The recordings date from 1889-90. Although discovered in 1957, being in 
German I think they were pretty much ignored. Rediscovered a few years ago, 
the curator figured out what they really were. I suspect that any English 
language recordings have been studied more closely. Twain's Edison recording 
was from made ca. 1908-09 and supposedly destroyed in the Edison Lab fire 
ca. 1913. There's also an early recording of a German pianist playing a 
small portion of a Chopin Concerto (badly) in this "new" batch of Edison 
recordings.

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From: "James Edstrom" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2012 6:00 PM
Subject: Historical sound recording


> We all know about the long--and so far, vain--search for an extant sound
> recording of Twain's voice. There may yet be hope, given the news that a
> long-lost wax cylinder of the voice of Otto von Bismarck has been found
> among a trove of recordings made by Thomas Edison. You can see an
> article on this news item at
> http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2012/02/05/nj_museum_finds_re
> cording_of_otto_von_bismarck/. It's not Twain, but it's a reminder that
> there might still be a recording out there somewhere.
>
> Jim Edstrom
>
> P.S. You can hear part of the Bismarck recording at
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2Qnh8AIjbo&feature=related .
>
>
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