Sound and Science

A method for the intensive study of birdsong

By photographing bird sound on motion picture film it is possible to bring bird song into the laboratory and study it intensively under the microscope. In sound  [...]

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Kurt Schwitters spricht „Anna Blume“

Recording of Kurt Schwitters, contributed by Prof. Dr. Arnulf Kutsch

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Carl Stumpf [Vowel Experiments 4]

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Songs of wild birds

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Animal Language

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Das tönende Buch der Stadt Leipzig – Schellackplatte 2, Seite B

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Das tönende Buch der Stadt Leipzig – Schellackplatte 2, Seite A

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Das tönende Buch der Stadt Leipzig – Schellackplatte 1, Seite B

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Das tönende Buch der Stadt Leipzig – Schellackplatte 1, Seite A

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Gott grüsse das ehrsame Handwerk – Schallplatte

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More songs of wild birds

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Animal Language – recording one, IA 9010-I and IB 9013-I

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Animal Language – recording two, African Record (Day) 9136-I and (Night)  [...]

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Schallplatte Heft 18: Glockengeläute Jerusalemer Kirchen – A

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Schallplatte Heft 17: Pierre Schaeffer, Paris – B

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Schallplatte Heft 17: Pierre Schaeffer, Paris – A

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Schallplatte Heft 14: Das Residualton und Formantton– B

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Schallplatte Heft 14: Das Residualton und Formantton– A

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Schallplatte Heft 13: Das Teiltonspektrum einer Glocke – B

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Schallplatte Heft 13: Das Teiltonspektrum einer Glocke – A

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Schallplatte Heft 6: Dr. André Moles (Paris): Experimente mit dem Alibis-Terzfilter  [...]

Published as supplement to issue 6 of the Gravesaner Blätter.  [...]

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Schallplatte Heft 6: Dr. André Moles (Paris): Experimente mit dem Alibis-Terzfilter  [...]

Published as supplement to issue 6 of the Gravesaner Blätter.  [...]

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Schallplatte Heft 5: Nachhallexperimente des holländisches Staatsradios – B

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Schallplatte Heft 5: Nachhallexperimente des holländisches Staatsradios – A

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Schallplatte Heft 4: Klangumwandlungen durch Frequenzumsetzung – B

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Schallplatte Heft 4: Klangumwandlungen durch Frequenzumsetzung – A

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Gravesaner Blätter – Recordings

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Schallplatte Heft 18: Syrischer und armenischer Gottesdienst – B

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Schallplatte Heft 19/20: Ähnlichkeitsklassen bei Schallsignalen – A

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Schallplatte Heft 19/20: 9 Klänge im Jahre 1942 eingeschmolzener altösterreichischer Kirchenglocken  [...]

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Schallplatte Heft 21: Die Bedeutung der Lautstärkeempfindung, ihre Messung und Beurteilung  [...]

Published as supplement to issue 21 of the Gravesaner Blätter.

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Schallplatte Heft 21: Die Bedeutung der Lautstärkeempfindung, ihre Messung und Beurteilung  [...]

Published as supplement to issue 21 of the Gravesaner Blätter.

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Schallplatte Heft 22: Akustische Kuriosa – A

Record: “Akustische Kuriosa”, Gravesaner Blätter, ML 271, Side A

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Schallplatte Heft 22: Akustische Kuriosa – B

Record: “Akustische Kuriosa”, Gravesaner Blätter, ML 271, Side B

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“Getting Through“ Album by the Zenith Radio Corporation

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Five pages (one crossed out) of the Totenklage (tâmbi song)

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Song of a Thrush (45057-B)

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Gefiederte Meistersänger

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Songs of British Birds No.2

Published in collaboration with the BBC The illustrations of a Green Woodpecker and a Song Thrush on the sleeve are reproduced from Roger Peterson’s “A Field Guide  [...]

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Songs of British Birds No.1

Published in collaboration with the BBC The illustrations of a Green Woodpecker and a Song Thrush on the sleeve are reproduced from Roger Peterson’s “A Field Guide  [...]

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Audio Preservationist Carl Haber, 2013 MacArthur Fellow | MacArthur Foundation

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On the Pneumatic Action

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Voiceprint identification (manual)

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Kultur und Schallplatte

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Vom akustischen Porträt

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Whispered vowels: Experimental cylinder from the Berliner Phonogramm-Archiv

Recorded sounds for phonographic experiments. This is one of five recordings made in 1916 for an experiment that explored changes in sound quality with different recording and  [...]

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Graphie du Son (1857)

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Brevet d’Invention (1857)/ Certificat d’Addition (1859)

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Principes de Phonoautographie

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Le Problème de La Parole s’Écrivant Elle-Même (1878)

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Inscription Automatique des Sons de l’Air au Moyen d’une Oreille Artificielle  [...]

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Die Loango-Expedition ausgesandt von der Deutschen Gesellschaft zur Erforschung Aequatorial-Africas

Pechüel-Loesche’s printed account of Kautschukmelodie and the music of the Bafióti/Bavili.  [...]

