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
17 years, 6 months ago
hahaha, I thought that was pretty funny, I got a good laugh out of it
18 years ago
Thank you for sharing this. This sort of thing does not exist here in the USA. One of the things I love about freesound is hearing things that are unique to an area, such as this.
I have a player piano built in 1910, perhaps someday I will make a recording of it.
One thing to think about with this sample - the volume is a little high - could you pull it down a little?
18 years ago
this one left me speechless. Close my eyes and see the ambiance at the fair 100 years ago, men in their dark suits, bowler hats... What a great source of inspiration for a writer, terrific!
