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savvyliterateOne of my loves that I don't talk about much is music from the early 1900s. One of the first things I did in the early days of iTunes was download tracks I could find from the 20s and 30s. I love everything about these recordings from the simple instrumental accompaniment to the scratches of the records. Now the Library of Congress and Sony have released online -- for free streaming -- more than 10,000 historical recordings from 1901-1925 that were issued by the Victor Talking Machine Company. These include things such as the first jazz recording ever made, Woodrow Wilson's 1912 speech on labor and Theodore Roosevelt's speeches as well. There's stuff from all over the world in a number of languages.
Oh, this makes me beyond giddy. I'm listening to the "Temptation Rag" and remembering how much I love ragtime music. I need to get a few albums of it. I've also got the original "Rhapsody in Blue" acoustic recording from 1924 with George Gershwin on the piano on my playlist. It's just magnificent. I really hope an iPhone app is developed that taps into these streams.
The NPR article on the National Jukebox is here. Listen to the National Jukebox here. And, feel free to check out my playlist of music here!
Oh, this makes me beyond giddy. I'm listening to the "Temptation Rag" and remembering how much I love ragtime music. I need to get a few albums of it. I've also got the original "Rhapsody in Blue" acoustic recording from 1924 with George Gershwin on the piano on my playlist. It's just magnificent. I really hope an iPhone app is developed that taps into these streams.
The NPR article on the National Jukebox is here. Listen to the National Jukebox here. And, feel free to check out my playlist of music here!
