Orchestrated exercise tapes from the 1920s. The first audio ad for a soda. A man in 1906 describing the weather in Omaha. Live opera captured by a librarian stumbling around the catwalks with a phonograph. These are just a few of the thousands of recordings made before 1923 that are entering the public domain on January 1st, 2022.

We’re working with the Library of Congress, and The New York Public Library to bring the newly available audio in their archives to life in a celebration of the beginnings of recorded sound. Live Q&A TBD. **All streaming shows start at 6PM Pacific Time.

WORKS THAT CAN BE HEARD IN “CENTENNIAL SOUNDS”

“Lionel Mapleson” – 1901-1903, The World According to Sound

“Origins of Sound Recording” – 1854-1898, The World According to Sound

“Edison’s Phonograph Advertisement” – 1906, The World According to Sound

“Turn-of-the-Century Home Recordings” – The World According to Sound

“The Sunderland Family” – 1907-1910, The World According to Sound

“Musical Drawers” – 1900-1920, NYPL + The World According to Sound

“Frank Tinney’ First Record” – 1915, Library of Congress

“Vaudeville: Sneezes and Snores” – 1910s, The World According to Sound

“Early Recorded Poetry” – 1910s, The World According to Sound

“Instructional Records” – 1910s-1920s, The World According to Sound

“Ave Maria” – 1904, Alessandro Moreschi

“Fuzz” – The World According to Sound

“Village Blacksmith” – 1915, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow & The World According to Sound

“Antarcitca” – 1909, The World According to Sound, Jana Winderin, Doug Quinn

“Soda Ads” – 1921, The World According to Sound

“Daisy Bell” – 1894, 1961, & 1968, The World According to Sound

“Morse Code, Number Stations, Alexander Graham Bell” – The World According to Sound