The Victorian Music Machine - A History of the Musical Box
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- Опубликовано: 27 май 2019
- Documentary about the history of the musical box.
From its earliest origins in the late 18th century, to its eventual demise in the early part of the 20th.
We hope you enjoy.
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I enjoyed every minute of this informative and enjoyable video, very well done, thank you.
Thank you very much Bernice, I'm glad you enjoyed it.
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Some of these music boxes are so elegant and well constructed.
I've been looking around, it feels like in this time of digital art and modern art. We've lost the beautiful ornate art of older times.
I really enjoyed this video and listening to some of these beautiful machines. If ever I had the money I would buy myself one of these as owning one is one of these musical boxes is my biggest dream.
I dont think its completely died. As a method of musical record, maybe, but as a medium, as an instrument, it has an irreplacable charm and beautiful, bright sound. something you find in a grandparents attic, and, like an old car in a barn, take hold of ones facination for things past. the same fancy that makes people hold on to the old, tried, tested classics, in music itself, and elsewwhere, such as martial arts (some of which are still practical), old cars, guns, its the history that catches you.
Antoine Favre-Salomon was such an amazing inventor of the music box.
Beautiful documentary about Mechanical Music Boxes 😉
Thank you so much, I'm glad that you enjoyed it.
Thank you!
Great documentary!
What a great program. Thank you.
I loved this video! Every time those music boxes play, it makes me feel calm. One I really like listening to was at the beginning at 46:26. What's the name of that music box song?
Again great job! Keep up the good work.
Thank you !
I came to this documentary to learn more about musical boxes and I can certainly say I learned much more than I previously knew. However I was wondering if there's anywhere I can go to learn even more? I'd also like to learn how they are made so I can start making my own? Do you know where I can learn this and do you have any tips when it comes to making music boxes?
Thanks for the kind words. There are various societies that focus on antique musical boxes. Attempting to make them would be extremely difficult. The only modern day maker that I am aware of would be Reuge Music in Switzerland.
Wonder how much of a profit would be there. would be great for sentimental, nostalagic, and emotional sound tracks, and in a sense, it's it's own instrument. on other records, like vinyl, cassetw, CD, digital, ect. you hear each different intrument. a music box plays itself, and has it's own sound.
MBSI stands for Music Box Society International and they have local chapters in many countries and many US states. Porter makes modern disc players that can use Regina original disks and modern reproduction disks of the same size. My compliments also on the excellent video.
The fancy world of yesteryears...
Again...In the estates of the WEALTHY!! Mr. common man still would have to do with whistling a "happy tune"! My favorite music boxes are the later disc-playing machines produced by Regina, Stella, Polyphon and other makers. These boxes ruled the parlor from the late 1880s-1900s...supplanted by the phonograph, graphophone, and talking machine (Victor Co.). I have a Regina box which plays the 151/2 discs, or as they were termed, "Tune Sheets". Interesting, how both the music box and phonograph evolved from cylinder to disc medium!
See so relaxing to play on he
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These are my favorite parts:
34:19
35:26
38:27
At sounds really good job on here mate keep up the good work on here mate keep up the good work on here mate how are u OK mate
I was doing some building work I found some music disks
Many thanks for this really interesting and detailed documentary. Which classical music pieces did you use? Especiallly: What's this piano concerto you often played? It's in F-major I could find out because of my absolute hearing, but which one is it?
Thanks very much for your kind words. The piece of music you are referring to is Mozart's Concerto No.1 in F Major - III. Rondo.
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Many thanks.
Realy great. Only chapter with the disk boxes a little bit to short :-)
Thanks for the feedback Sebastian. I wanted to get a bit of everything in there, but you are correct in that the film is lacking in disc boxes. I am however intending to make another film featuring mainly disc and overture boxes at some point in the future. Unfortunately, these things take a lot of time, but stay tuned :-)
🙏🏻😊Thanks for this nice documentation👍.
You are most welcome.
Unfortunately Prince Albert died from Typhoid fever, not Polio.
Another musical question: Which string quartet did you use at 1:20 (behind "... was not an option")?
I used Haydn: String Quartet In D Major, Op.64, No.5 "The Lark"
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Many thanks. Oh yeah, Hob. 3, 63. Now I know, that I wish these 2 concertos (piano concerto No. 1 in F by Mozart and this "Lark" quartet by Haydn) for christmas - on audio cassette.
It's 11:17😊
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Albert died of Typhoid, not polio