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Recording of Wendish spinning song “The Lily”

Erich v. Hornbostel, Recording of Wendish spinning song “The Lily,” (sung by Christine Marak, March 3, 1907), in: Susanne Ziegler, Die Wachszylinder des Berliner Phonogramm-Archivs. (Berlin:  [...]

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Musik der Makuschi, Taulipdng und Yekuand

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Recording of Macuxi women singing while producing manioc beer (1911)

Theodor Koch-Grünberg’s recording of Macuxi women singing while producing manioc beer (1911). Track 17 from: Walzenaufnahmen aus Brasilien (1911–1913): Berliner Phonogramm-Archiv; Historische Klangdokumente, ed. Lars-Christian Koch and  [...]

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How Shellac Records Are Made

This promotional video from the US firm RCA Victor shows us the different steps of manufacturing a shellac-based gramophone disc in the early 1940s.  [...]

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“Home Notes” Vol. 1

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Track: “Solo Whale,” Humpback Whale Album

The recording has been provided by the Naval History and Heritage Command. A digital version of the album can be purchased under the following link: https://shop.whale.org/products/songs-of-the-humpback-whale-digital-download. Here you can find more  [...]

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Track: “Distant Whale,” Humpback Whale Album

The recording has been provided by the Naval History and Heritage Command. A digital version of the album can be purchased under the following link: https://shop.whale.org/products/songs-of-the-humpback-whale-digital-download. Here you can find more  [...]

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Songs of the Humpback Whale

A digital version of the album can be purchased under: https://shop.whale.org/products/songs-of-the-humpback-whale-digital-download. More information and details about the history of the Songs of the Humpback Whale album can be found under  [...]

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Bird Songs of Southeastern Minnesota

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Sounds of Nature Vol. 8

From the Federation of Ontario Naturalists Sounds of Nature series with recordings by Donald J. Borror and William W. H. Gunn. In association with the Cornell  [...]

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The Wrens

Featuring recording by BEN B. COFFREY JR. and others by Charles Hartshorne, Paul Schwartz, William Gunn, Michael Gochfield, Luis Baptista, Richard Bradley, John Arvin, John Fitzpatrick,  [...]

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Voices of the Loon

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Songs and Calls of Our Native Birds No. 3

Digitized from a shellac record, at 78 rpm

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Schallplatte 2 Heft 23/24, 1962: Klangbeispiele mit dem Computer (Digitalrechner) –  [...]

Heft 23/24 VI. Jahrgang 1962: Schallplatte 2: “Klangbeispiele mit dem Computer (Digitalrechner)” ML 309 A/B A-Seite: 1. Teil  [...]

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Schallplatte 2 Heft 23/24, 1962: Klangbeispiele mit dem Computer (Digitalrechner) –  [...]

Heft 23/24 VI. Jahrgang 1962: Schallplatte 2: “Klangbeispiele mit dem Compiuter (Digitalrechner)” ML 309 A/B B-Seite: 2. Teil  [...]

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Schallplatte 1 Heft 26, 1965: Jannis Xenakis ST/4 – 1.080262

Schallplatte 1, Heft 26, 1965: “Jannis Xenakis – ST/4 – 1.080262” EPML 372 A/B

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Schallplatte 2 Heft 26, 1965: Computer Music – A

Schallplatte 2 Heft 26, 1965: EP ML 372A Seite 1: “Computer Music” Seite 2: “Masquerades”  [...]

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Schallplatte 2 Heft 26, 1965: Computer Music – B

Schallplatte 2 Heft 26, 1965: EP ML 372A/B Seite 1: “Computer Music” Seite 2: “Masquerades”  [...]

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Schallplatte 1 Heft 27/28, 1965: Raumakustische Modellversuche – A

Schallplatte 1 Heft 27/28, November 1965: “Raumakustische Modellversuche” EPML 47 (7 PAL 2711/12-ST) Sprache / Musik / Flatterecho Ultrason-Aufnahme v. Prof. Spandöck, Labor für Akustik, techn. Physik, technische  [...]

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Schallplatte 1 Heft 27/28, 1965: Raumakustische Modellversuche – B

Schallplatte 1 Heft 27/28, November 1965: “Raumakustische Modellversuche” EPML 47 (7 PAL 2711/12-ST) Sprache / Musik / Flatterecho Ultrason-Aufnahme v. Prof. Spandöck, Labor für Akustik, techn. Physik, technische  [...]

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Schallplatte 2 Heft 27/28: Soleil Rogeux F.B. Mâche – A

Schallplatte 2 Heft 27/28, 1965: A-Seite:“Soleil Rougeux, F. B. Mâche” EPML 48 (7 PAL 2869-ST) See also: http://keestazelaar.com/share/gravesaner-blatter/  [...]

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Schallplatte 2 Heft 27/28: Tautologos 1, Lucien Ferrari – B

Schallplatte 2 Heft 27/28, 1965: Recording 2 Side B: “Tautologos 1, Lucien Ferrari” EPML 48 (7 PAL 2870-ST) See also: http://keestazelaar.com/share/gravesaner-blatter/  [...]

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VSC Variable Speech Control

For explanations please see the brochure “Announcing the Varispeech Machine”: Brochure: Announcing the Varispeech Machine  [...]

