Smithsonian Magazine

A Rare Recording of Harpo Marx Speaking Publicly Was Mislabeled in an Archive for Decades. Now You Can Listen to the ‘Silent’ Comedian Yourself.

The comedian of the stage and big screen thrilled millions of Americans without ever speaking a word, leaving many to wonder ...
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The First Recording of Scott Joplin's "The Entertainer"

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The first recording of computer music was playing at the wrong pitch for decades

In 1951, a BBC outside broadcast unit brought a portable acetate disc cutter to the Manchester Computing Machine Laboratory and recorded three melodies played by Alan Turing's Mark II computer. The ...
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The First Recording of Scott Joplin’s “The Entertainer”

Chris Ware and Scott Yoo discuss the history behind the first recording of Scott Joplin’s ragtime classic “The Entertainer.” In Chicago again, I met graphic novelist Chris Ware. He's meticulously ...