Over the years, whether it was a program about the war or just reminding people to remember and honor our many brave, patriotic fallen heroes, Stars and Stripes has always been playing in the background. Here at the Recorded Sound Archives we wanted to share a Piano Roll of the famous Stars and Stripes Forever March.
Did you also know that the Stars and Stripes Forever March by John Philip Sousa was RCA Victor’s billionth record played by the Boston Symphony Orchestra under the leadership of Serge Koussevitzky?
You can learn more about this achievement by reading the original article post back in 1946.
Here at the Recorded Sound Archives we have digitized this recording which can now be listened to on our website just in time for Memorial Day Weekend.
We hope you have a safe Memorial Weekend and take a moment to remember and honor our many brave, patriotic fallen heroes while listening to this piece.
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“Yankee Doodle” was a well-known song in the New England colonies before the battles of Lexington and Concord, but only after the skirmishes there was it appropriated by the American militia.
Tradition holds that the colonials began to sing the tune as they forced the British back to Boston on April 19, 1775.
By 1777, “Yankee Doodle” had become an unofficial American anthem. After the Revolutionary War, “Yankee Doodle” surfaced in stage plays, classical music, and opera.
You can listen to a few versions of this song here at the Recorded Sound Archives website:
https://rsa.fau.edu/album/12135
https://rsa.fau.edu/album/47376
https://rsa.fau.edu/album/12027
If you’d like to learn more about the history of Yankee Doodle visit the Library of Congress website.
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Looking for music to enjoy with family and friends this Passover? Here at the Recorded Sound Archives at FAU Libraries, we would like to highlight the voices of Ariel Silber, Avi Hadas, Yaron Bar, Ralph Levitan a few artists out of several available in the Passover Collection off the album, Passover Sing-A-Long.
This album was produced by The Children’s Village of Jerusalem which was founded in 1994 by Rabbi Weingarten. The music on these albums,created by CVOJ, feature delightful holiday sing-a-long songs for children.
To listen to this album, click here.
Discover over 40 other recordings for you to enjoy with family and friends in the Passover Collection.
Enjoy!
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Today, April 12, 1861 was the beginning of the American Civil War. Here at the Recorded Sound Archives as a bit of music history we wanted to share a piano roll of a song from that time period “Just before the Battle, Mother” which was a popular song during the American Civil War, particularly among troops in the Union Army. It was originally written and published by George F. Root in 1863.
Enjoy the video below of Ben Roth, Sound Archivist for the Recorded Sound Archives as he plays a piano roll featuring this song.
You can listen to a recorded version of this song by J.W. Myers from 1904 on the Recorded Sound Archives website. Click here to listen: https://rsa.fau.edu/album/57570
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In celebration of Black History Month, our Sound Archivist Ben Roth wanted to share “Heebie Jeebies” one of Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five’s first recordings on a piano roll using his player piano. Please enjoy this video we put together.
You can listen to the original recording played by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five by visiting: https://rsa.fau.edu/album/6591
Beyond Louis Armstrong, you can listen to more original recordings on our website by several musicians who paved the way of those of today. From Ma Rainey to Billie Holiday, you can listen to over 20+ musicians within our collection.
Beyond the RSA website, we also wanted to share that FAU Libraries has several guides sharing even more resources in relation to Black History month and music that are worth checking out.
Discover and learn something new this month – and let us know who your favorite musician is in the comments below.
Books and Streaming Videos Worth Checking Out this Black History Month
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As a New Year’s gift and a welcome to the FAU community we wanted to share a few staff favorites from 2021.
Discover Staff Favorites from 2021
And let us know in the comments, some of your favorite vintage artists, albums and songs.
Please note, due to copyright some items may only be available as a 45 second snippet.
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This Chanukah we wanted to highlight the voice of Cindy Paley.
For over 20 years, Cindy Paley, musical educator and performer, has brought the joys of Jewish music to teachers, students and families throughout North America. She has combined education and entertainment to teach Jewish values, holidays and traditions. With eight recordings to her credit, Cindy has provided musical tools for teachers, families and children that enrich lives and insure that the best of our heritage will continue.
Cindy has served as the Music Educator at Valley Beth Shalom in Encino, California since 1977. After receiving her teaching credential at UCLA, she chose to devote her career to songleading and music as a Jewish educator. In addition to her recordings and family concerts, Cindy often serves as a cantorial soloist, and is currently involved in creative prayer services for women.
