音響技師PATRICK FEASTERさん監修による全28トラックのCD+豪華ハードカバーART-BOOK(144Pにもおよぶ貴重な数多くの手回しオルガンの楽譜含めた資料、制作の記録、等を美術書のレベルで作られています。)研究資料を眺めながら、実際にその音と音楽を聴けてしまうという、なんとも贅沢すぎる内容となっている。スバラシイ。自動演奏に夢想した歴史と未来への想いに寄り添ってみる。 (コンピューマ)
Track Listing:
Disc 1
01. Balbastre's "Romance" (1778) 02:50
02. This Is a Sound Spectrogram (ca. 1957-1980) 02:21
03. Scripture's Curves (ca. 1906-1916) 01:24
04. Phonophotography (ca. 1928) 01:22
05. Peasant Songs of Great Russia (1905) 07:35
06. Speech on Forefather's Day (1898) 02:03
07. Numbers and Letters (1889) 01:10
08. Melography (1880-1885) 01:39
09. Schalldruck (1889) 02:33
10. Der Handschuh (1889) 02:19
11. Balance to Corners (1879) 00:48
12. Sailing, Sailing (1885) 01:17
13. From Chopin's "Berceuse" (1900) 01:33
14. Au Clair de la Lune--S'il Faut Qu'à Ce Rival--Vole, Petite Abeille (1860) 05:34
15. Gamme De La Voix--Épellation Du Mot "Rira"-- Le Jour N'est Pas Plus Pur--Chi Crederia Che Sotto Forme Umane--Et Incarnatus Est (1860) 04:26
16. Phonautograms from 1857 04:27
17. Magia Phonotactica (1650) 03:58
18. Sprachzeichner (1885) 01:06
19. Manometric Flames (1872-1898) 01:18
20. Brown University, How Do You Do? (1878) 01:28
21. Clemens Rector Aeterne (ca. 1250) 10:01
22. Alleluia (ca. 1250) 02:02
23. Dots Before Scott's (1677-1850) 01:13
24. Scolica Enchiriadis (ca. 980) 02:46
25. Musica Enchiriadis (ca. 980) 05:53
26. Melody and Measure of Speech (1775-1827) 01:36
27. What Hath God Wrought? (1838-1844) 01:01
28. Barcelonnette (1778) 01:23
- This compilation uses innovative digital techniques to convert historic "pictures of sound" dating back as far as the Middle Ages directly into audio.
- Contains the world's oldest known sound recordings ( inventor Emile Berliner's recitation of "Der Handschuh," hailed as the oldest audible "record" in the tradition of 78s and vintage vinyl),
plus everything from medieval music manuscripts to historic telegrams, redefining what "historical audio" is.
- Compiled by two-time Grammy nominee Patrick Feaster, a researcher and educator specializing in the history and culture of sound media.
A co-founder of FirstSounds.org, he has been actively involved in locating, playing back, and contextualizing many of the world's oldest sound recordings.
- The CD is packaged in a deluxe 144-page hardback book with 164 full-color images with gold-foil stamping on the cover and spine.