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John Lissauer. " Hallelujah " is a song written by Canadian singer Leonard Cohen, originally released on his album Various Positions (1984). Achieving little initial success, [1] the song found greater popular acclaim through a new version recorded by John Cale in 1991. Cale's version inspired a 1994 recording by Jeff Buckley that in 2004 was ...
The 1886 United States elections occurred in the middle of Democratic President Grover Cleveland 's term, during the Third Party System. Members of the 50th United States Congress were chosen in this election. Democrats retained control of the House, while Republicans retained control of the Senate. In the House, Republicans won a moderate ...
The 2017–18 season was West Ham United ' s sixth consecutive campaign in the Premier League since being promoted in the 2011–12 season. It was West Ham's 22nd Premier League campaign overall, their 60th top flight appearance in their 123rd year in existence, [3] and their second in the London Stadium. The club were unable to play any games ...
Events. 1 January – At the 2020 Vienna New Year's Concert, Andris Nelsons plays the trumpet solo in the Postillon-Galopp of Hans Christian Lumbye, the first conductor to perform a solo in the Vienna New Year's Concert who is not a violinist. Nelsons performed the same solo on the 30 December 2019 and 31 December 2019 performances of the same ...
The Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 100 (" Thun " or " Meistersinger "), by Johannes Brahms was written while spending the summer of 1886 in Thun in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland. It was a very fertile and refreshing time for Brahms. His friend, the Swiss pastor and poet Josef Victor Widmann [ de] (1842–1911), lived in Bern and they ...
The 1886 United Kingdom general election took place from 1 to 27 July 1886, following the defeat of the Government of Ireland Bill 1886.It resulted in a major reversal of the results of the 1885 election as the Conservatives, led by Lord Salisbury, were joined in an electoral pact with the breakaway Unionist wing of the Liberals led by Lord Hartington (later the Duke of Devonshire) and Joseph ...
The 2017–18 season was Tottenham Hotspur 's 26th season in the Premier League and 40th successive season in the top division of the English football league system. Along with the Premier League, the club competed in the Champions League, FA Cup and EFL Cup. Following the rebuilding of White Hart Lane, Spurs played all home fixtures at Wembley ...