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By the 1840s New York started to gain its national importance as center of culture and commerce. But only after the wave of German immigrants who arrived in 1850s the city became leading piano building center in America. The most notable German immigrant probably was Heinrich E. Steinweg (later he changed his name to Steinway and his name ...
Astoria is a neighborhood in the western portion of the New York City borough of Queens.Astoria is bounded by the East River and is adjacent to four other Queens neighborhoods: Long Island City to the southwest, Sunnyside to the southeast, and Woodside and East Elmhurst to the east.
New Yorkers, enamored musicians and fans around the U.S. mourned the loss of Tony Bennett on Friday, celebrating the master staccato singer from Astoria, Queens, after his death at 96 in Manhattan.
Astoria (Amsterdam), a Jugendstil Office building in the Netherlands; Astoria, Stockholm, a cinema in Sweden; Astoria Theatre, Brighton, in England; Hotel Astoria, the name of several hotels; London Astoria, a former music venue in England; Kaufman Astoria Studios, in New York City, United States
Edward Vincent Bracken was born in Astoria, Queens, New York on February 7, 1915, the son of Joseph L. and Catherine Bracken. [1] Bracken performed in vaudeville at the age of nine and gained fame with the Broadway musical Too Many Girls in a role he reprised for the 1940 film adaptation.
The Astoria Symphony Orchestra is an orchestra of professional musicians based in Astoria, Queens, in New York City. The orchestra performs at least six programs annually. The Astoria Symphony is the only semi-professional orchestra that regularly serves western Queens.
When is Sophie Ellis-Bextor performing on New Year's Eve? British singer-songwriter Sophie Ellis-Bextor is expected to perform from 9:37 p.m. to 9:43 p.m. EST, according to organizers. She'll sing ...
The Museum of the Moving Image is a media museum located in a former building of the historic Astoria Studios (now Kaufman Astoria Studios), in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens in New York City. The museum originally opened in 1988 as the American Museum of the Moving Image , and in 1996, opened its permanent exhibition, "Behind the Screen ...