What is Phonographia?
All connections to the
phonograph are in scope for Phonographia. The phonograph has
left a legacy in many forms and its memorabilia can be seen in museums,
books, art, advertisements, movies, language - the list goes on. If
it's related to the phonograph it's Phonographia.
Phonographia.com
focuses on cultural and artistic associations with the phonograph.
But any excuse to celebrate the phonograph is good for Friends
of the Phonograph and two events are red-letter days: April
9, because French inventor Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville's
recorded Au Claire de la lune on April 9, 1860 making it the
first recording of sound. And December
6, 1877 when Edison declared his invention finished and ready
to be heard by the world as the first machine to record and playback
sound.
Friends of the Phonograph
invite you to celebrate the Phonograph and to serendipidously observe
phonograph connections. Although phonographs will continue to move
into the world of nostalgia and museums, the
revolution of recorded sound is a continuum As long as we have recorded
sound the legacy of the Phonograph is alive. But to strengthen that
memory, next time you hear a recorded sound think of the phonograph:
It's an invention worth remembering.
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