Because I’ve made audio recordings of almost all of Mark Twain‘s works… folks who use LibriVox and Archive have come to call mine: “the voice of Mark Twain” . I’ve never tried to copy the one recording I found, the Yale University one, in which his voice was emulated... and I’ve never claimed ANY similarity (so I don’t apologize) 🤓 -j John Greenman 207-974-9911 My Archive.org audio recordings My Audiobooks from Librivox > On Jul 10, 2019, at 2:24 PM, Hal Bush <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Friends: stirring the pot even more: MT's speaking voice. How did he sound: a slow drawl--or was that a performance voice only? Did in fact all 6 recordings (that we know about) get destroyed? What exactly is that old tape at Yale (I once made a wild suggestion that, for all we know, it is in fact MT; or that some kind of recording may actually exist/or that somewhere is a version of a version, etc.) ?? How accurate is William Gillette's mimicry? Or Frederick Packard's? Or even Hal Holbrook's?? > > Food for thought...But I happen to know that Kevin Mac Donnell is giving his talk in Hannibal later this month, on precisely these issues... sorry no spoilers just yet! > > > https://blogs.loc.gov/now-see-hear/2014/10/mark-twain-sort-of-speaks-to-us/ > > [https://blogs.loc.gov/now-see-hear/files/2014/10/Twain3a-e1414182860483.jpg]<https://blogs.loc.gov/now-see-hear/2014/10/mark-twain-sort-of-speaks-to-us/> > Mark Twain Sort of Speaks to Us | Now See Hear!<https://blogs.loc.gov/now-see-hear/2014/10/mark-twain-sort-of-speaks-to-us/> > blogs.loc.gov > Mark Twain was known to have made recordings on three occasions; unfortunately none of them are known to have survived. The earliest recording was made by Thomas Edison in 1888. In 1891, the author himself made a number of cylinder recordings of himself dictating portions of a new novella, The ... > > > > http://twain.lib.virginia.edu/onstage/voice.html > > MT's Voice - Mark Twain in His Times Homepage<http://twain.lib.virginia.edu/onstage/voice.html> > twain.lib.virginia.edu > Most of the newspaper reporters who covered MT's live performances commented on his "inimitable" or "unmistakable" voice. Early in his career a very few thought it was distracting, but the rest found it an irresistible and vital part of the humorous spell that he cast over his audiences. > > > > > > Dr. Hal Bush > > Dept. of English > > Saint Louis University > > [log in to unmask] > > 314-977-3616 > > http://halbush.com > > author website: halbush.com