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Today in Music History - Jan. 13
The Canadian Press 2021-01-13
Today in Music History for Jan. 13:
In 1501, Christianity s first vernacular hymnal was printed in Prague, capital of the present-day Czech Republic. It contained 89 hymns in the Czech language.
In 1854, a patent for the accordion was issued to Anthony Faax of Philadelphia.
In 1864, Stephen Foster, one of the first composers of pop music, died in a New York City hospital after falling over a wash basin in a drunken stupor. In his pocket when he died was the manuscript for what became one of his most famous songs, Beautiful Dreamer. Many of his songs including Oh! Susanna, Camptown Races and Old Black Joe are written in black dialect. Foster gained much of his knowledge of blacks through his early experience in travelling minstrel shows. But he became embarrassed by his songs, primarily because of a contemporary review which called them only skin deep, hummed and whistled without musical emotion.
Collecting Christmas records
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Dec 16, 2020
By Tim Neely
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Christmas mood. Perhaps you want to trim the tree or wrap presents or indulge in cookies and eggnog. You want the full throwback experience, but you don’t have any Christmas music to spin on your turntable, and you don’t want to hear the same old stuff from the local holiday-hits station. What now? One of the best parts of collecting Christmas music is that you can obtain a good collection for not a lot of money. Except for music that is collectible for other reasons for example, doo-wop, punk/alternative, audiophile reissues, 1990s vinyl most Christmas albums are common and cheap. Many are likely to lurk in the bargain bins at thrift shops and used record stores. But don’t let that deter you! If it’s that old-time feeling you want, the $1-or-less stuff is