celebrated and apostrophed [check spelling] there as symbol of courage in search of meaning of life in modern civilisation. This work is considered to ...
The Birth Of A King -Christmas Song: Thomas Chalmers & Chorus: 2477: The music of love: Rubens; interpolated in "The Girl from Utah: Marie Kaiser & Reed Miller: 1914 2478: O Come, All Ye Faithful: Edison Mixed Quartet: 2479: Do The Funny Fox Trot: National Promenade Band: 2480: Ballin' The Jack: National Promenade Band: 2481: Roses Remind Me Of ...