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Demonstration of “chipmunk speech” by Variable Speech Control (VSC)

Demonstration of “chipmunk speech” by Variable Speech Control (VSC), c. 1975. VSC was one of several companies to market a tape playback device with time compression  [...]

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Recording: Demonstration of the JAWS screen reader

Shafeka Hashash demonstrates the JAWS screen reader at its 60% speed setting. Explanation: Quote from: https://www.freedomscientific.com/products/software/jaws/ “JAWS, Job Access With Speech, is the world’s most popular screen reader, developed for computer users whose  [...]

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Brochure: Announcing the Varispeech Machine

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Victor Picture Disc: Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Raven” by The Philadelphia  [...]

One of Robert Irwin’s inspirations as he planned the first AFB Talking Book recordings was a 1932 Picture Disc of Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Raven,” with  [...]

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Exemplary Günter Tembrock protocol on fox behavior

View of an exemplary daily protocol of the lab animal’s behavior feat. notes on sound recording (1957).

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Mit Kamera und Lautplatte durch England

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With Camera and Record, Disc 3, Side B: “Fleet Street –  [...]

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With Camera and Record, Disc 3, Side A: “Fleet Street”

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Mit Kamera und Lautplatte durch England

English title: With Camera and Record throughout England Contents: Paddington Station-London, D1 At Paddington Station – Conversation, D1 A Railway Excursion, D2 Fleet Street, D3 Fleet Street – Conversation, D3 The London Underground  [...]

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Auswahl französischer Poesie und Prosa

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Auswahl englischer Prosa und Poesie

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Die Lautabteilung

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Denkschrift über die Errichtung eines „Deutschen Lautamtes“ in Berlin

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Phonographierte Indianermelodien aus British Columbia

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Phonographierte türkische Melodien

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Phonographierte indische Melodien

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Erich Moritz von Hornbostel

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Pierre Schaeffer

Son of a musician and a voice teacher, Pierre Schaeffer received a Catholic education, practiced theater as a boy scout, and learned to play the cello  [...]

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Symphonion music box

First produced in 1886 by a company in Leipzig, the Symphonion music box was a commercially successful model of a music box with exchangeable disks. Despite  [...]

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Personal information form for Lautarchiv Recording Aut 66

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Personal information form for Lautarchiv Recording Aut 65

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Personal information form for Lautarchiv Recording PK 1695

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8-track tape

The 8-track tape cartridge consists of a case holding a spool of magnetic tape. As a medium for the reproduction of sound, it was popular in  [...]

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Personal information form for Lautarchiv Recording PK 1679

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Personal information form for Lautarchiv Recording LA 1187

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Personal information form for Lautarchiv Recording LA 1186

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Personal information form for Lautarchiv Recording LA 731

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Personal information form for Lautarchiv Recording LA 637

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Personal information form for Lautarchiv Recording LA 636

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Personal information form for Lautarchiv Recording LA 567

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Philips cartridge

This picture shows a large cartridge holding magnetic tape. It is described on the front as “Philips Functional Music Tempo T151.” Much larger than the consumer-oriented  [...]

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Personal information form for Lautarchiv Recording LA 566

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Personal information form for Lautarchiv Recording LA 565

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The Webster Chicago wire recorder

This set of pictures shows the Webster Chicago wire recorder (model 80-1) and related accessories, including a microphone, a collection of reels from different sources, and  [...]

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Minifon P55 portable wire recorder

This picture shows the Minifon P55 portable recorder, produced by the Protona company in Hamburg, Germany. It belongs to the same group of electromagnetic wire recorders  [...]

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MN-61 wire recorder

This picture shows the Soviet military wire recorder MN-61. It belongs to the same group of electromagnetic wire recorders as the Webster Chicago recorder and the Minifon P55. As  [...]

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Dictaphone dictation machine

The Dictaphone dictation machine is a recording device that resembles the Edison phonograph in its use of wax cylinders as the recording medium. It differs from  [...]

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Kymograph

The kymograph could create visual representations of measurements carried out over a certain period of time, and played an important role in physiology, acoustics, and other  [...]

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The Tefifon tape player

The Tefifon is an audio player that uses cartridges containing plastic tape with a vertical arrangement of grooves representing sound. It is a branch of analog  [...]

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Copicat tape echo

The Watkins Electric Music (WEM) Copicat tape echo creates audible repetitions of sounds by using an endless tape loop. As an electronic effect for rock musicians,  [...]

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Media Archaeological Fundus

The Media Archaeological Fundus (Medienarchäologischer Fundus, or MAF) is a collection of teaching and working materials held at the media theory department of the Humboldt-Universität zu  [...]

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Hand-drawn circuit of a singing and speaking arc for the Istituto  [...]

Printed information: “Ditta Alberto dall’Eco (Ing. Giorgio Santarelli, Successore) Firenze 10 – Via Giotto – 10 Officina di strumenti di precisione Medaglia d’oro di 1° Grado all’Espositizione Internazionale d’Elettricità di Como deposito di materiali  [...]

