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Archive: July 2014 (2 Posts)

A view looking past a digital display screen towards the doors of an indoor theater, with

Of Cantonese Opera and Guatemalan Marimba

Posted by: Bryan Cornell

This week we will explore the wealth of ethnic recordings that are available in the Library’s National Jukebox and other online collections.  The Jukebox includes some 10,000 recordings of 78-rpm discs made before 1926. To browse these recordings, visit the site’s browse all recordings page and click the headings “language” and “target audience.” Pictured at the right are Alfredo and Flora de Gobbi, a husband …

Posted in: Early Recording Industry, Jukebox, Uncategorized

A view looking past a digital display screen towards the doors of an indoor theater, with

Happy Fourth!

Posted by: Bryan Cornell

This post was co-written by Karen Fishman and Mike Mashon.   Here are some selections from the film and audio collection to help you celebrate The Fourth of July. The audio comes from the Library’s National Jukebox which includes over 10,000 streaming recordings dating from 1900 to 1925, a time when patriotic music was extremely …

Posted in: Film/Video, Jukebox, Motion Pictures, Paper Prints, Recorded Sound