tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post8797288985318835091..comments2024-03-28T12:59:05.739-07:00Comments on Iron Tongue of Midnight: Whoa.Lisa Hirschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-27893385836377415942008-04-06T18:09:00.000-07:002008-04-06T18:09:00.000-07:00Science Friday had a segment on this (haven't list...Science Friday had a segment on this (haven't listened yet). You can download it from sciencefriday.com.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-70629630016616260802008-04-05T09:16:00.000-07:002008-04-05T09:16:00.000-07:00That's funny! You only wish it were true, given th...That's funny! You only wish it were true, given the written descriptions of his playing.Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-65097893481242121492008-04-04T18:29:00.000-07:002008-04-04T18:29:00.000-07:00I recall that 10 years or so ago one of the record...I recall that 10 years or so ago one of the record mags -- probably BBC Music, with the cover CD -- ran an April issue hoax article (with sound snippet) about the purported discovery and audible decipherment of Chopin playing his Minute Waltz, as preserved on a phonoautograph, described as in the Times article!<BR/><BR/>Art ScottAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-60965091842623139872008-04-01T09:52:00.000-07:002008-04-01T09:52:00.000-07:00Thank you so much! I might have that recording; I ...Thank you so much! I might have that recording; I have some Printemps on a Club 99 CD I've never listened to.Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-54844536501752595002008-04-01T08:45:00.000-07:002008-04-01T08:45:00.000-07:00I wonder why they didn't identify the soprano in t...I wonder why they didn't identify the soprano in the 1931 recording? It's Yvonne Printemps.saintrussellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15169325761829824955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-3184015668018318742008-03-30T18:48:00.000-07:002008-03-30T18:48:00.000-07:00It is astonishing!It is astonishing!Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-3657153668202379182008-03-30T18:40:00.000-07:002008-03-30T18:40:00.000-07:00I can't wait for the voice queens to get a hold of...I can't wait for the voice queens to get a hold of this stuff so they can sniff "Well, her middle register is weak, the passiago isn't negotiated cleanly and the less said about her fioture, the better" and the like. :-D<BR/><BR/>Amazing discovery, I can't believe that technology produced something listenable.Henry Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15871451112170286316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-5218112605913644672008-03-27T17:48:00.000-07:002008-03-27T17:48:00.000-07:00(Ha, your second comment was posted while I was wr...(Ha, your second comment was posted while I was writing, searching, etc.)Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-23805891031926149272008-03-27T17:46:00.000-07:002008-03-27T17:46:00.000-07:00Thanks for posting that - I have spent hours at th...Thanks for posting that - I have spent hours at the Cylinder Preservation site, indeed. The link, though, is to a purveyer of, ah, baby bags. :) I think you meant <A HREF="http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/" REL="nofollow">this</A>.Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-53627590882718993232008-03-27T17:44:00.000-07:002008-03-27T17:44:00.000-07:00I've just spotted a horrific number of spelling an...I've just spotted a horrific number of spelling and grammar mistakes in that last comment. It's appalling, not to mention more that a little embarrassing. I'm going to <A HREF="http://www.ratebeer.com/beerimages/full_size/839.jpg" REL="nofollow">blame it on this.</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-3546916249842236042008-03-27T17:41:00.000-07:002008-03-27T17:41:00.000-07:00Just a note to say that the Cylinder Preservation ...Just a note to say that the Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Society is located at UC@Santa Barbara as as <A HREF="http://shabbybabybags.com/catalog.php?category=2" REL="nofollow">on the intertubes</A>. If it's lo-fi archived sound your into, there's enough here to last for weeks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com