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Song of a Nightingale, No. 2 (45057-A)

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Canary and Thrush Duet (45058-B)

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Song of a Sprosser (45058-A)

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Magnemite magnetic tape recorder

In 1952, the Amplifier Corporation of America launched one of the first clockwork-driven tape recorders, ushering in a new era of battery-operated, small, and lightweight portable  [...]

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Parabolic microphone

The parabolic microphone uses a parabolic reflector to collect and focus sound waves onto a receiver, ensuring great directional sensitivity along the axis to which the  [...]

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WE Record – Actual Live Crow Recording, Side A

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WE Record – Actual Live Crow Recording, Side B

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Program cassettes

This picture shows compact cassettes storing computer-readable information (programs and data) encoded as audio signals. This kind of storage was popular in home computing in the  [...]

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Handmade paper waterfall plot: Mississippi

This photograph shows a three-dimensional representation of sound using paper. The spectrum (frequencies from low to high) is represented by an arrangement of single strips of  [...]

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Handmade paper waterfall plot: Beethoven’s 8th symphony

This photograph shows a three-dimensional representation of sound using paper. The spectrum (frequencies from low to high) is represented by an arrangement of single strips of  [...]

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Brüel & Kjær 2304 level recorder

These pictures show the measuring device Type 2304 produced by the Danish company Brüel & Kjær. Level recorders like this one made it possible to create  [...]

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Sony PCM 3324S digital 24-track tape recorder

These pictures show the multitrack reel-to-reel tape machine Sony PCM 3324S. It can store up to twenty-four channels of sound, facilitating the extensive editing and mixing  [...]

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35 mm 4-track tape

These pictures show an audio tape modeled on the technology traditionally employed in film. As in professional 35 mm wide film, the tape is perforated on  [...]

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Zeitraffung und –dehnung bei der Tonbandwiedergabe

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Demonstrations of the „Tonlagenwandler“ – Side B

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Demonstrations of the „Tonlagenwandler“ – Side A

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Schallplatte Heft 1: Hermann Scherchen (Gravesano): Ein akustischer Zeitraffer – Side  [...]

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H.J.L. Struycken

H. J. L. Struycken was a Dutch otolaryngologist, phonetician, and acoustician. After studying medicine in Groningen, in 1893 he started working at the Voorburg psychiatric hospital  [...]

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Experimental recording: Otto Abraham, Wagner Motive

Intonationsprobe. Prof. E[dinger, Frankfurt]: Wagner-Motive. (Experimentalwalzen, No. 20).  [...]

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Experimental recording: Otto Abraham, Intonationsprobe Prof. E

Intonationsprobe. Prof. E[dinger, Frankfurt]: 1. Kommt ein Vogel geflogen, 2. Hier sind wir versammelt.  [...]

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Experimental recording: Carl Stumpf, Discurso Don Lucio Delgado (Part I)

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Experimental recording: Carl Stumpf, Discurso Don Lucio Delgado (Part II)

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Experimental recording: Carl Stumpf, Versuchswalze

Experimental subject: Carl Stumpf (?). Intonation test, Reiterlied from “Wallenstein” (Friedrich Schiller, musical version: Christian Jakob Zahn), sung and whistled.  [...]

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Experimental recording: Carl Stumpf, Swindel Maultrommel 3 (1916)

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Experimental recording: Carl Stumpf, Swindel Maultrommel 2 (1916)

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Experimental recording: Carl Stumpf, Swindel Maultrommel 1 (Part II) (1916)

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Experimental recording: Carl Stumpf, Swindel Maultrommel 1 (Part I) (1916)

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Experimental recording: Carl Stumpf, Vokale 5 (Part II) (May 1916)

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Experimental recording: Carl Stumpf, Vokale 5 (Part I) (May 1916)

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Experimental recording: Carl Stumpf, Vokale 4 (May 1916)

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Experimental recording: Carl Stumpf, Vokale 3

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Experimental recording: Carl Stumpf, Vokale 2 (May 1916)

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Experimental recording: Carl Stumpf, Vokale 1 (May 1916)

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Experimental recording: Carl Stumpf, Experimentalwalzen (Part III) (August 1, 1914)

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Experimental record: Carl Stumpf, Experimentalwalzen (Part II) (August 1, 1914)

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Experimental recording: Carl Stumpf, Experimentalwalzen (Part I) (August 1, 1914)

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Experimental recording: Carl Stumpf, Gibbon No. 3 (April 16, 1912)

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Experimental recording: Carl Stumpf, Gibbon No. 2 (April 16, 1912)

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Experimental recording: Carl Stumpf, Gibbon No. 1 (April 16, 1912)

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Experimental recording: Carl Stumpf, Vokalaufnahmen Dr. Pfungst (April 4, 1911)

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Experimental recording: Carl Stumpf, Don VII (February 19, 1911)

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Experimental recording: Carl Stumpf, Don VI (February 19, 1911)

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Experimental recording: Carl Stumpf, Don V (February 19, 1911)

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Experimental recording: Carl Stumpf, Don IV (April 2, 1911)

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Experimental recording: Carl Stumpf, Don III (February 18, 1911)

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Experimental recording: Carl Stumpf, Don II (February 18, 1911)

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Experimental recording: Carl Stumpf, Don I (February 18, 1911)

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Experimental recording: Carl Stumpf, Don IV (December 21, 1910)

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Experimental recording: Carl Stumpf, Don III (December 21, 1910)

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Experimental recording: Carl Stumpf, Don I (December 21, 1910)

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Experimental recording: Otto Abraham, Hornbostel Intonationsprobe 14

Intonationsprobe. [Erich M. von] Hornbostel auf E-Dur: 1. Deutschland, 2. [?], 3. Deutschland tief, 4. idem hoch. Phonograph cylinder. (The recording was made during studies by Otto  [...]

