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Vocal music

A chantar m'er

A 12th century song by Comtessa Beatritz de Dia, "A Chantar" is the only existing song by a trobairitz which survives with its music.

Kimi ga Yo

1930 recording of the Japanese national anthem. Includes both the vocal and instrumental parts.

1888 recording of Arthur Sullivan's "The Lost Chord"

Recorded by George Gouraud, and played at the August 14 1888 press conference that introduced the phonograph to London.

Le régiment de Sambre et Meuse

An 1870 French song about the Army of Sambre-et-Meuse by Robert Planquette and Paul Cézano. Sung by Pierre d'Assy.

Star in the East solfege

An example of a singer reading shape notes, this shows how a trained shape note singer would have the music to Star of the East marked up in the shape note tradition's modified solfege.

Victimae Paschali Laudes

The 11th-century "Victimae Paschali Laudes", traditionally attributed to Wipo of Burgundy, is one of the few traditional Latin "sequences" still used by the Roman Catholic Church today.

Instrumental music

Etherea (Colin Ross)

An example of new age music, performed on the recorder, from the 1995 album Refractions by Colin Ross

Vivaldi's The Four Seasons: Spring, Movement 1: Allegro

Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, performed by Wichita State University Chamber Players

Memphis Blues

"Memphis Blues", composed by W. C. Handy in 1912. This is the first known recording, performed by the Victor Military Band, July 15, 1914.

Still Another Wanderer

Music from the Open Source game Battle for Wesnoth, demonstrating many key features of modern video game music.

Vocal and instrumental music

Was frag ich nach der Welt

A selection from Dieterich Buxtehude's cantata Was frag ich nach der Welt.

Field recordings

Alligator bellow

Field recording of an alligator by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.

Spring Peepers

A pond of Spring Peepers and Wood Frogs -- Presqu'ile Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada -- April 2006.

Song of the American robin

The morning song of the American robin.

Historical recordings

After-dinner speech by Arthur Sullivan at the Little Menlo, London

A very early wax cylinder recording (October 5, 1888) of composer Arthur Sullivan. It was created in London by George Gouraud as an audio letter to be sent back to Edison.

I am the Edison Phonograph

This 1906 recording enticed store customers with the wonders of a new invention: the Phonograph cylinder.

Eisenhower farewell address

Farewell address by United States president Dwight D. Eisenhower from January 17, 1961. Duration 15:30.

"Explanation of the Objects of the Universal Negro Improvement Association"

Complete 1921 speech by Marcus Garvey.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Day of Infamy Speech

Franklin Delano Roosevelt's speech after the Pearl Harbor attacks.

Apollo 13: Houston, we've had a problem

James A. Lovell, Jr, Apollo 13 Commander, reporting an explosion on 13 April 1970 Length 0:17

Ich bin ein Berliner

United States president John F. Kennedy's Ich bin ein Berliner speech at the Berlin Wall, June 26, 1963.

"Israel In Egypt", recorded at the 1888 Handel Festival

The earliest surviving phonograph cylinder recording of music. Recorded on a paraffin cylinder in June 29, 1888 by George Gouraud. — 2274 KB

Inaugural address of John F. Kennedy

The full audio recording of the inaugural address made by John F. Kennedy after being sworn in as the thirty-fifth President of the United States on January 20, 1961. (Duration: 14 minutes)

"That's one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind."

The sentence uttered by Neil Armstrong upon being the first human to walk on the moon during the Apollo 11 moon landing on July 21, 1969.

When Johnny Comes Marching Home

United States military song recorded during the Spanish–American War by Emile Berliner, inventor of the first lateral disc audio record, one year after he received the patent on the device.

Other

Shepard-Risset glissando

The Shepard-Risset glissando, a type of aural illusion: The sound seems to descend forever, without ever actually getting any lower in pitch.

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