Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recordings

Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recordings One of the largest and most prominent collections of historical recorded sound available to the Yale and broader research communities. and Cora Witten.

Historical Sound Recordings (HSR) at Yale was founded as an extensive archive of early opera and song literature recordings from the advent of recorded sound, thanks to the generosity of Laurence C. The collection then expanded to include all classical musical genres, jazz, music of the American musical theater, the spoken word, instructional recordings, and many other recorded sound classificatio

ns. HSR consists of nearly 280,000 recordings in a variety of formats, including 78s, LPs, CDs, and all forms of tape material, such as reel to reel, cassette, 8mm, VHS, and DAT. HSR also houses several manuscript and organizational collections related to the sound archive. HSR serves the Yale community, but also is available as a resource for other institutions and researchers.

05/31/2025

The American Baroque Orchestra has released an album of romantic-era pieces that are inspired by the stylistic practices of the era as heard on early recordings in the Yale collection. Mark Bailey, who is head of the Yale recordings archive, leads the orchestra in eight gems of the era that are infused with the style and spirit of the romanticism. Listen to the video below for a taste or go directly to: https://americanbaroqueorchestra.bandcamp.com/album/melodrama

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