Did you know that
FAU Libraries has a
sound archive which you can access and listen to recordings for research from the comforts of your own home?
Last year, the
Recorded Sound Archives digitized 473 albums along with 3,912 songs for those to access reaching over 128 countries, and receiving 168,085 hits from all over the world.
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
- Bolero by Larry Adler
- There’s a Lull in My Life by Ella Fitzgerald
- Baby, You’ve Got What It Takes by Belford Hendricks’s Orchestra; Dinah Washington
- Berceuse by Ruby Helder
- The Wedding Samba by Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians; Kenny Gardner
- Out O’ Breath by Gloria De Haven; Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians; The Lombardo Trio
- Kiss of Fire by Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians; Kenny Gardner
- Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight by The Lombardo trio; Kenny Gardner; Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians
- Ricochet (Rick-O-Shay) by Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians; The Lombardo Trio; Kenny Gardner
- Tales of the Olympian Gods by Ronald Colman
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. Read More About This…
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). Read More About This…
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. Read More About This…
Martin Bookspan had life-long friendships with two great classical music geniuses, Leonard Bernstein and Aaron Copland.
As the voice of the PBS television series
Live from Lincoln Center from 1976 to 2006, Martin Bookspan riveted audiences with his eloquently distinctive voice and extensive knowledge of classical music. The N.Y. Times (May 24, 2006) described Bookspan as “One half erudite informer, the other half grandfatherly guide, [who kept audiences] tuned in during intermissions with easy-to-digest program notes and anecdotes.”
A generous supporter of the Judaica Sound Archives now the Recorded Sound Archives at Florida Atlantic University Libraries,
Bookspan spoke before a sold-out audience at FAU Libraries’ 2013 Kultur Festival in March.
Today Martin Bookspan would have been turning 95,
he passed away earlier this year in April at his home in Aventura, FL. In celebration of his life, we wanted to share these video clips taken during a lecture he gave in 2013 at FAU Libraries.
My Friends: Leonard Bernstein & Aaron Copland Lecture
Presented by Martin Bookspan at FAU’s Wimberly Library on March 5, 2013
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If you are a Researcher or Educator in need of full access to these recordings, please visit the Recorded Sound Archives website to apply for Research Station Access by =&7=&.
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