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Experimental recording: Otto Abraham, Hornbostel Intonationsprobe 13 (September 11, 1907)

Ansage am Anfang nennt anderes Aufnahmedatum ( “7.Dezember” ). Informationen auf der Dosenunterseite: “Inton.probe 13 Hornb. 11.Sept. 07” (mit Bleistift geschrieben), “Hornbostel Deutschland ges. u. gepf.”  [...]

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Experimental cylinders from the Berliner Phonogramm-Archiv (ca. 1907–1916)

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Stumpf Papers: [Carl Stumpf], [Envelope] 1

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Wilhelm Doegen having tea with English prisoners of war

Height x width: 11,9 x 16,6 cm (Photo) Photograph probably taken at a POW-camp during World War I in Quedlinburg  [...]

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Katalog der Lautbibliothek

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Certificate of the registration of a trademark for the „Doegen-Lauthalter“

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Patent certificate for the “Doegen-Lauthalter”

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Technical drawing of the “Doegen-Lauthalter” (blueprint)

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Affidavit concerning Wilhelm Doegen’s attitude towards Jews

Height x width: 29,7 x 21 cm Recorded by Leopold Ganz Certificated by Ernst Heinrich  [...]

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Life of Wilhelm Doegen

Height x width: 29,7 x 21 cm Year: 1951

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Inventory report of the Institut für Lautforschung

Height x width: 29,5 x 21 cm

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List of Doegen’s publications and achievements

Height x width: 29,7 x 20,8 cm  [...]

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The actor Alexander Moissi during a voice recording

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Manuscript: “Zur Geschichte des Lautarchivs”

Height x width: 29,6 x 20,8 cm

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Résumé, Wilhelm Doegen, 1910

Height x width: 32,5 x 21 cm

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Wilhelm Doegen at his record player

Height x width: 17,8 x 12,9 cm Photographer: Karlheinz Holzhausen Caption: “Wilh Doegen 80 Jahre alt”  [...]

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Wilhelm Doegen transfers sounds from a record to a oscillograph

Height x width: 16,7 x 22,2 cm (Photo) Caption: “Wilh Doegen macht als Erster die auf der Schallplatte festgelegte Rede [gestrichen: von] und Sprache mit Hilfe des Oszillographen  [...]

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Wilhelm Doegen examines a record at his institute

Height x width: 9,9 x 15 cm (Photo)   Caption: “Platten-Prüfung d. Prof Doegen (links) in seinem Institut. Links: Techniker Tempel – Mitte: Sekretärin Frl. Unger”  [...]

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Wilhelm Doegen during a recording with Professor Schuster (?)

Height x width: 15,9 x 12 cm Caption: „Prof. Schuster(?) spricht über (…?) 1925“  [...]

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Wilhelm Doegen with his technician at the lathe in the recording  [...]

Height x width: 11,9 x 16,8 (Photo) Photo agency: Transocean GmbH Caption: “Doegen bespricht mit seinem Techniker Tempel Änderungen an der Drehbank im Aufn. Raum. 1923”  [...]

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Wilhelm Doegen examines the grooves of a record

Height x width: 18,4 x 13 cm   Caption: „Wilh Doegen prüft Rillen der Bülow-Platte 1923“  [...]

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Wilhelm Doegen with a shellac record

Height x width: 16,5 x 11,8 cm (Photo)

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Wilhelm Doegen with a pickup developed by himself

Height x width: 17,9 x 12 cm (Photo) Caption: „WilhDoegen mit seiner von ihm konstruierten Aufnahme-Schalldose in dem Arbeitszimmer seines Instituts. 1920“  [...]

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Piano sounds are transferred to an oscillograph in the recording studio  [...]

Height x width: 17,8 x 23,8 cm (Photo) Caption: „Die Klänge eines Klaviers werden zur ersten Prüfung über Mikrophon auf einen eben angeschafften Oszillographen sichtbar gemacht. Der Musiker ein  [...]

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Wilhelm Doegen during a recording with Professor Eduard Sievers

Height x width: 16,4 x 22,8 cm (Photo)

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A recording of Wilhelm Doegen is transferred to the oscillograph

Height x width: 23 x 17,7 cm (Photo) Caption: „Wilh Doegen’s Versuche; Die von Deogen auf das Mikrophon gesprochenen Laute werden sofort sichtbar registriert mit Hilfe des Oszillographen auf  [...]

