Internet- und Musik-TIPP: The National Jukebox

The Library of Congress presents the National Jukebox, which makes historical sound recordings available to the public free of charge.

Fotos: http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/

About the National Jukebox

The Jukebox includes recordings from the extraordinary collections of the Library of Congress Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation and other contributing libraries and archives. Recordings in the Jukebox were issued on record labels now owned by Sony Music Entertainment, which has granted the Library of Congress a gratis license to stream acoustical recordings.

At launch, the Jukebox includes more than 10’000 recordings made by the Victor Talking Machine Company between 1901 and 1925. Jukebox content will be increased regularly, with additional Victor recordings and acoustically recorded titles made by other Sony-owned U.S. labels, including Columbia, OKeh, and others.

Internet- und Musik-TIPP: The National Jukebox

Acoustical Recording

Pictured here is an acoustic recording session conducted in the era before microphones were utilized for recording. Music and speech were funneled through recording horns, which in turn vibrated an attached diaphragm and stylus, thus etching the sound waves onto a rotating wax disc.

-> More about acoustical recordings

CH-Tipp:

-> Mein Schweizerland (03:16)

Fritz Zimmermann, performing

Marcelle Grandville, performing

Victor 73138

Matrix/Take: B-25639 / 2

1921-10-06

-> http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/recordings/detail/id/8245

Weitere Anspieltipps:

-> http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/recordings/detail/id/1449

-> http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/recordings/detail/id/590