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May 16, 2024 · In 1877, a year after Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, Berliner developed a transmitter employing a loose metal contact and, while experimenting with it, made the important discovery that the device could act as a superior telephone receiver.
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4 days ago · The phonautograph was invented by 1857 by Frenchman Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville. It could not, however, play back recorded sound, as Scott intended for people to read back the tracings, which he called phonautograms.
May 13, 2024 · The gramophone, invented in 1887 by Emile Berliner, was an improved version of Lebar's phonograph. It used a flat disc instead of a cylinder to record sound, which made it more portable and easier to use. The gramophone quickly became the most popular way to listen to recorded music, and it remained so for many decades.
6 days ago · Unlike the graphophone, the gramophone used flat phonograph discs, or records, rather than cylinders. Across the discs, the needle moved laterally, as opposed to vertically. The first commercially available gramophones soon hit the market—as did gramophone records. [2] The Golden Age of Record Players. So, when were record players invented?
3 days ago · Given there was no recorded music until after 1887 (the date the first gramophone was invented), we can understand their enjoyment. Even in the twentieth century, Ruth Thomas, as a young child, enjoyed the magical experience of hearing the band practising: “I used to think that was the most beautiful thing on God’s Earth.
4 days ago · Music first arose in the Paleolithic period, [45] though it remains unclear as to whether this was the Middle (300,000 to 50,000 BP) or Upper Paleolithic (50,000 to 12,000 BP). [46] The vast majority of Paleolithic instruments have been found in Europe and date to the Upper Paleolithic. [47]
4 days ago · Since the first Grammy Awards ceremony in 1959, the statuette presented to winners is a gold-plated gramophone, also known as a phonograph or record player. The name Grammy is an homage to the gramophone and its revolutionary impact on the music industry.