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Postcard: In the Lautinstitute’s recording studio at the Prussian State Library

Height x width: 13,7 x 8,7 cm

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Patent document no. 447 394 for the “Doegen-Lauthalter”

Height x width: 27,5 x 18,4 cm  [...]

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Wilhelm Doegen recording the voices of English prisoners of war

Caption: “Stimmaufnahme von Engländern im Göttinger Lager. Links mit d. Text in der Hand: Prof Brandl. – Rechts Prof. Doegen. In der Mitte der Lagerkommandant als Zuhörer”  [...]

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Wilhelm Doegen inspects a copper mould of the recording of Hindenburg’s  [...]

“WDoegen untersucht mit dem Vergrößerungsglas die Rillen der Kupfermatrize des Stimmbildes Hindenburgs. 1927”

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Photograph of the “Doegen-Lauthalter”

“Doegen-Lauthalter; d. Reichspatents Nr 447394 am 17. Mai 1924 geschützt. Der Lauthalter hält alle Einzellaute v. Sprache u. Musik zum Lautstudium fest.”  [...]

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Bericht über mein Wirken und Schaffen in der Preussischen Phonographischen Kommission

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Doegen collection at Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin

The Doegen collection at the Deutsches Historisches Museum (German Historical Museum) in Berlin comprises manuscripts, photographs, handwritten notes, brochures, and official documents from the estate of,  [...]

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Bericht von Geheimrat Stumpf an die Preußische Phonographische Kommission, Part 2

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Carl Stumpf

Stumpf studied at the University of Würzburg—first aesthetics and law, and later philosophy with Franz Brentano. Because Brentano had not completed the qualifications allowing him to  [...]

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Doegens Auswahl englischer Gedichte. Disc 2, Side B

Disc 2, Side B: The charge of the light brigade / Tennyson, Gesprochen von W. J. Holloway, Lyceum Theatre, London, A 56034   Number: 001999 hu, 002037 hu  [...]

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Doegens Auswahl englischer Gedichte. Disc 2, Side A

Disc 2, Side A: The last rose of summer – and – Those evening bells / Moore, Gesprochen von W. J. Holloway, London, A 56032   Number: 001999 hu,  [...]

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Doegens Auswahl englischer Gedichte. Disc 1, Side B

Disc 1, Side B: To night / Shelley, Gesprochen von W. J. Holloway, London, A 56031   Number: 001999 hu, 002037 hu  [...]

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Doegens Auswahl englischer Gedichte. Disc 1, Side A

Disc 1, Side A: Adieu! Adieu! My native shore / Byron, Gesprochen von W. J. Holloway, Lyceum Theatre, London, A 56037 Number: 001999 hu, 002037 hu  [...]

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Doegens Auswahl englischer Gedichte. 2 Discs

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Smith Fox Call Record – Live Grey Fox Distress Call

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WE Record – Actual Live Crow Recording

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Lautarchiv Recording LA 718/3 – “Wenker’sche Sätze”

Label: a) [handwriting, lead pencil:] LA 718, [handwriting, black ink:] E. Bohm. Meine Aufnahme i. d. Irrenanstalt. Sätze b) [handwriting:] LA 718, Berlin 14. 6.1926, WilhDoegen [Autograph], Erwin  [...]

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Lautarchiv Recording LA 565 – Siebs, Theodor: “Die Bedeutung der Bühnenausspache…”

Label: a) [printed:] Institut für Lautforschung a.d. Universität Berlin, Sprachaufnahme, [handwriting, ink:] LA 565 Vortragsplatte, Th. Siebs: Die Bedeutung der Bühnenaussprache für d. Entwicklung d. [nearly illegible,  [...]

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Lautarchiv Recording LA 637 – Giese, Fritz: “Abstrakte akustische Zeichen…”

Label: a) [handwriting, lead pencil:] LA 637; [handwriting, ink:] Abstrakte akust. Zeichen unter dauernden Störungsreizen für psychotechn. Eignungsauslese (nach Prof. Giese, Techn. Hochschule Stuttgart) Zeichen werden gegeben  [...]

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Lautarchiv Recording LA 636 – Doegen, Wilhelm: “Zahlenreihen und Wörter…”

Label: a) [handwriting, lead pencil:] LA 636; [handwriting, ink:] Zahlenreihen + Wörter für psychothechn. Eignungsauslese bei dauernden Störungsreizen (nach Prof. Giese, Techn. Hochschule Stuttgart) Sprecher: Prof. Wilh.  [...]

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Lautarchiv Recording PK 1679/2 – “Das Künstlerische Sprechen / Eigenrede”

Label: a) [handwriting, black ink:] F. K. Roedenmeyer, Das Künstler. Sprechen, 1) Eigenverf. Brief, 2) Eigenrede, 3) Brief Roedenmeyer, 4) Brief La Roche, (Sprecher: 1.3) La Roche,  [...]

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Lautarchiv Recording PK 1695 – “Lyrik – PK 2695/6”

Title: Friedrich Hölderlin: Abbitte, 1st verse (No 19 and 20) Label: a) [handwriting, ink:] Roedemeyer, 1925, [printed:] Institut für Lautforschung a.d. Universität Berlin, Sprachaufnahme; b) F.K. Roedemeyer, P.K. 1695, Berlin  [...]

