RE: [microsound] The earliest recording of music in history

["Edward George" <ed@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In the british library/museum I believe they have the recording believed
to be of edison's voice on his phonogram prototype
I may be mistaken

I'm trying to dig out the article in new scientist where they're talking
about the neverending problem of archiving and re-archiving recordings
on current formats so they don't become obsolete.

Ed, Suppose, Nottingham UK.
http://www.suppose.co.uk
http://ed.suppose.co.uk
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-----Original Message-----
From: Guillaume Grenier [mailto:grenier.g@xxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: 03 June 2003 17:16
To: microsound
Subject: [microsound] The earliest recording of music in history

Check out:

http://www.nps.gov/edis/very_early.htm

The recording alluded to in the subject is of Israel in Egypt (Handel):

http://www.nps.gov/edis/audio/EDIS-SRP-0154-17.mp3

It is labeled as "A chorus of 4000 voices recorded with phonograph over
100
yards away", at the Crystal Palace in London, June 29, 1888.

Pretty amazing stuff.

Maybe it could pass as a microsound track for a listener that is not
aware
of the history behind the recording...

g.

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Guillaume Grenier - grenier.g@xxxxxxxxxxxx

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