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? Sure. The 1889 cylinder has been available on record for a while: it was first published on LP AFAIK in Pearl's Pupils of Clara Schumann box and has been reissued on CD too I believe. There is considerable doubt as to whether the voice heard at the beginning is actually Brahms or that of the recording engineer. There is definitely a piano in there somewhere, but it could just as easily be playing John Cage as the Hungarian Dance allegedly captured on the cylinder. A historical curiosity really. Deryk Barker dbarker @camosun.bc.ca