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Lautarchiv Recording LA 567/1 – Siebs, Theodor: “O-Laute”

Label: a) [handwriting, ink:] Lt 567, Die Laute der deutschen Hochsprache in Beispielen, -o, -ö, -u, -ü Laute, Diphtonge -ai, -ei, -ou, -au, -eu (nach Siebs) b) Theodor  [...]

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Lautarchiv Recording LA 566/2 – Siebs, Theodor: “E-Laute”

Label: a) [handwriting, ink:] LA 566, Die Laute der deutschen Hochsprache in Beispielen, a – e – i – Laute, (nach Siebs); b) [handwriting:] Theodor Siebs, LA 566,  [...]

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Lautarchiv Recording LA 566/1 – Siebs, Theodor: “A-Laute”

Label: a) [handwriting, ink:] LA 566, Die Laute der deutschen Hochsprache in Beispielen, a – e – i – Laute, (nach Siebs) b) [handwriting:] Theodor Siebs, LA 566,  [...]

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Lautarchiv Recording Aut 66 – “Eduard Sievers, Lesung”

Continuation and End of Autophone 64 and 65 Further recordings are available through the Lautarchiv collection.  [...]

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Lautarchiv Recording Aut 65 – “Eduard Sievers, Lesung”

Continuation of Autophone 64 Further recordings are available through the Lautarchiv collection.  [...]

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Lautarchiv Recording LA 1187 – “Polizeibericht 2. Teil”

Label: a) [handwriting, lead pencil:] LA 1187; b) [printed:] La 1187; [handwriting:] LA 1187, Berlin v. 7.01.1931, T. H II, unreadable [autograph], unreadable [autograph] Further recordings are available through  [...]

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Lautarchiv Recording LA 1186 – “Polizeibericht 1. Teil”

Label: a) [handwriting, lead pencil:] LA 1187 b) [printed:] La 1187; [handwriting:] LA 1187, Berlin v. 7.01.1931, T. H II, unreadable [autograph], unreadable [autograph] Further recordings are available  [...]

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Wilhelm Doegen’s recordings in the Lautarchiv

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A Salute to Ludwig Koch, Side 2

Additional Information: Printed by: Garrod & Lofthouse International Ltd. Compiled by: John Burton Narrator: Desmond Hawkins Producer: Denis Lewell Notes: A Sound Biography by Desmond Hawkins.   Picture: Discogs  [...]

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Rotfuchs-Protokoll + Korsaks (ab 18.4.64), 23.09.1963 – 24.04.1967

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More songs of wild birds. Disc 3, Side A (E.8473)

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Polarfüchse-Protokoll kleine Freianlage, 08.11.1956-01.04.1960

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Rotfuchs-Protokoll große + kleine Freianlage, 04.03.1959 – 21.09.1963 + Polarfuchs, 21.04.1960-05.09.1961

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Rotfuchs-Protokoll große Freianlage (+ kleine Freianlage), 12.07.1957 – 03.03.1959

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XIV. Fuchs-Protokoll, große Freianlage, 28.07.1956 – 11.07.1957

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XIII. Fuchs-Protokoll, 21.01.1956 – 27.07.1956

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More songs of wild birds. Disc 2, Side B (E.8484)

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XII. Fuchs-Protokoll Freianlage, 28.02.55 – 20.01.1956

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More songs of wild birds. Disc 2, Side A (E.8535)

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XI. Füchse Tagesprotokolle, 06.05.1955 – 17.08.1955

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X. Fuchs-Protokoll, 23.12.54 – 05.05.1955

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More songs of wild birds. Disc 1, Side B (E.8536)

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IX. Fuchs-Protokoll, 13.05.1954 – 22.12.1954

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VIII. Fuchs-Protokoll, 18.12.1953 – 12.05.1954

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More songs of wild birds. Disc 1, Side A (E.8471)

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VII. Fuchs-Protokoll, 31.08.1953 – 17.12.1953

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VI. Fuchs-Protokoll, 22.06.53 – 30.08.1953

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V. Fuchs-Protokoll (II), 11.03.53 – 22.06.1953

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DHM Recording T 90/401 – “Das neue Berlin”

The personal information form belonging to this recording can be found at the Lautarchiv (Signature LA 701). — Further recordings are available through the collection of the Deutsches  [...]

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DHM Recording T 98/13 – With Camera and Record, Disc 9,  [...]

Further recordings are available through the collection of the Deutsches Historisches Museum.  [...]

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IV: Fuchs-Protokoll, 01.01.1953 – 10.03.1953

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DHM Recording T 98/13 – With Camera and Record, Disc 9,  [...]

Further recordings are available through the collection of the Deutsches Historisches Museum.  [...]

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DHM Recording T 98/12 – With Camera and Record, Disc 4,  [...]

Further recordings are available through the collection of the Deutsches Historisches Museum.  [...]

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DHM Recording T 98/12 – With Camera and Record, Disc 4,  [...]

