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Film, Video Emile Berliner & the Birth of the Recording Industry

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Title

  • Emile Berliner & the Birth of the Recording Industry

Summary

  • Emile Berliner (1851-1929) was a German-born immigrant whose inventions contributed to the birth of the recording industry. A largely self-educated man, Berliner was responsible for the development of the microphone, the flat recording disc and the gramophone player. Often overlooked by today's historians, Berliner's creative genius rivaled that of his better-known contemporaries Thomas Alva Edison and Alexander Graham Bell. Like the works of these two inventors, Berliner's innovations helped shape the modern American way of life. Berliner's life, work and connection to Washington, D.C., where he lived for many years, is the subject of a talk by Samuel Brylawski and Karen Lund.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • Library of Congress. African and Middle Eastern Division, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2011-05-17.

Headings

  • -  Biography, History
  • -  Science, Technology
  • -  Technology, Industry

Notes

  • -  Classification: History: America.
  • -  Classification: Technology.
  • -  Samuel Brylawski, Karen Lund.
  • -  Recorded on 2011-05-17.
  • -  Researchers.
  • -  Teachers.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021688679

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. African And Middle Eastern Division. Emile Berliner & the Birth of the Recording Industry. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -05-17, 2011. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688679/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & Library Of Congress. African And Middle Eastern Division, S. B. (2011) Emile Berliner & the Birth of the Recording Industry. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -05-17. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688679/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. African And Middle Eastern Division. Emile Berliner & the Birth of the Recording Industry. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -05-17, 2011. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021688679/>.