Thursday, 12 May 2011

Library of Congress launches ‘National Jukebox’

http://www.library.ie/2011/05/11/library-of-congress-launches-national-jukebox/

The Library of Congress in the USA has launched a ‘National Jukebox‘:
Developed … with assets provided by Sony Music Entertainment, the National Jukebox offers free online access to a vast selection of music and spoken-word recordings produced in the U.S. between the years 1901 and 1925.
The collection includes lots of recordings of Irish interest, not least many by Count John McCormack. Here he is singing Thomas Moore’s Believe me if all those endearing young charms.

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