Sights and Sounds of the Past: The 1850s

Explore the decade of the 1850s with a series of photographs and images to document the times, coupled with popular classical music that premiered during the era, as heard in historic recordings.
Heard in this installment is:
Richard Wagner's 'Lohengrin, Prelude to Act III', performed by the Cleveland Orchestra (recorded in 1924), Anton Rubinstein's 'Contredanse A and B, No. 3', performed by Josef Hoffmann (recorded in 1895), and Giuseppe Verdi's 'La Donna e Mobile' from the opera 'Rigoletto', performed by Enrico Caruso (recorded in 1904).

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1.42 min. Milan Lasica!

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At 4:54 there are automobiles???

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Oops. My mistake. My image archive has literally thousands of pictures; I suppose it’s inevitable one will get mislabeled

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