[78-L] today's NY Times (ancient records)

[Michael Biel]

On Sun, 2008-10-26 at 10:56 -0400, AllenAmet at aol.com wrote:
> Has anyone seen the interesting article (by Dan Wakin) in today's NY Times 
> (Oct 26, 2008) in regard to the recovery of the famous Julius Block Russian 
> cylinders from the dawn of recorded sound? However, there seems to be a typo as 
> to the start of the commercial aspects of the industry. (1899 for 1889).

From: Michael Shoshani <mshoshani at sbcglobal.net>
The article is also online:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/26/arts/music/26waki.html

There also is another error in it where it is mentioned that there is a
barely audible recording of Brahms' playing and voice.  IT IS NOT BRAHMS
VOICE INTRODUCING THE RECORDING.  We've discusses this over and over on
this list, but this urban legend still persists in the land of the
uncorrectables.

Mike Biel   mbiel at mbiel.com