Thomas Edison invented the phonograph on August 12, 1877. It 'will undoubtedly be liberally devoted to music,' Edison predicted with stunning accuracy in 1878.
Thomas Alva Edison, the Wizard of Menlo Park whose genius ushered in a new era of light and sound for humankind, invented the phonograph at his New Jersey laboratory on this day in history, Aug. 12, 1877. It was the earliest version of the record turntable that became the predominant form of music media in the 20th century — and is still in vogue today. 'The phonograph will undoubtedly be liberally devoted to music,' Edison predicted, with stunning accuracy, in 1878.
Edison’s phonograph not only played sounds. It recorded them, too. 'Edison immediately tested the machine by speaking the nursery rhyme into the mouthpiece, ‘Mary had a little lamb,’' states the Library of Congress in its version of his moment of innovation. 'To his amazement, the machine played his words back to him.' 'The phonograph altered how people heard music,' Smithsonian Magazine enthused in 2016.
Later versions of the phonograph were called the gramophone. Its unique horn shape inspired the name and design of the Grammy Awards, given by the Recording Academy each year since 1959 to honor the best productions and performances in music. The date Aug. 12, 1877, is commonly accepted as the day the phonograph was invented. The date has been disputed, however. For more Lifestyle articles, visit www.foxnews.
What’s not in dispute is the date he received the patent: Feb. 19, 1878. 'The object of this invention is to record in permanent characters the human voice and other sounds … be reproduced and rendered audible again at a future time.' It was a date that changed music, media and the human relationship with sound forever.
That future time envisioned by Edison and his phonograph is still with us today.
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