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The Wonder of the age

Title
The Wonder of the age / Mister Edison's new talking phonograph.
Publication
Tinton Falls, N.J. : Musical Heritage Society, 1983.

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Additional Authors
Bebb, Richard.
Description
2 audio discs (117 min.) : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, stereo; 12 in.
Summary
Presents the story of sound recording from 1877 to 1925 compiled from contemporary writings and illustrated by archive recordings. Includes faithful reproductions of the voices, instruments, and artistry of John Barbirolli, P.T. Barnum, Adrian C. Boult, Enrico Caruso, Thomas Alva Edison, William Ewart Gladstone, the British Symphony Orchestra, Nellie Melba, Florence Nightingale, the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, George Bernard Shaw, and Arthur Sullivan.
Subject
  • Sound > Recording and reproducing > History
  • Music
  • Voices of famous people
  • Music
  • Sound > Recording and reproducing
Genre/Form
  • Music.
  • History.
  • Musique.
Note
  • Musical Heritage Society: MHS 824836H (on container)
  • Musical Heritage Society: MHS 4836--MHS 4837.
LCCN
83743264
OCLC
  • ocm20529083
  • 20529083
  • SCSB-2065654
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library