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[281] [282] Dorsey will open the Dorsey House of Music, the "first music publishing company founded for the sole purpose of selling the music of black gospel composers". [ 243 ] Zora Neale Hurston 's revue , The Great Day , is staged for the first time in New York, aiming to "show what beauty and appeal there (is) in genuine Negro material, as ...
In 1970, rock musician Ringo Starr surprised the public by releasing an album of Songbook songs from the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, Sentimental Journey.Reviews were mostly poor or even disdainful, [25] but the album reached number 22 on the US Billboard 200 [26] and number 7 in the UK Albums Chart, [27] with sales of 500,000.
January 19 – The Salzburg Festival is revived. [1]September 4 – City of Birmingham Orchestra (England) first rehearses (in a city police bandroom). Later this month, its first concert, conducted by Appleby Matthews, opens with Granville Bantock's overture Saul; in November it gives its "First Symphony Concert" when Edward Elgar conducts a programme of his own music in Birmingham Town Hall.
Scott DeVeaux argues that a standard history of jazz has emerged such that: "After an obligatory nod to African origins and ragtime antecedents, the music is shown to move through a succession of styles or periods: New Orleans jazz up through the 1920s, swing in the 1930s, bebop in the 1940s, cool jazz and hard bop in the 1950s, free jazz and ...
The Big Bankroll: The Life and Times of Arnold Rothstein, King of the Roaring 20s 1859 book by Leo Katcher: Produced by: Samuel Bischoff David Diamond: Starring: David Janssen Dianne Foster Diana Dors Jack Carson: Cinematography: Carl E. Guthrie: Edited by: George White: Music by: Franz Waxman: Distributed by: Allied Artists
The House of Atreus Act I and The House of Atreus Act II: Virgin Steele: Oresteia: Aeschylus: Two-part concept album based loosely on the Oresteia of Aeschylus [7] Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds: Jeff Wayne: The War of the Worlds: H.G. Wells [8] I Robot: The Alan Parsons Project: I, Robot: Isaac Asimov [9] Journey to the ...
Henry Thomas (1874 – 1930) was an American country blues singer, songster and musician. Although his recording career, in the late 1920s, was brief, Thomas influenced performers including Bob Dylan, Taj Mahal, the Lovin' Spoonful, the Grateful Dead, and Canned Heat.
18 September – A Night Out, with a book by George Grossmith, Jr. and Arthur Miller, music by Willie Redstone and Cole Porter and lyrics by Clifford Grey, opens at the Winter Garden Theatre in London, where it runs for 309 performances. The original cast includes Leslie Henson and Stanley Holloway.