Music of the Past

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A community for the love of all music from before 1950.

Doesn't matter where it's from, if it's musical and you like it, post it here.

RULES:

Always follow ALL rules of the lemmy.today instance and your instance.
One song/movement per post. Try not to post too many times in a single day (no flooding). No reposting, but posting different performances of the same music is allowed.
Posted music should play in their entirety, automatically without needing to login or download anything.
Newer performances of older music is acceptable. Always list the year the song was originally released in the title.
Post title must include the song title/movement, the artist or group, and the year this version of the song was originally release.
Other information in the post title, like performance type and length, is encouraged.
Always credit the performer. f the music was uploaded by someone else, please credit the original uploader.
If you have additional information about the music, like behind-the-scenes trivia or interesting facts, including that in your post is highly encouraged.
Discussion in each post must stay on the topic of that particular piece of music. No political discussion, unless the music in question is explicitly related to such a topic.
No meta commentary or moderation discussion. Report problems using the report function or send a message to a moderator directly.