Celebrate Children’s Book Week with Records!
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In celebration of children’s book week, discover our children’s collection of recordings featuring stories, lullabies, nursery rhymes and more.
Category: Vintage Collection
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Recently Added to Research Station (Summer 2018)
By Recorded Sound Archives, August 10, 2018 1:30 pm
Did you know the Recorded Sound Archives at FAU Libraries has over 49,000 albums along with over 150,000 songs in its databases, which is growing everyday with the help of volunteers? With so many recordings to choose from, we have given Research Station users the ability to request items be digitized.
Below you’ll find a list of recordings that were recently added to the Research Station this Summer 2018 from requests made by Research Station Users.
Lucrezia Bori Saved the Metropolitan Opera during the Great Depression
By Recorded Sound Archives, March 7, 2018 7:20 pm
Did you know that in 1933, Lucrezia Bori began a career as a fundraiser for the Metropolitan Opera during the Great Depression on top of performing?
Retiring, later that she wanted at age 48, Lucrezia Bori helped save the Metropolitan Opera. While the Metropolitan continued to sell tickets to performances with no difficulty despite the Great Depression. The contributions of its stockholders fell off dramatically and by the end of 1932 the board of directors found that a great deal of money would be needed if the next season were to be held.
Vintage Songs About Fourth of July – Independence Day
By Recorded Sound Archives, June 30, 2017 5:52 pm
Celebrate this Fourth of July by listening and discovering some vintage songs from the early 1900s. Listen to a funny monologue and learn how the Fourth of July was celebrated at the Pun’kin Center back in 1915 or learn more about the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson and other Americana.
Below you will find a list of 5 songs and albums for you to share and enjoy this year with family and friends.
Vintage Songs About Summer
By Recorded Sound Archives, June 13, 2017 5:54 pm
Celebrate this Summer by listening and discovering some vintage songs from the early 1900s about summer and/or the summertime. Below you will find a list of over 20 songs for you to share and enjoy this year with family and friends.
Please note, due to copyright some of these recordings may only play for 45 second snippet to give the user a taste of what this music sounded like back in the day, if you are interested in full access considering applying for Research Station Access. Access to Research Station is limited to educators, students and serious researchers.
When Summer is Gone by Nathan Shilkret and The Troubadours
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