music recording: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	musical recording • recording of music

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Thomas Edison stands beside an early phonograph, holding his hand to his ear as he listens to the device's large horn speaker.

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Key People

Georg Solti

Georg Solti

British conductor

Karajan, 1968

Herbert von Karajan

Austrian conductor

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Tony Wilson

British entrepreneur