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Significant Books and Music of the Century, Year by Year
1911 was the year that Sun Yat-sen led the revolution that overturned the Chinese empire; Roald Amundsen became the first to reach the South Pole; Hiram Bingham discovered the lost city of Machu Picchu; and a fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City killed 146 workers and gave new impetus to the labor movement.


Significant Book of 1911:
Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden

BOOK This now-classic story, relating how a disagreeable young orphan girl and her spoiled invalid cousin are transformed by their restoration of an abandoned garden, still charms new generations of readers.

  Significant Music of 1911:
 Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier

BOOK Richard Strauss's DER ROSENKAVALIER was first performed in Dresden, Germany. Overflowing with enchanting waltzes and stunning opportunities for vocal display, this Mozartean homage to Vienna is one of the most popular operas in the repertory.




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