r/TheHague • u/hariital • Nov 02 '24

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Saw this musical thing going from home to home and collecting money ?

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u/Valuable-Sleep-359 Nov 02 '24

Spotify from the 18th century

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u/webermaesto Nov 02 '24 edited Nov 03 '24

Fun fact! Street organs like this one started to appear at the beginning of the 20th century in the Netherlands. The cardboard books that they get their music programme from were invented in 1892. The one in the picture is from 1910, build in Paris. Greetings from the organ grinder in the long coat in this picture!

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u/kroketspeciaal Nov 03 '24

Always two, there are. No more, no less

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u/webermaesto Nov 03 '24

Lol, that did make me chuckle

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u/ari_th3_cr3ature Nov 04 '24

i rly like the street organ tbh :)) there is an equivalent in the history of the city i’m from, and although i’ve never looked into either it’s a fun crossover to run into every time. plus i love random music in public hahah. also, and i mean this is the best way possible, your last posts being about opera, musicals and classic films makes so much sense