The Recorded Sound Archives (RSA) is a unit of FAU Libraries Special Collections department. We are located in the Wimberly Library on FAU's Boca Raton campus.

Originally established in 2002 as a small project dedicated to the preservation of recorded Jewish music, it has matured into a robust digitization operation for all types of sound recordings.

The Columbia History of Music


Additional information (PDF) is only available
through the Research Station
Collection(s)Vintage
Catalogue NumberM232-Part1- M232-Part16
Matrix Number N/A
Record Label Columbia Masterworks
Record Format78 RPM - 10" Album
Shelf Number897
Number of Tracks16
Date RecordedN/A
Album Artists
Notes N/A

Recordings restricted by copyright will only play 45 seconds to give you a sense of what that recording originally sounded like. These recordings can be identified by the words (Research Station) in the music player.

If a song listed below has not been digitized yet, it will NOT show up within the player. If you need us to digitize this song/album, you can make a formal request here.
1 - May Sweet Oblivion Lull Thee
Composer(s) : Monteverdi
2 - Bell Anthem: Rejoice In The Lord Always
Composer(s) : Purcell
3 - Violin Sonata No. 12 La Follia (First Half)
Composer(s) : Corelli
4 - Violin Sonata No. 12 - La Follia (Completion)
Composer(s) : Corelli
5 - a) Prelude; b) Allemande; c) Courante; d) Minuet
Composer(s) : Purceli
6 - Allemande and Courante
Composer(s) : Handel
7 - Like As The Love - Lorn Turtle - Atlanta
Composer(s) : Handel
8 - Nightingale Chorus - Solomon
Composer(s) : Handel
9 - Violin Concerto In E Major No. 2 - First Movement (First Half)
Composer(s) : Bach
10 - Violin Concerto in E Major No.2 - First Movement (Completion)
Composer(s) : Bach
11 - Prelude and Fugue In C Major (No. 1 of the
Composer(s) : Bach
12 - Bach Prelude and Fugue In B Flat (No. 21 of the
Composer(s) : Bach
13 - Sinfonia to Church Cantata 156
Composer(s) : Bach
14 - Chorales: Vater Unser (Our Father In Heaven); Herzlich Thut (Commit Thy Ways To Jesus)
Composer(s) : Bach
15 - Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring
Composer(s) : Bach