Solare studied the Conservatorio Nacional de Musica Carlos López, and received his diploma in piano, composition and conducting. He has composed more than 180 works, a third of which have been performed. From 1986 to 1993 he taught at the Conservatory of Tandil, in Argentina. Between 1993 and 1996 Solare pursued postgraduate studies at the Musikhochschule in Cologne, Germany, and since 2002 has taught piano at the Musikschule Bremen. As a pianist, Solare's repertoire centers on classical music from late Romanticism, contemporary classical, Argentine composers, and his own compositions, both as a soloist and in various chamber music groups.

The inspiration for the phonograph came to Edison in course of making improvements to Alexander Graham Bell's telephone. Noticing the vibrations of the phone's diaphragm—a thin membrane in the mouthpiece—it occurred to Edison that these vibrations might somehow be recorded, thus preserving and reproducing music, speech, and sound. Edison’s first phonograph recorded on tin cylinders, had poor sound quality and ultimately destroyed the recording. Soon after, Bell produced a model using wax cylinders, but sound quality was still low, and replays were limited. Ten years after Edison's initial development, Emile Berliner invented the gramophone, which played discs instead of cylinders.

Hitchcock designed titles for silent movies, and worked as an art director, scriptwriter, and assistant director before directing The Pleasure Garden in 1925. The Lodger became his first hit in 1926. Hitchcock directed films like The 39 Steps and The Man Who Knew Too Much. His first American film was Rebecca, in 1940, which won the Oscar® for Best Picture. Hitchcock specialized in suspense movies like Psycho, and Rear Window, and often made cameo appearances in his movies. Hitchcock hosted two television mystery series, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour.

Wenders moved to Paris in 1966 to study painting and engraving. He also attended Cinematheque Francaise. In 1967 he returned to Germany and entered the newly founded film school, Hochschule für Fernsehen and Film. Wenders' adaptation of The Scarlet Letter first brought him attention outside of Germany. Alice in the City, The Wrong Move, and Kings of the Road followed in quick succession. Wenders made his first English language movie, The American Friend, in 1977. Wenders returned to German filmmaking in 1987, with Wings of Desire. Through the '90s, Wenders made several movies, including the documentary The Buena Vista Social Club.

This third film adaptation of Frank L. Baum's classic children’s' book, made Judy Garland a star and won multiple Oscars®. Buddy Ebsen—who was later to become famous as Jed Clampett on The Beverly Hillbillies—was originally cast as the Tin Woodsman, but an allergic reaction to the metallic paint in his makeup caused him to drop out of the movie. The role of Dorothy was originally intended for Shirley Temple. The famous song, "Over the Rainbow," was cut from the film after the first preview, because it "slowed down the action." Fortunately, it was ultimately restored.

Piron received began playing violin professionally at 16. In 1912, he led the Olympia Orchestra. After touring with W.C. Handy, he formed an orchestra under his own name in 1917, which became the highest paid African American band in New Orleans. Piron’s band traveled to New York in 1923, and became a big hit in the city. In 1925, the band returned to New Orleans, where Piron recorded with singer Lela Borden.

By age seven, West was gracing vaudeville and burlesque stages as "the Baby Vamp." She made her first Broadway appearances in 1911, in A la Broadway and Hello Paris. The next year she appeared in Florenz Ziegfeld's A Winsome Widow. West relocated to Hollywood in the early 1930s—a move that led to a successful film career and increased popularity. During the Depression, West won a $5,000-per-week contract with Paramount, and made her first film appearance in Night After Night, in 1932. In 1933 she starred in She Done Him Wrong. Her best-known films, My Little Chickadee and Diamond Lil, came in the 1940s.