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The 1888 Crystal Palace recordings

Recording at the Festival on 29th June 1888

To most people it might seem incredible that recordings exist of a concert given in the Crystal Palace in 1888 - yet it's true.

These recordings are highly significant musically, historically and technically but remain largely unknown.

 

In the beginning came the telegraph...

The invention of the phonograph

1878 : The phonograph leaves New York

1878 : The phonograph reaches London

Enter Colonel Gouraud

The Perfected Phonograph

The 1784 and 1785 Handel Festivals

The 1857 Handel Festival

The 1859 Handel Festival

The 1860s and 1870s Handel Festivals

The 1880, 1883 and 1885 Handel Festivals

The 1888 Handel Festival

The 1888 Handel Festival : Israel in Egypt - the performers

Making the 1888 Handel Festival recordings

Making the 1888 Handel Festival recordings : illustrations

Listening to the recordings

Cylinder 1 | Cylinder 2 | Cylinder 3

Postscript 1 : August Manns sends a phonogram to Theodore Thomas

Postscript 2 : Dinner with Colonel Gouraud, 5th October 1888

 

© Chris Goddard, 03 April, 2008