Emile Berliner
Emile Berliner (May 20, 1851 – August 3, 1929) originally Emil Berliner, was a German-American inventor. He is best known for inventing the lateral-cut flat disc record (called a "gramophone record" in British and American English) used with a gramophone. He founded the United States Gramophone Company in 1894; The Gramophone Company in London, England, in 1897; Deutsche Grammophon in Hanover, Germany, in 1898; and Berliner Gram-o-phone Company of Canada in Montreal in 1899 (chartered in 1904). Berliner also invented what was probably the first radial aircraft engine (1908), a helicopter (1919), and acoustical tiles (1920s). |
Birth and Death Data: Born May 20, 1851 (Hanover), Died August 3, 1929 (Washington, D.C.)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1898 - 1899
Roles Represented in DAHR: composer
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Berliner | 825 | 7-in. | Before Apr. 1899 | Columbian anthem | Brass quartet (unidentified; Berliner Gramophone Co.) | Brass quartet, with piano | composer | |
Berliner | 4288 | 7-in. | June 1897-Oct. 1898 | Columbian anthem | Haydn Quartet | Male vocal quartet | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Berliner, Emile," accessed November 7, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/104759.
Berliner, Emile. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 7, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/104759.
"Berliner, Emile." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 7 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Berliner, Emile, 1851-1929 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84804050
Wikidata: Emile Berliner - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q71004
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/54892311
MusicBrainz: Emile Berliner - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/50dcf508-ce8f-4bc4-bb8f-e3a3d758dfbb
ISNI: 0000 0000 8235 9869 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000082359869
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