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The history of sound recording - which has progressed in waves, driven by the invention and commercial introduction of new technologies — can be roughly divided into four main periods: Experiments in capturing sound on a recording medium for preservation and reproduction began in earnest during the Industrial Revolution of the 1800s.
Sound recording and reproduction. Frances Densmore and Blackfoot chief Mountain Chief working on a recording project of the Bureau of American Ethnology (1916). Sound recording and reproduction is the electrical, mechanical, electronic, or digital inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or ...
Timeline of audio formats. An audio format is a medium for sound recording and reproduction. The term is applied to both the physical recording media and the recording formats of the audio content —in computer science it is often limited to the audio file format, but its wider use usually refers to the physical method used to store the data.
The phonograph was invented in 1877 by Thomas Edison. Phonograph use would grow the following year. Alexander Graham Bell's Volta Laboratory made several improvements in the 1880s and introduced the graphophone, including the use of wax-coated cardboard cylinders and a cutting stylus that moved from side to side in a zigzag groove around the record. In the 1890s, Emile Berliner initiated the ...
1877 : Thomas Edison and Emile Berliner simultaneously invented the first prototypes of the phonograph. 1888 : Thomas Edison introduces the electric motor-driven phonograph. 1896 : Edwin S. Votey completes the first Pianola. 1898 : Valdemar Poulsen patents the Telegraphone. 1906 : Thaddeus Cahill introduces the Telharmonium to the public.
Historical classical music recordings. "The world's greatest singers, players, bands and orchestras enter your home with Victrola" Advertisement for a phonograph player (1915) Historical classical music recordings are generally classical music recordings made prior to the stereo era of vinyl disc recording, which began around 1957. [1] [2]
Music was certainly prominent in the Early Middle Ages, as attested by artistic depictions of instruments, writings about music, and other records; however, the only repertory of music which has survived from before 800 to the present day is the plainsong liturgical music of the Roman Catholic Church, the largest part of which is called ...
History of music publishing. Music publishing is the business of creating, producing and distributing printed musical scores, parts, and books in various types of music notation, while ensuring that the composer, songwriter and other creators receive credit and royalties or other payment (where applicable).