Sound Firsts: Landmark recordings in history
Twenty Thousand Hertz
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Firsts in the History of Recorded Sound
i don't think we'll ever run into any experiments at recording sounds passing through the air from before leonscott. The earliest born woman whose voice survives on record is a woman named rachel c wamba, who was born in 18 15. We're only half way through our list of sound firsts with more examples coming up from the worlds of radio, television, film and even outer space.
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