Traditional Music in England
Explore an additional 13,000 recordings of Traditional Music in England, including pub jams, music hall, soldiers songs and interviews with folk musicians.
Simon Seligmann Kiribati Collection
Discover the music of the Pacific island of Kiribati with traditional songs and modern folk music.
Chopin piano works Hear 1,500 interpretations by some of the greatest pianists of the early 20th century.
Early Spoken Word Recordings Collection Listen to many additional recordings including royal recordings and others drawn from the worlds of literature and the theatre.
Playback and recording equipment View 400 images of 90 different types of playback machine, from the 1893 Edison wax cylinder phonograph to the modern Sony CD player.
Media coverage includes:
- Official press release
- Guardian newspaper article
- BBC Radio 4, Six o’clock news (2 minutes, from 27:50)
- BBC Radio 3 In Tune (start at 1:09.30)
- BBC World Service Europe Today (start at 43.20)
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