[78-L] Oldest living person to have made a 78?

[Don Chichester]

Poor guy.
 
dc
 
> Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2015 20:31:13 +0100
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> From: ekluwer at gmail.com.invalid
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Oldest living person to have made a 78?
> 
> 
> On disc: Joseph Joachim who record in 1903 and qas birn in 1831.
> 
> http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Joachim
> 
> 
> on cylinder: opera singer Peter Schram who recorded in 1889 and was born in
> 1819 recording can be found on youtube...
> 
> Erwin
> 
> On Friday, January 2, 2015, <gdkimball at cox.net.invalid> wrote:
> 
> >
> > In terms of Southern music, Polk Miller and John Pattee were born in 1844,
> > Henry C. Gilliland in 1845, and Uncle Jimmy Thompson in 1848.  All but
> > Uncle Jimmy Thompson were Civil War veterans.
> >
> > Gregg
> >
> >
> > ---- Kristjan Saag <saag at telia.com.invalid> wrote:
> > >
> > > Earliest born person to record was probably Prussian military Helmuth
> > > Karl Bernhrad von Moltke whose voice 78 list members Stefan Puille and
> > > Patrick Feaster discovered on a cylinder a few years ago.
> > > Here's an article about ir; the headlines boast of people born in the
> > > 18th century, but Moltke, in fact, was born in 1800.
> > >
> > http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/01/edisons-files-reveal-the-only-known-voice-recording-of-someone-born-in-the-18th-century/252283/
> > > Kristjan
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 2015-01-02 18:17, Malcolm Rockwell wrote:
> > > >
> > > > The researcher Helen Roberts recorded a female chanter on the island of
> > > > Kauai who was almost 100 years old in 1928. That would make her
> > birthday
> > > > around 1830 and so probably the oldest known person to record. However,
> > > > Roberts used an Edison cylinder recorder, which puts the artist out of
> > > > the running for a disc 78.
> > > > Without major diggage locating her name is problematic, but I will do
> > so
> > > > if there's any interest.
> > > > Malcolm
> > > >
> > > > *******
> > > >
> > > > On 1/2/2015 6:57 AM, gdkimball at cox.net.invalid wrote:
> > > >> I assume that it was only in retrospect that it became iconic. There
> > had been many southern field sessions by 1927, so it wasn't a big deal at
> > the time. Stoneman and some of the other participants had aleady made
> > plenty of records. Atlanta might have a better claim as the "Birthplace of
> > County Music" in terms of timing and volume of recordings.
> > > >>
> > > >> Gregg
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> ---- Rodger Holtin iPod <rjh334578 at gmail.com.invalid> wrote:
> > > >>> That has been my thought, too.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> I am really impressed withthe writer.  No references to "vinyl" or
> > > >>> "RCA" but did use "Orthophonic"!
> > > >>>
> > > >>> I have that record and often wondered about who all participated.
> > > >>> There are a lot of churches in this part of the world - the American
> > > >>> south - (I am in west Tennessee) that still sing just exactly like
> > that.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> And now my question
> > > >>> The story references Johnny Cash's acknowledgement of the Bristol
> > > >>> sessions.  I know it got some publicity when it was current news but
> > I
> > > >>> have to wonder at what point was it known by scholars?  When was this
> > > >>> known by the music fraternity?  Cash, of course, married into the
> > > >>> family but was he or anybody else really aware of its significance
> > > >>> prior to the Country Music Hall of Fame that really brought it to the
> > > >>> fore?  Surely they wee just old records for a long time.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Sent from my iPod - which explainz any bad typjng
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>> On Jan 2, 2015, at 7:06 AM, Kristjan Saag <saag at telia.com.invalid>
> > > >>> wrote:
> > > >>>
> > > >>>> I always thought there might turn up an acoustic recording with
> > > >>>> childrens' voices, and some of the participants still alive. This
> > was
> > > >>>> pretty close.
> > > >>>> Kristjan
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> On 2015-01-02 06:37, David Lennick wrote:
> > > >>>>>
> > http://www.tricities.com/article_0d690b26-3385-11e4-8cbe-001a4bcf6878.html
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> dl
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