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| NJ Edison Museum Discovers Voice Recordings Of Bismarck And Moltke |
| 2012-02-05 |
| For the first time, 21st-century audiences are able to hear the voice of Otto von Bismarck, one of the 19th century's most important figures. The National Park Service announced this week that the German chancellor's voice has been identified among those found on a dozen recorded wax cylinders, each more than 120 years old, that were once stored near Thomas Edison's cot in his West Orange, N.J., lab. They include music and dignitaries, including the voice of the only person born in the 18th century believed to be available on a recording. The trove includes Bismarck's voice reciting songs and imploring his son to live morally and eat and drink in moderation, and Helmuth von Moltke, the longtime chief of staff for the Prussian army reciting lines from Shakespeare and other literature. Comparably, this would be like finding voice recordings of Ulysses S. Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #7 Moltke hasn't really heard Shakepeare = Da Bard unless he hears it in the original Klingon. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-02-05 20:24 |
| #6 Ironically, on the 24th of January, Germany unabashedly celebrated the 300th birthday of Frederick the Great. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2012-02-05 18:42 |
| #5 No "look for union label" in German = worthless? |
| Posted by: Pappy 2012-02-05 14:26 |
| #4 Depends on what they are saying on the cylinders. Sounds like just a bunch of babbling bullish*t. I can hear that anytime. |
| Posted by: bigjim-CA 2012-02-05 12:55 |
| #3 LOL, P2k. :-D |
| Posted by: Barbara 2012-02-05 11:32 |
| #2 ....mental image of the last scene from 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2012-02-05 10:34 |
| #1 "Comparably, this would be like finding voice recordings of Ulysses S. Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman." Have they looked/listened? One wonders if anyone has ever listened to all of the recordings on the cylinders. |
| Posted by: Barbara 2012-02-05 10:22 |