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Sounds From a Technological May-December Romance

Posted by luckygrrr on June 9, 2010 · Leave a Comment

At first, the sound is scratchy and full of clicks and pops. But after a few seconds, a lyrical voice rises from the MP3, singing an operatic aria in a seldom-heard, nearly century-old recording. The voice is that of Agustarello Affre, a leading tenor at the turn of the 20th Century, recorded in 1912 at … Read more

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