Ramiro Arguello wrote:

>I just read about J. Brahms and I quote:
>
> He also may have enjoyed the distinction of being the first of
> the great composers to have his voice recorded, as well as his
> work, using the wax cylinders of contemporary Thomas Alva Edison.
>
>Does any of the listers heard of knows about this?

I've heard what was described as those wax cylinder recordings on the
radio at least once.  They were totally unintelligible!

Walter Meyer