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Today-Music-History-Nov04

Today in Music History for Nov. 4: In 1740, English clergyman Augustus Toplady, who wrote the hymn "Rock of Ages," was born. In 1847, composer Felix Mendelssohn died at Leipzig at age 38.
Skipton Brass Band has made a special appearance in the beloved television series All Creatures Great and Small.
Written by Mary Orr in 1946, “The Wisdom of Eve” became a successful Hollywood film starring Bette Davis in 1950 and went on to become the musical “Applause! Applause!” ...
American Blues Theater will present its 24th Annual Production of It’s a Wonderful Life: Live in Chicago! from Frank Capra’s film and directed by Executive Artistic Director Gwendolyn Whiteside.
This stew dates back centuries when traveling workers were forced to be savvy with their meager earnings and scarce food rations. It became an iconic meal.
That sultry yet sinister sound perfectly captured 1940s Los Angeles corruption ... making Stanley Myers’ classical guitar ...
Billy Strings took his series of Halloween extravaganzas to the next level in Baltimore with an homage to the Universal Monsters franchise.
Where the latter was a high-spirited and witty take on a game of chess, Miracle in the Gorbals mixes Glaswegian social realism with religious symbolism. It struck a chord with the wartime public, and ...