Stereo field-recording of a kermis organ in a small German town while a funfair. The recorded selfplaying organ machine was build in 1904 by a Bavarian organ builder. It works with folded papers that have holes to code the music. Outside you see a barocklike design with angels drumming and a moving conductor in the middle etc. Each musical play has always about 6 to 12 music tracks. The music are folksongs or popular music at the beginning of the 20th century. I separated the tracks by cutting and converted them from wav to mp3. This track has the title "Rosamunde". Its a very famous folksong / popular song of a man singing to his beloved [Rosamunde], assuring her of his honesty and love. This song today is often sung by drunken pride of men - its still famous.
Type
Mp3 (.mp3)
Duration
1:54.769
File size
1.8 MB
Sample rate
44100.0 Hz
Bitrate
128 kbps
Channels
Stereo
Comments
2 years, 11 months ago
Beautiful, thank you!
9 years, 1 month ago
Thank you. I may use this for non profit event promo video
15 years, 7 months ago
This sample was used in soundscape made for small exhibition in Finland.
15 years, 8 months ago
Excellent theme but sadly the recording is overdriven.
15 years, 9 months ago
Excellent! I've been searching for fair organ recordings for some time. My mother came from a famous menagerie family and as a girl she danced on a stage to the music of the family's organ in the 1920s and 30s.
