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#Classicsaday #Classical1924 Week 2
Ralph Graves Ralph Graves

#Classicsaday #Classical1924 Week 2

For the first month of the new year, the Classics a Day team looks back a century. So the challenge for January 2024 is to post performances of classical works that were either composed, premiered, or first recorded in 1924.

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#ClassicsaDay #ClassicalA Week 2
Ralph Graves Ralph Graves

#ClassicsaDay #ClassicalA Week 2

There are actually quite a few. And I even found some whose first and last names began with A! Here are my posts for the second week of #ClassicalA of the #ClassicsaDay challenge.

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#ClassicsaDay #Summerof78s Week 1
Ralph Graves Ralph Graves

#ClassicsaDay #Summerof78s Week 1

The Classics a Day team declares July the Summer of 78. Or rather, the summer of 78s. For July, post recordings that were originally issued on 78 rpm discs.

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#ClassicsaDay #UkrainianClassics Week 3
Ralph Graves Ralph Graves

#ClassicsaDay #UkrainianClassics Week 3

The challenge is to post music from Ukrainian composers. Some were subjects of Imperial Russia. Others were citizens of the USSR. And some live in the independent nation of Ukraine.

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#ClassicsaDay #ClassicalSummer Week 2 2021
Ralph Graves Ralph Graves

#ClassicsaDay #ClassicalSummer Week 2 2021

The idea is to post performances from summer festivals, either past or present. Some of these events have been going on for decades (if not centuries) so there's a lot to choose from.

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#Classicsaday #BlackHistoryMonth Week 2
Ralph Graves Ralph Graves

#Classicsaday #BlackHistoryMonth Week 2

The Classics a Day team has celebrated Black composers before. There is a lot of classical music by persons of color, both in the past as well as the present. A lot.

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