OCHRONA ZABYTKOWYCH ZAPISÓW FONOGRAFICZNYCH

• Authors: Pruszyński Jan

Title variants

EN

The Protection of Old Phonographic Records

• Languages of publication: PL EN

Abstracts

EN

The article considers gramophone and phonograph recordings of the „standard type” (78 rpm), made in 1878- 1945 with acoustic and electric systems. Such recordings should be protected primarily for historical reasons in their capacity as musical illustrations of the epoch in which they were produced. Wartime devastation, the flow of time and ordinary mechanical usage are the reasons why the majority of recordings from 1890-1918 are unique; later recordings are also often represented by single examples. The situation is not much better as regards so-called talking machines. The author draws attention to the fact that Poland has no phonographic museums, and that the resources of the National Library, the Museum of Technology and music museums are haphazard. Furthermore, museum and conservation courses do not include a phonographic specialisation, and protection regulations remain far from perfect. The presented study is dedicated to Prof. Janusz Łętowski (1939-1999), outstanding musicologist and lawyer.

• Publisher: Narodowy Instytut Dziedzictwa
• Journal: Ochrona Zabytków
• Year: 1999
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 189-193

Dates

published

1999

Contributors

author

Pruszyński Jan

References

• Państwo prawa. Administracja. Sądownictwo. Prace dedykowane prof. dr. hab. Januszowi Łętowskiemu w 60. rocznicę urodzin, pod red. A. Łopatki, A. Wróbla i S. Kiewlicza, Warszawa 1999, s. 368–376.
• J. R. Smart, Emile Berliner and Nineteenth–Century Disc Recordings. Annual Report of the Librarian of Congress, „The Quarterly Jurnal of the Library of Congress”, vol. 37, 1980, s. 422–440.
• J. Łętowski, Magia czarnego krążka, Kraków 1981.
• Jan Pruszyński, Zabytek — pamiątka czy dobro kultury?, „Ochrona Zabytków” 1993, nr 3, s. 261–264.

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ISSN

0029-8247