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Music Matters
The History of Musical Pitch - Music History
The history of musical pitch. Many of us assume that musical pitch has always been gauged at the same level but this is not the case. Concert pitch is the pitch reference to which a group of musical instruments are tuned for a...
Odd Quartet
Music History - Shostakovich Symphony No. 5
Dmitri Shostakovich was a Russian composer and pianist of the 20th century. We take a closer look at his 5th symphony and how the political climate of the time influenced his music.
Crash Course
Modern Thought and Culture in 1900: Crash Course European History
Europe was in transition politically and culturally at the beginning of the 20th century. Today, we're looking at the dawn of modern science, and the rise of Modernism in the arts, especially in music, dance, and visual arts. We'll look...
Odd Quartet
A Brief History Of The Nutcracker: Tchaikovsky, Dumas, And Hoffmann
The Nutcracker. A story that spawned a thousand childrens books and countless adaptations for the stage, and then eventually made it to the silver screen. But, the origins of the Nutcracker isn’t the history of one nutcracker story. In...
TED-Ed
One of the most controversial medical procedures in history | Jenell Johnson
In 1935, researchers found that after removing the frontal lobes of two chimps, they no longer experienced frustration or anxiety. Neurologist Egas Moniz believed that replicating this in humans could cure mental illness— leading to one...
Music Matters
How the String Quartet Evolved - Music Appreciation
The String Quartet is a Classical Period innovation, developed largely in the hands of Haydn. This music appreciation lesson presents an overview of how the String Quartet evolved and also explores the Baroque background that led to...
TED-Ed
A brief history of divorce | Rod Phillips
Formally or informally, human societies across place and time have made rules to bind and dissolve couples. The stakes of who can obtain a divorce, and why, have always been high. Divorce is a battlefield for some of society's most...
TED-Ed
Can you outsmart the apples and oranges fallacy? | Elizabeth Cox
It's 1997. The United States Senate has called a hearing about global warming. Some expert witnesses point out that past periods in Earth's history were warmer than the 20th century. Because such variations existed long before humans,...
TED Talks
TED: Beethoven the businessman | José Bowen
The revolution that made music more marketable, more personal and easier to pirate began ... at the dawn of the 19th century. José Bowen outlines how new printing technology and an improved piano gave rise to the first music industry.
Curated Video
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Sister Rosetta Tharpe was one of the most influential artists of the 20th Century born on the 20th March 1915 in Arkansas, U.S. She was a talented singer, songwriter, and recording artist who attained popularity in the 1930s and...
IT'S HISTORY
Kanye & McCartney - The History of Music Collaborations I INTO CONTEXT
The announced collaboration between rap genius Kanye West and 'Beatles' legend Paul McCartney caused quite an uproar in various social networks. But it's hardly the first time that musicians from different generations and musical genres...
Cerebellum
Emergence Of Modern America: The Roaring Twenties - The Jazz Age
Just the Facts: The Emergence of America Uses fascinating historical footage to explore six decades thats shaped Modern America. The series examines the Gilded Age in the late 19th century, the Progressive Era of the early 20th century,...
Extra Credits
The History of Science Fiction - Pseudo-Science - Extra Sci Fi - #3
The turn of the 20th century brought a lot of new ideas and inventions to the world. Suddenly, nature's laws were not quite what they seemed. Thus, many folks drifted into explorations of the occult, which directly influenced 19th and...
Extra Credits
The History of Non-Euclidian Geometry - The World We Know - Extra History - #5
Up until the 20th century, people assumed light behaved like a wave, passing through the "aether wind"--a fluid with incomprehensible properties. When the Michelson-Morley experiment disproved the aether's existence, Einstein put out the...
Extra Credits
The Forgotten Foundations Part 1 - The History of Sci Fi - Extra Sci Fi - #4
This week, we explore the obscure authors from the turn of the 20th century whose weird and wacky stories impacted our modern-day sci fi consciousness and inspired works from authors like H.P. Lovecraft and Terry Pratchett. NOTE: the...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Blood, concrete, and dynamite: Building the Hoover Dam | Alex Gendler
In the early 20th century, the US had expanded from coast to coast, but many cities in the southwest still lacked reliable water sources. The Colorado River's erratic flow and frequent floods made it unreliable for agriculture, and the...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Alex Gendler: Why should you read "The Master and Margarita"?
The Devil has come to town. But don't worry– all he wants to do is stage a magic show. This absurd premise forms the central plot of Mikhail Bulgakov's masterpiece, "The Master and Margarita." Its blend of political satire, historical...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Can you guess what's wrong with these paintings? | Noah Charney
Prior to the mid-20th century, art restorers took a heavy-handed approach, often drastically altering paintings in the name of "improving" art. Today, they focus on keeping the original work intact with minimal intervention, and must...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: No one can figure out how eels have sex | Lucy Cooke
From Ancient Greece to the 20th century, Aristotle, Freud, and numerous other scholars were all looking for the same thing: eel testicles. Freshwater eels could be found in rivers across Europe, but no one had ever seen them mate and no...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The continents are moving. When will they collide? | Jean-Baptiste P. Koehl
In the early 20th century, Alfred Wegener's theory of Continental Drift laid the foundation for our modern theory of plate tectonics. And today we know something even more exciting: Pangea was only the latest in a long lineage of...
Curated Video
Evita Peron: The Rise and Legacy of Argentina's First Lady
This video provides a glimpse into the extraordinary life of Eva Peron, known as Evita, who rose from poverty to become a powerful figure in Argentine politics. Her legacy continues to inspire people around the world, with musicals and...
Cerebellum
Emergence Of Modern America: The Progressive Era - African Americans In The Progressive Era
Just the Facts: The Emergence of Modern America: The Progressive Era uses fascinating historical footage to explore six decades that shaped modern America. The series examines the Gilded Age in the late 19th century, the Progressive Era...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Jeffrey O. G. Ogbar - Black Power: Radical Politics and African American Identity
Jeffrey Ogbonna Green Ogbar was born in Chicago and raised in Los Angeles, California. He received his BA in History from Morehouse College in Atlanta. He earned his MA and Ph.D. in U.S. History with a minor in African studies from...