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Horn & Hardart was a food services company in the United States noted for operating the first food service automats in Philadelphia, New York City, and Baltimore. [1] Philadelphia's Joseph Horn (1861–1941) and German-born, New Orleans -raised Frank Hardart (1850–1918) opened their first restaurant in Philadelphia, on December 22, 1888.
The following is a list of works by P. D. Q. Bach, a fictitious Bach family member, the alter ego of composer Peter Schickele.The first section lists, in alphabetical order, those works which have been recorded, are listed in the annotated catalogue of P. D. Q. Bach music in The Definitive Biography of P.D.Q. Bach, and/or are listed on the Theodore Presser website.
The Concerto for Horn and Hardart, S. 27, is a work of Peter Schickele composing under the pseudonym P. D. Q. Bach.The work is a parody of the classical double concerto but where one instrument, the hardart, uses different devices, such as plucked strings, blown whistles and popped balloons, to produce each note in its range.
Frank Hardart. Frank Hardart Sr. (October 22, 1850 – December 10, 1918) was the co-founder with Joseph V. Horn of Horn & Hardart, the food service company that launched the Horn & Hardart Automat cafeterias in Philadelphia and New York. Patrons at the Automats could serve themselves by putting coins into a wall of glass-fronted dispensers ...
818 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, the site of the first U.S. Horn & Hardart Automat, pictured with original automat signage in July 2020. The first automat in the United States was opened by food services company Horn & Hardart on June 12, 1902, at 818 Chestnut St. [ 2 ] in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . [ 9 ]
The Automat is a 2021 American documentary directed and produced by Lisa Hurwitz and written by Michael Levine. It is about the automats once operated by Horn & Hardart. It features an original song by Mel Brooks. The film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on September 2, 2021.
Concerto for Horn and Hardart, S. 27. Allegro con brillo; Tema con variazione; Menuetto con Panna e Zucchero; Cantata: Iphigenia in Brooklyn, S. 53162. Aria: "As Hyperion across the flaming sky" Recitative: "And lo, she found herself within a market" Ground: "Dying, and yet in death alive" Recitative: "And in a vision, Iphigenia saw her brother ...
The Horn and Hardart Children's Hour. The Horn and Hardart Children's Hour, as seen from WCAU-TV's control room in 1948. The Horn and Hardart Children's Hour (later known as The Children's Hour) was a variety show with a cast of children, including some who later became well-known adult performers. It had a long run for more than three decades.