"Trumpet Cornet" is a placeholder name for an unidentified 1878 song performed by Thomas Mason in a tinfoil phonograph.
| "Trumpet Cornet" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Thomas Mason | |
| Recorded | June 22, 1878 |
| Length | 0:23 |
| Songwriter(s) | Thomas Mason |
| Audio sample | |
The 23-second audio dubbed "Trumpet Cornet" | |
Background and recording
editThe song was recorded in St. Louis, at a hat store named Steinberg & Co, on June 22, 1878.[1] It used a tinfoil phonograph,[2] which had been invented by Thomas Edison a year earlier in 1877.[3]
The recording also featured the nursery rhymes "Mary Had a Little Lamb" and "Old Mother Hubbard".[4]
Composition
edit"Trumpet Cornet" is a rather short instrumental song set to the tune of B-flat.[5] It instrumentation only consists of Mason's cornet playing.
Personnel
edit- Thomas Mason - cornet[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "urbanSTL-Fun YouTube Mention". urbanSTL. August 1, 2022. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
- ^ "Edison tinfoil recording, 1878". nyheritage.contentdm.oclc.org. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
- ^ "Tinfoil Phonograph, 1878 - The Henry Ford". The Henry Ford. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
- ^ Waldron, Ben. "America's Oldest Voice Recording Restored". ABC News. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
- ^ "MiSci's 'St. Louis Tinfoil' Tapped For National Recording Registry". WAMC. April 5, 2021. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
- ^ "Listening to the Earliest Surviving Tinfoil Recording of a Musical Performance : History of Information". History of Information. 2012. Retrieved September 10, 2024.