Music recorded in July 1895
July 1895 was a month in which transportation, politics, and culture converged, expanding the "common routes of the masses." In the United States, Katharine Lee Bates' (1859–1929) poem "America the Beautiful" was first published in The Congregationalist on July 4, 1895. In Southern Africa, the Delagoa Bay railway line officially opened on July 8, 1895, strengthening trade between the interior and ports. In the Russian Empire, the Doukhobors burned their weapons on July 10–11 (Gregorian calendar), and their nonviolent religious movement was persecuted. In Europe, the politicization of regional identity progressed with the founding of the Basque Nationalist Party by Sabino Arana Goiri (1865–1903) on July 31, 1895. In Japan, the Fourth National Industrial Exposition was held in Kyoto from April 1 to July 31, 1895, and exhibits such as the use of electricity symbolized the modernization of the city.
Confirmed recordings this month: 0
Summary of information on recordings made in July 1895
Around July 1895, recording technology saw the spread of cylindrical recording systems and the mass production of disc recording systems, and attempts to synchronize image and sound were also taking shape. This marked the time when systems for "repeatedly delivering the same sound" began to be put in place in homes, performance venues, and exhibitions.
Switching disc materials and accelerating mass production
In 1895, the Duranoid Company began producing shellac-pressed discs in the disc system developed by Emil Berliner (1851–1929), and by mid-1895, this company's production had become mainstream. The ease of duplication strengthened the trend toward "distributing the same sound source to many people."
- https://www.loc.gov/collections/emile-berliner/articles-and-essays/gramophone/
- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Emil-Berliner
Cylindrical drive improvements and the realization of home use.
In the field of cylinder phonographs, the spring motor phonograph appeared in 1895, which is said to have reduced the burden of manually turning the phonograph and made it easier for people to play phonographs on a daily basis. This was the stage at which the mechanical requirements for having recordings in the home were met.
A new frontier: synchronizing video and audio
The concept of the Kinetophone, which combined the Kinetoscope imaging device with the phonograph recording device, was in the experimental stage in the fall of 1894 and was presented as a commercial product by the spring of 1895. This marked the beginning of recording becoming incorporated not only as "music" but also as "part of visual media."
