Inspired by this thread, the idea is simple: I'll start by posting the name of a cultural object from an alternate history. The next person will reply with a description of that thing and then their own name.
This could be anything - a song, a painting, a statue, a book - even a food item or propaganda poster.
For example:
So, to start:
The Fields of the Peasants
Cheers,
Ganesha
This could be anything - a song, a painting, a statue, a book - even a food item or propaganda poster.
For example:
Opus Eleven: Timbuktu
The most famous of Debussy's Empire Sonatas, composed in 1898 for the 25th anniversary of the accession of Napoleon IV. The sonatas comprised a musical tour of the French Empire, with each highlighting a different colony or possession. The Timbuktu Sonata's subversive connotations - including the interpolation of Sufi resistance hymns with the Marseillaise - went unnoticed until the actual jubilee celebration, and resulted in Debussy's compositions being banned in France for almost a decade. However, he was ultimately rehabilitated during the reign of Napoleon V, and today, the Timbuktu is the most often played of his 19th-century pieces.
So, to start:
The Fields of the Peasants
Cheers,
Ganesha