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seminarist) wrote2011-05-27 09:35 pm
seminarist) wrote2011-05-27 09:35 pm
Поразительно.
123 года назад, в 1888 году, первый фонограф Эдисона привезли в Англию и демонстрировали на особых "фонографических вечерах". 5 октября на таком вечере присутствовал сэр Артур Салливан, соавтор великих комических опер, а в то время - самый знаменитый из английских композиторов. Фонограф произвел на него такое впечатление, что он пожелал тут же записать звуковое послание к Эдисону. Вот оно, начиная с 2:20:
"Dear Mr. Edison,
if my friend Edmund Yates has been a little incoherent it is in consequence of the excellent dinner and good wines that he has drunk. Therefore I think you will excuse him. He has his lucid intervals. For myself, I can only say that I am astonished and somewhat terrified at the result of this evening's experiments: astonished at the wonderful power you have developed, and terrified at the thought that so much hideous and bad music may be put on record for ever. But all the same I think it is the most wonderful thing that I have ever experienced, and I congratulate you with all my heart on this wonderful discovery.
Arthur Sullivan."
"Dear Mr. Edison,
if my friend Edmund Yates has been a little incoherent it is in consequence of the excellent dinner and good wines that he has drunk. Therefore I think you will excuse him. He has his lucid intervals. For myself, I can only say that I am astonished and somewhat terrified at the result of this evening's experiments: astonished at the wonderful power you have developed, and terrified at the thought that so much hideous and bad music may be put on record for ever. But all the same I think it is the most wonderful thing that I have ever experienced, and I congratulate you with all my heart on this wonderful discovery.
Arthur Sullivan."
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