Mapleson Cylinders
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title:
Mapleson Cylinders
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The Mapleson Cylinders are a group of about 140 phonograph cylinders recorded live at the Metropolitan Opera House, primarily between 1901 and 1903, by the Met librarian Lionel Mapleson. The cylinders contain short fragments of actual operatic performances from the Italian, German and French repertoires. Despite their variable quality of sound, the cylinders have great historical value thanks to the unique aural picture they document of pre-World War I singers in performance at an opera house wi
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description:
Cylinders used to record live opera in the early 1900s
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mapleson_Cylinders
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date modified:
2022-12-28T00:04:31Z
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