Category Archives: The Joy of Musik

Leo Fender’s Storks

August 10, 19o9 – Clarence Leonidas “Leo” Fender (August 10, 1909 – March 21, 1991), the founder of the famous guitar company – Fender Electric Manufacturing Co., graces the world with his presence. Leo Fender is famous for sending out the storks … Continue reading

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John Thompson’s Modern Course For the Piano 1936 – Pg.s 1 – 13

  John Sylvanus Thompson (1889 Williamstown, Pennsylvania – 1963 Tucson, Arizona), was an American pianist, with a mysterious existence with very little to none of a biography left to tell his story. The pages provided to you, by Hystoria, proves … Continue reading

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Das Triadische Ballet – Bauhaus (1921 – 1929)

  Das Triadische Ballet (The Triadic Ballet) is an Oskar Schlemmer’s creation – a symphonic dance, divided into three parts – a trinity, which evolve from the hilarity to the gloomy. Oskar Schlemmer (September 4, 1888 – April 13, 1943) was a … Continue reading

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Listen To The Earliest Known Piano

  The earliest known surviving piano was created by Italian inventor Bartolomeo Cristofori di Francesco (May 4, 1655 – January 27, 1731). It is kept within the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York with two other existing creations of Cristofori. He … Continue reading

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A Mystery: The Coventry Carol

If you thought Christmas was all about good tidings and joy, you were wrong. The Coventry Carol is a song about infanticide and also a lullaby sung by mothers of doomed children. Eggnog? The English carol dates back to the 16th Century and … Continue reading

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