Huge trove of historic recordings at Library of Cong. "National Jukebox"

The Library of Congress has made available online a massive new trove of audio recordings -- music, speeches, humor readings -- spanning decades of aural history. This is a big fucking deal!

http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/






"WARNING: Historical recordings may contain offensive language"

Ooh! Something for the Lounge, too!

The archive is unbelievable. Searchable by date and venue. Includes play lists etal.
This is at http://www.archive.org/details/GratefulDead
Checked out the National Jukebox and wow--what a blues collection!

I have shows I saw from the archive from SUNY Cortland in 1971 through Syracuse War Memorial in 1982... never saw them after that.

Heavy traffic? Try back later?

I noticed that my searches were a bit slow this morning. I assume things are gonna get heavy as the day goes on and news of this new resource spreads. Best I can tell you.

You need help knocking that chip off your shoulder??????

News flash to individual Americans: Sometimes it ain't ALL ABOUT YOU.

Who was your great uncle? A musician?

music, and conducted several orchestras including the Courier Journal orchestra. He was classically trained in Russia. My grandfather was also classically trained.


He also went under the name Mark Janza. Look for his music on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqUMG-IKEdc Mr Hodges is a good guy. He was very supportive of our investigation in the real identity of Mark Janza. Professer Bill was the main man, along with the writers of Ragtime magazine. They analysed the music and found solid forensic evidence of the connection. There's still a few that think Mark Janza was Albert's wife.

The Hoosier Hotshots recorded some of his music.

notes:
"Subtitled "A Syncopated Fantasia", this rag was published in 1913 by A.F. Marzian. The composer credit is shown as Mark Janza, but we now know this to have been a pseudonym used by Al Marzian himself, so that he didn't look self-serving when publishing his own music.

It's a rather popular rag among ragtime musicians.

Frederick's long two-handed triplet run up the keyboard at the end is a reference to Tom Brier's "Razor Blades", which had been sung about in a humorous parody of "To Dream the Impossible Dream" earlier in this Saturday concert at the 11th annual Sutter Creek Ragtime Festiva.l"


I love this version of "Evening Chimes."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdWycVumz2I

His classical music seems popular in Europe, his ragtime in the US.

and passing it on!

:)

Theodore Roosevelt
1912-09-22
http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/recordings/detail/id/2859">Why the trusts and bosses oppose the Progressive Party

:shrug:

I would reserve that sort of comment for pit bull threads.

I mistook you for someone else and took that remark wrong. Sorry about that, Chief.

Sony owns 100 year old recordings in the library of congress.

People don't respect copyrights because copyright law isn't respectable. It's ludicrous that a musical composition performed by someone whose grandchildren are long dead is still not public domain.

But because the corporation which owns those songs is immortal, they'll never be free (as in speech).

Because I respect Sony that much. In public.