https://www.mixcloud.com/ceintsdebakelite/d%C3%A9ambulations-sonores-dans-gallica-episode-1/ A défaut de pouvoir fouiller les étagères des médiathèques et les bacs des soldeurs aux Puces, il nous reste l'exploration des rayonnages de disques dans les bibliothèques numériques... L'idée de faire un mix à partir des collections sonores de Gallica me trottait dans la tête depuis un moment. En voici une première concrétisation, que … Continue reading Déambulations sonores dans Gallica – Épisode 1
The phonograph in the year 2000
Taken from "In the year 2000", a series of futuristic pictures by Jean-Marc Côté released in France between 1899 and 1910. Source: Gallica.
A visit at the Pathé factory in 1907
A series of photographs of the Pathé factory in Chatou, in the West suburb of Paris, in 1907. Taken from a report published in French journal La Nature in 1907. Source: Conservatoire numérique du CNAM
Advertisements for the Compagnie française du Gramophone (1903-1913)
Here is a selection of advertisements for the Compagnie française du Gramophone, the French branch of the Gramophone Company, between 1903 and 1913. Both the message and the iconography provide useful insights on how the gramophone and the record were marketed to gain the status of musical medium. These advertisements let us also discover the … Continue reading Advertisements for the Compagnie française du Gramophone (1903-1913)
A Phonograph for the propaganda…
... of the "Masters of red terror in Russia" - a picture taken from French newspaper L'Excelsior dated June 5th, 1920. Source: http://c.bnf.fr/gAM I found it with GallicaPix, a new tool that uses artificial intelligence and Optical Character Recognition to find pictures in the digitized collections of Gallica. http://c.bnf.fr/gxS [IN FRENCH]
Recording Navajo Indians on wax cylinders (1913)
Canadian American composer, singer and music professor Geoffrey O'Hara (1882-1967) recording Navajo Indians on wax cylinders. Illustrations taken from French newspaper Le Petit Journal dated May 25th, 1913. Source: Gallica. The recordings can be heard on the website of Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library (Yale University).
Along the boulevard des Italiens in Paris
In Belle Epoque Paris, the showrooms of the main talking machines brands (Gramophone, Pathé, Columbia, Odeon, APGA) were located boulevard des Italiens. Here is a 1899 drawing of Pathé Salon du Phonographe (1899-1913) located at number 26. See the Salon du Phonographe in Disquaires de Paris. Source: Bulletin phonographique et cinématographique, november 1899 - Gallica. … Continue reading Along the boulevard des Italiens in Paris
That’s how a recording session looked like in the 19th century
Recording Faust for Pathé in 1899... Source: Bulletin phonographique et cinématographique, november 1899 - Gallica.
Complete operas on records
"A revolution in the phonographic art" - 25 double-sided 35cm (14") Pathé records for Carmen! Source: La Mode du Temps : supplément au journal "Le Temps", April 15th, 1913 - Bibliothèque Forney via Gallica. http://c.bnf.fr/gtq
When Gallica’s pictures come to life
The website I've been working on for a few months has just been launched today. It's called Gallica Studio and it aims at encouraging and showcasing creative or innovative uses of the digital library Gallica's contents. The following video was made for the occasion by the French motion designer Julien Schickel. It shows a 1902 … Continue reading When Gallica’s pictures come to life
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