April 1, 2008
earliest recording of the human voice
The French may have been the first to record the human voice:
The 10-second clip of a woman singing “Au Clair de la Lune,” taken from a so-called phonautogram, was recently discovered by audio historian David Giovannoni. The recording predates Thomas Edison’s “Mary had a little lamb” – previously credited as the oldest recorded voice – by 17 years.
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I hate to break it to you, sir. But I already beat you to this one, except the article was in the NYT.
shaking fist:
damn you, Simone!