1913: The Year Before the Storm
9 hrs. 28 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Florian Illies
Author
Florian Illies
Narrator
Alyona Doletskaya
Narrator
Sergey Chonishvili
Description
You are presented with the chronicle of the last peaceful year before World War I— a year packed with many events that became emblematic for the culture of the 20th century. In 1913, Proust’s novel “In Search of Lost Time” (“Swann’s Way”) was published. Spengler began work on “The Decline of the West.” The scandalous Paris premiere of Stravinsky’s ballet “The Rite of Spring” took place, along with a concert of Schoenberg’s atonal music. The first version of Malewich’s “Black Square” was written. The first “Prada” boutique opened. Louis Armstrong picked up the trumpet. Stalin arrived in Vienna illegally, while Hitler, on the contrary, left it…
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