Further recordings are available through the collection of the Deutsches Historisches Museum.  [...]

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DHM Recording T 98/11 – With Camera and Record, Disc 10,  [...]

Speech: 23.06.1919 Recording: 28.02.1928 The personal information form belonging to this recording can be found at the Lautarchiv (Signature LA 1028). — Further recordings are available through the collection of  [...]

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DHM Recording T 98/11 – With Camera and Record, Disc 10,  [...]

Further recordings are available through the collection of the Deutsches Historisches Museum.  [...]

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DHM Recording T 98/10 – With Camera and Record, Disc 6,  [...]

Further recordings are available through the collection of the Deutsches Historisches Museum.  [...]

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More songs of wild birds. Three discs

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DHM Recording T 98/10 – With Camera and Record, Disc 6,  [...]

Further recordings are available through the collection of the Deutsches Historisches Museum.  [...]

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DHM Recording T 90/423 – “Aufruf an das Deutsche Volk”

Further recordings are available through the collection of the Deutsches Historisches Museum.  [...]

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DHM Recording T 98/46 – “An das deutsche Volk”

Speech: 10.01.1918 Recording: 09.01.1920 The personal information form belonging to this recording can be found at the Lautarchiv (Signature Aut 1, in folder 47). The transcription of the speech  [...]

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DHM Recording T 90/412 – “Unterzeichnung des Friedensvertrages von Versailles”

Speech: 23.06.1919 Recording: 28.02.1928 The personal information form belonging to this recording can be found at the Lautarchiv (Signature LA 1028). — Further recordings are available through the collection of  [...]

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DHM Recording T 98/18 – “Gebetsruf der Muhammediner”

Record accompanying “Jahrbuch des Lautwesens 1931”, see p. 9. — Further recordings are available through the collection of the Deutsches Historisches Museum.    [...]

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DHM Recording T 98/28 – “3 Probeaufnahmen vor dem Schloß Bellevue”

Speech: 10.01.1918 Recording: 09.01.1920 The personal information form belonging to this recording can be found at the Lautarchiv (Signature Aut 37). — Further recordings are available through the collection of  [...]

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Songs of wild birds. Disc 2, Side B (E.7773)

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DHM Recording T 90/475.1 – “Ausrufung der Republik”

Speech: 10.01.1918 Recording: 09.01.1920 The personal information form belonging to this recording can be found at the Lautarchiv (Signature Aut 37). — Further recordings are available through the collection of  [...]

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DHM Recording T 90/478 – “Rede in der Nationalversammlung”

Speech: 13.03.1919 Recording: 12.05.1920 The personal information form belonging to this recording can be found at the Lautarchiv (Signature Aut 40). — Further recordings are available through the collection of  [...]

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Wilhelm Albert Doegen

Wilhelm Doegen was born in Berlin. He studied economics, law, history, languages, and phonetics at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin (today Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), and in Oxford with  [...]

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Songs of wild birds. Disc 2, Side A (E.7774)

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Wilhelm Doegen’s recordings in the Deutsches Historisches Museum

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Songs of wild birds. Disc 1, Side B (E.7772)

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Songs of wild birds. Disc 1, Side A (E.7771)

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Songs of wild birds. Two discs

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Phonographische Zeitschrift, Vol. 21

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Phonographische Zeitschrift, Vol. 20

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Phonographische Zeitschrift, Vol. 19

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Phonographische Zeitschrift, Vol. 18

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Phonographische Zeitschrift, Vol. 17

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Phonographische Zeitschrift, Vol. 16

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Phonographische Zeitschrift, Vol. 15

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Phonographische Zeitschrift, Vol. 14

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Phonographische Zeitschrift, Vol. 13

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Phonographische Zeitschrift, Vol. 12 (2)

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Phonographische Zeitschrift, Vol. 12 (1)

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Phonographische Zeitschrift, Vol. 11

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Phonographische Zeitschrift, Vol. 10

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Phonographische Zeitschrift, Vol. 9 (2)

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Phonographische Zeitschrift, Vol. 9 (1)

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Phonographische Zeitschrift, Vol. 8 (2)

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Phonographische Zeitschrift, Vol. 8 (1)

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Phonographische Zeitschrift, Vol. 7

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Phonographische Zeitschrift, Vol. 6

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Phonographische Zeitschrift, Vol. 5

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Phonographische Zeitschrift, Vol. 4

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Phonographische Zeitschrift, Vol. 3

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Phonographische Zeitschrift, Vol. 2

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Phonographische Zeitschrift, Vol. 1

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Vinyl record, heart beats

The Canadian Physician J.R. McIntosh was the first person to attempt to record and classify heart sounds on phonograph records. The Disc contains a recording of  [...]

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Ear Phonautograph (Reconstruction)

This instrument is a reconstruction of Alexander Graham Bell and Clarence J. Blake’s ear phonautograph: an 1874 curiosity that used an excised human middle ear to  [...]

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Peter Paul Kellogg

Peter Paul Kellogg was professor of ornithology and biological acoustics at Cornell University. Together with Arthur Allen and Albert Brand, he developed new techniques and instruments  [...]

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Gravesaner Blätter

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