1924

The tempo for the introduction of the first theme, Rachmaninoff indicates minim=66. However, in his two recordings in 1924 and 1929 he performed at minim=47-51 for the introduction and minim=80 (1924) and 81 (1929) for the first theme. The introduction is much slower and the first theme is much faster, and the latter definitely does not go back to the initial tempo. The tempo that Sviatoslav Richter chooses to perform in 1959 is much slower in general, which is at minim=48 for the introduction…

first wife was Miss Daisy Parker (“Louis Armstrong Biography”). They were married from 1918-1923. Miss Parker’s occupation was prostitution (“Louis Armstrong”). He then married his second wife, Lil Hardin Armstrong in 1924 (“Louis Armstrong”). They were married for four years from 1924-1938 (“Louis Armstrong”). Then on to his third wife, Miss Alpha Smith, which he was married to from 1938-1942 ( Louis Armstrong”). Finally, he married his last wife, Lucille Wilson in 1942 (“ Louis…

The Hubble Telescope Explosions ,death, and faulty equipment are only some of the problems that workers at NASA had to handle. It was a big challenge to get the Hubble Space Telescope into orbit, but there are many extraordinary discovers and boundaries that were pushed going through this journey. In 1990 a telescope called the Hubble Space Telescope, created by an astronomer named Edwin Hubble. Which allowed astronomy to grow creating more hypothesis and theories, based on information…

Intelligence Division, the General Intelligence Division would later become a part of the Bureau of Investigation, and in 1921, Hoover would be promoted Assistant Director of the Bureau of Investigation (Early Years With The Department Of Justice.) In 1924, Attorney General promoted Hoover to Director of the Bureau of Investigation. Hoover accepted to be Director on the conditions that the Bureau must be divorced from politics, and will be responsible only to the Attorney General. Hoover…

was of his own well being and wanted to make a name for himself. Not in a positive way in fact he wanted to dictate the lives of innocent people solely for his own interests. With that being said this man Joseph Stalin rouse to the occasion when in 1924 the first leader of the Soviet Union Vladimir Lenin died. Stalin seemed to want everything done his way and his way only and if no one was in agreement with him he made sure they paid. The Industrial Revolution was booming in Western Europe but…

have been numerous leaders who would influence future leaders with their policies and actions. However, there has been no greater influence than Vladimir Lenin had on Joseph Stalin’s style of leadership. Lenin’s policies and actions from 1917 to 1924 indirectly caused many of Stalin’s ideas to come to fruition, including his infamous Great Terror movement from 1936 to 1938. The Great Terror is one of Stalin’s most devastating policies of the 1930s, however his idea was not original. Rather,…

One of the government restrictions was the Immigration Act of 1924. This act limited the number of immigrants allowed to enter the United States through a national origins quota. It provided immigration visas to two percent of the total number of people of each nationality in the US as of the 1890 national census. This act shows segregation because, it completely excludes the immigrants from Asia. The Immigration Act of 1924 did not affect the groups of immigrants discussed earlier besides the…

A dejected and love struck movie projectionist dreams his way into the film world and in doing so reflects the audiences escapist tendencies, this is the crux of Buster Keaton’s 1924 silent comedy film Sherlock Jr. The film is a great example of silent era comedy films, of which Keaton was a prolific figure. Sherlock Jr. is just one of many that he starred in and directed throughout the first part of the twentieth century. Many times Keaton is contrasted with another great slapstick comedy…

Upon completing college, Helen Keller realized she wanted to go out into the world and find ways to help improve the lives other people who were similar to her. She began to travel the world speaking on behalf of others who were living with disabilities and helping them understand that they were fully capable of doing all of the things others who were fully abled could do. During the beginning half of the 20th century, Helen Keller really began to get into the social and political issues that…

when the Daughters of the American Revolution wouldn’t let Marian Anderson perform Eleanor Roosevelt made it possible for her to sing at the Lincoln Memorial, this showed there struggle for civil rights. For Native Americans a law had been passed in 1924 stating all Native Americans are United States Citizens, they also continued to have them on reserved reservations keeping their land protected.…