Please enjoy this album and share it with family and friends from the Recorded Sound Archives.
https://rsa.fau.edu/album/36470
You can listen to this album along with 50 other albums to choose from this Chanukah by visiting:
https://rsa.fau.edu/chanukah-collection
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This High Holy days we wanted to highlight the voice of Cantor Moshe Schwimmer.
Moshe Schwimmer was born with the gift of a beautiful singing voice. As a child his singing delighted all who heard him. But, being a serious and studious young man, he desired to develop his talents through study and hard work. And so, at the age of 18, he set out to study music and liturgy at the Brunn Music Conservatory in Czechoslovakia (now Austria).
Inside the conservatory he was welcomed into the cantor’s choir. His knowledge of liturgical music grew and his rich baritone voice became polished and more defined. Outside the conservatory Hitler was on a rampage. Sadly, the synagogue in Brunn was torched and burned by the Nazis. Moshe was determined to increase his skills. He fled to Budapest where he continued to study, created the OMIKE performance group, and gave concerts, until the Hungarians sent him to a forced labor camp and then to a concentration camp.
After his liberation in 1944, he appeared throughout Eastern Europe, but it was not until his travels took him to Germany that his talents were truly recognized. He was invited to sing for the state-run radio station in Munich. Soon he had his own hour-long weekly radio program which was broadcast all over Europe.
This wonderful recording was created by the JSA from the private recordings of Cantor Moshe Schwimmer and can only be heard on this website. Moshe Schwimmer was a cantor whose beautiful voice and soulful singing touched audiences for decades. Yet, his voice might have been lost forever were it not for one man’s strong desire to cherish his brother’s memory and protect his legacy.
Zalman Schwimmer (a.k.a. Sydney), personally hand-carried his brother’s private tape recordings (along with some memorabilia and biographical information) to the Wimberly Library on Florida Atlantic University’s Boca Raton campus. He told us about his brother, “He never made any commercial recordings. That wasn’t for him. He didn’t want to be famous. He didn’t try to please others. He was just always striving for perfection.”
Listen to the voice of Cantor Moshe Schwimmer
Discover the voice of Cantor Moshe Schwimmer this High Holy Days by visiting the Recorded Sound Archives website and listening to his album High Holy Days in a Conservative Synagogue (https://rsa.fau.edu/album/36556).
Looking for more music to celebrate the High Holy Days this year? Look no further, the Recorded Sound Archives has a collection of over 40 recordings for you to choose from and share and enjoy with your family.
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Did you know that the whole BioShock video game franchise features vintage music from the early 1930s-50s? Music can be heard playing on a phonograph throughout Rapture. In total, 30 licensed songs can be heard throughout the game. Here at the Recorded Sound Archives you can discover and listen to 8 of these vintage songs.
This year in celebration of BioShock’s 14th anniversary we created this collection highlighting original recordings that can be heard throughout the Bio Shock video game.
Discover the inspiration behind the video game series BioShock and listen to the ORIGINAL recordings here at the Recorded Sound Archives in the collection below.
Happy 14th Anniversary BioShock! In this collection you can listen to 8 original recordings or versions of those songs that can be heard throughout the video game itself.[Click here to visit collection]
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Please note, due to copyright some items may only be available as a 45 second snippet.
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Please note, due to copyright some items may only be available as a 45 second snippet.
If you are a Researcher or Educator in need of full access to these recordings, click here.
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And let us know in the comments, some of your favorite vintage artists, albums and songs.
Please note, due to copyright some items may only be available as a 45 second snippet.
If you are a Researcher or Educator in need of full access to these recordings, click here.
FAU Students, Faculty and Staff can listen to recordings unrestricted by logging into the Research Station using their FAU NET ID.
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In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, the Recorded Sound Archives is exploring music through portraits. This week discover and learn more about Spanish singer, actress, dancer and business woman Lola Flores in the video below.
If you enjoyed learning about Lola Flores you can listen to one of her recordings in the Recorded Sound Archives: https://rsa.fau.edu/artist/14933
Please feel free to download a coloring page we created of Lola Flores that you can color and hang up in celebration of Hispanic heritage month and we hoped you enjoyed learning a little bit about these Hispanic musicians.
