The Philadelphia Orchestra recorded the symphonies of the early-twentieth-century Black composer Florence Price. The National Symphony did the same for the modernist George Walker. The Metropolitan ...

Dede went on to write 250 songs, ballets and orchestral pieces. The 545-page "Morgiane," completed in 1887, was his magnum opus, but it was never performed during his lifetime. In 2014 ...

When the Harry F. Legg House first came to be shortly before the turn of the 20th century, it was one of many mansions along Park Avenue that housed Minneapolis' wealthiest residents. Named for its ...

Protesting isn’t a new idea in Astoria, according to Morning Astorian, March 6, 1887: • A mass meeting of the citizens of Astoria will be held at the court house on Monday evening for the purpose of ...

Founded in 1887, the ICC had a pretty revolutionary job: regulating the powerful railroad industry. Led by "robber barons," the monopolistic companies that controlled the railroads were accused of ...