Music recorded in September 1895
In September 1895, the Atlanta Cotton States and International Exposition opened in the United States of America on September 18, 1895, and Booker Taliaferro Washington (1856–1915) delivered the so-called "Atlanta Compromise" speech. On the same day, Daniel David Palmer (1845–1913) dated the first chiropractic adjustment to September 18, 1895. In sports, John Brallier (1876–1960) competed for pay on September 3, 1895, setting a precedent for professional athletes. In England, rugby league, shortly after the formation of the Northern Rugby Football Union, began on September 7, 1895. During the Colonial Wars, French Republic forces occupied Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar, on September 30, 1895.
Confirmed recordings this month: 0
Summary of information on recordings made in September 1895
In September 1895, while recording practices centered on wax cylinders continued, trial and error was also underway regarding media materials and mass production processes. Primary sources related to this month include documents related to Thomas Alva Edison (1847–1931), including notes on wax cylinder experiments from September to November 1895, and historical speeches from that month have been passed down as "vocal materials" through later recordings.
Edison's wax cylinder experiment notes
The Edison Papers' "Pocket Notebook" contains records (September–November 1895) of experiments with wax and molds for wax cylinders conducted by Clarence B. Fargo (date of birth and death unknown) at the American Graphophone Co. factory. The document description also indicates that it was evidence submitted in a patent lawsuit between the National Phonograph Co. and the American Graphophone Co.
Later recordings of Booker Tee's Washington speeches
Booker Taliaferro Washington (1856–1915) delivered a speech on September 18, 1895, the opening day of the Atlanta Cotton States and International Exposition. According to a description in the Library of Congress, this speech was recorded at the Columbia Phonograph Company studio on December 5, 1908, and distributed as a phonograph record. This is an example of the events of September 1895 being preserved as "vocal material" through later recordings.
- https://www.todayingeorgiahistory.org/tih-georgia-day/the-atlanta-cotton-states-international-exposition/
- https://blogs.loc.gov/now-see-hear/2014/08/from-silence-to-sound-booker-t-washington/
Gaps in the discography
On the date-specific pages of the Discography of American Historical Recordings published by the University of California, Santa Barbara, the dates September 6, 1895 and September 13, 1895 are listed as "No masters documented." Even if the recording media still exists, there are cases where the recording date or production entity cannot be identified from the documents for recordings from the mid-1890s, which indicates that there may be "gaps in the record" when reconstructing the history of recordings from that time.
- https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/date/browse?date=1895-09-06
- https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/date/browse?date=1895-09-13
