Caruso for all : the story of the gramophone /
Several luminaries can claim to have invented the gramophone. Only one man made mass duplication of discs possible - Emil Berliner. As a result, a major new industry came into being. In this program tracing the evolution of sound recording, his grandson, Oliver, tells the story of his life and his a...
| Other Authors: | , |
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Spoken in English, sung in various languages. |
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Bristol, England :
Digital Classics Distribution,
1998.
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| Series: | Classical Music in Video
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | Several luminaries can claim to have invented the gramophone. Only one man made mass duplication of discs possible - Emil Berliner. As a result, a major new industry came into being. In this program tracing the evolution of sound recording, his grandson, Oliver, tells the story of his life and his achievement. Caruso and other great performers are heard in early recordings, and contributors, including John Eliot Gardiner, Pierre Boulez, and Anne-Sophie Mutter, comment on the pros and cons of today's advanced technology. |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed Jul. 25, 2014). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (57 min.). |
| Playing Time: | 00:56:55 |