DOWNLOAD – Lola Flores coloring page
To discover more Hispanic/Latin musicians visit : https://rsa.fau.edu/featured-collections/spanish-latin-american-recordings
And follow us on social media as we explore music history through Halloween & LGBTQ history this month.
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In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, the Recorded Sound Archives is exploring music through portraits. This week discover and learn more about Mexican Singer and Composer Chucho Martinez Gil in the video below.
If you enjoyed learning about you can listen to one of his recordings in the Recorded Sound Archives: https://rsa.fau.edu/artist/5077.
Please feel free to download a coloring page we created of Chucho Martinez Gil that you can color and hang up in celebration of Hispanic heritage month and join us this week to find out which Latino musician we end up exploring next.
DOWNLOAD – Free Chucho Martinez Gil coloring page
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In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, the Recorded Sound Archives is exploring music through portraits. This week discover and learn more about Cuban American Musician and Bandleader – Desi Arnaz in the video below.
If you enjoyed learning about Desi Arnaz you can listen to five of his recordings in the Recorded Sound Archives: https://rsa.fau.edu/desi-arnaz
Please feel free to download a coloring page we created of Desi Arnaz that you can color and hang up in celebration of Hispanic heritage month and join us next week to find out which Latino musician we end up exploring next.
DOWNLOAD – Free Desi Arnaz coloring page
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In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, the Recorded Sound Archives is exploring music through portraits. Enjoy the first of four videos created in celebration of Hispanic/Latino artists. This week discover and learn more about Cuban composer and pianist – Ernesto Lecuona and Lecuona’s Cuban Boys in the video below.
If you enjoyed learning about Ernesto Lecuona you can listen to two of his recordings in the Recorded Sound Archives: https://rsa.fau.edu/ernesto-lecuona
Please feel free to download a coloring page we created of Ernesto Lecuona that you can color and hang up in celebration of Hispanic heritage month and join us next week to find out which Latino musician we end up exploring next.
DOWNLOAD – Free Ernesto Lecuona coloring page
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Looking for music to celebrate the High Holy Days this year? Look no further, the Recorded Sound Archives has a collection of over 40 recordings for you to choose from and share and enjoy with your family.
Here are a few favorite albums, which can be listened to in full on the Recorded Sound Archives website.
Selichot Service by Cantor Joseph Schwartzman
Selichot Service by Cantor Joseph Gross
Complete Selichot Service by Cantor Zvee Aroni
High Holiday Chants by Cantor Salomon Pinkasovitch
High Holiday Chants by Cantor Samuel Taube
High Holiday Moods by Cantor Leib Glantz
High Holiday Prayers (Volume 1) by Cantor Moshe Koussevitzky
High Holiday Selections by Malavsky Family
High Holy Day Prayers Live for the First Time by Cantor Leibele Waldman
High Holy Days in a Conservative Synagogue by Moishe Schwimmer
Rosh Hashana – Day 1 by Cantor Zvee Aroni
Rosh Hashana – Day 2 by Cantor Zvee Aroni
Rosh Hashanah by Cantor Benjamin Z. Maissner
Rosh Hashanah New Years Service Abraham Birnbaum – Rosh Hashanah New Year Service by Cantor Israel Goldstein
Rosh Hashanah by Cantor Yosef Rosenblatt
Yom Kippur Chants, Volume 3 by Cantor Zawel Kwartin
Yom Kippur Day (Parts 1 & 2) by Cantor Zvee Aroni
Yom Kippur Day (Part 3 – Conclusion) by Cantor Zvee Aroni
Yom Kippur; Excerpts From the Traditional Liturgy by Cantor Moshe Ganchoff
Midnight Selichot Service by Cantor Leib Glantz
Experience the High Holidays OnlineIf you’re looking to attend High Holiday Services, Cantor Azi Schwartz and the Park Avenue Synagogue will be broadcasting their services through their website.
And will be accompanied by the Metropolitan Opera Brass and chamber orchestra.
A Schedule of their services is available on their website – https://highholidaysstreaming.pasyn.org/
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Do you think player pianos are a thing of the past? Join Ben Roth-Aroni as he shares some new and old tunes on his player piano at home during National Piano month!
Loved this video? Discover a series we created in 2013 featuring Bob Berkman as he goes into further detail in how the player piano works!
If you’d like to discover more piano rolls, you can listen to more through featured collections on the Recorded Sound Archives website!
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