La marcha real (The Royal March), the National Anthem of
Spain, performed by the United States Navy Band. It is one of the oldest national anthems in the world as it was adopted in 1770, though, due to its age, the composer is unknown. It is also one of the few national anthems without words.
A very early wax cylinder recording (October 5, 1888) of composer
Arthur Sullivan. It was created in London by
George Gouraud as an audio letter to be sent back to Edison.
A recording of the Welsh national anthem, "
Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau" (composed in January 1856 by
James James, with words by his father
Evan James), sung by Madge Breese for the Gramophone Company on 11 March 1899.
Excerpts of a speech given by
Theodore Roosevelt at
Carnegie Hall, March 12, 1912, recorded August 12 by
Thomas Edison. The time constraints of the wax cylinder medium probably required the abridgement.
Woodrow Wilson's address on the affairs of
American Indians, "The great white father now calls you his brothers". The speech recognised the wrongs of the past and the injustices inflicted on the Native Americans and was a formal apology by Wilson to the Native Americans.
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