19th Century music recordings
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Topic: 19th Century music recordings
Posted By: presdoug
Subject: 19th Century music recordings
Date Posted: February 11 2010 at 17:07
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This is a very obscure thing that i do not know alot about and would welcome additional info on what i do know- In 1860, a recording of a woman singing the beginning of Claire de Lune was recorded,, initially onto a graph,there being no way of reproducing what was recorded. In England just a few years ago, it was reconstructed and there was the means to reproduce what existed. I am sure many of you will know about Thomas Edison's famous recording of Mary Had A Little Lamb, which i am not sure of the date of, possibly 1877? I also read that after that recording, nothing else was done until Enrico Caruso's vocal recordings at the beginning of the 20th Century. Is there anything before Caruso that i am missing? Is the Edison recording, and that of the woman from 1860 actually available to be purchased on Cd? |
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: February 11 2010 at 19:15
If there would be a recording so old then it would definitely be free because it would be part of public domain. 
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Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: February 11 2010 at 22:25
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I heard about the French recording. It was made by a needle etching a sound wave into soot on paper. Extremely primitive, but genius. The oldest recoring I personally have is of Allessandor Moreschi, the last castrato, from 1902. I love old recordings and am looking to expand my collection, but they're hard to come by.
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Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: February 12 2010 at 08:45
You may know about this already, but i would highly recommend the first complete recording of a symphony, that being Beethoven's 5th, with the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Artur Nikisch from 1913-it is truly immortal. There are also shorter works recorded by the same conductor and orchestra and made before the end of WW1, which are treasures-overtures by Beethoven, ,Mozart, Weber, and Berlioz. There is a good reconstruction of alot of this on the Dutton label. I also love others,especially the first Bruckner recording from 1924, that being the 7th Symphony conducted by Oskar Fried. |
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