Handel festival: "Israel In Egypt" - excerpt

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Handel festival: "Israel In Egypt" - excerpt On note with cylinder: "A chorus of 4000 voices recorded with phonograph over 100 yards away" Composed by: G.F. Handel Conducted by: August Manns Record format: Edison yellow paraffine cylinder Recorded by: Col. George Gouraud, foreign sales agent for Thomas Edison Location: the Crystal Palace, London, England Recording date: June 29, 1888. ENHS object catalog number: E-2440-20 ** Historical note: This is the earliest known recorded music in existence.

Directors & creators

August Manns

Subjects

Oldtime

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