Tag: Early Recordings
The world's oldest piano recording
131 years ago, the world's first known piano recording was played in London for an historical, once-in-a-lifetime event.
The Earliest Voice Recording - Heard 1st Time Since 1878 - Schenectady GE
The recording was originally made on a Thomas Edison-invented phonograph in St. Louis in 1878.
Earliest surviving film and sound recording 1888
1888, the year of the death of the composer Charles-Valentin Alkan (Chopin's friend and neighbour) is also the year of the earliest surviving recording of music and earliest recorded film.
Ex-Slave George Johnson
"Confederate President Jefferson Davis was my master."
The St Louis Demo 1878 - Is this Edison?
Recorded on June 22, 1878. This includes a new restoration of the 1878 recording. Most of the noise produced by folds in the foil have been removed.
The Very First Recordings (1859-1879)
The first successful sound recording ever made was of a 435 hz tuning fork made by Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville.
Restoring the Queen Victoria recording of 1888
As is well known, Thomas Edison invented the phonograph in 1877, with tin foil initially being used as the medium for recording sound (mainly the human voice). However, these early tin foil recordings were fragile and prone to tearing, and the sounds reco...
Ex Slaves talk about Slavery in the USA
A story by ABC News in 1999 about slavery as told by people who were slaves. Recorded in the 1940's.
