The first record in the world was recorded by American engineer Emile Berliher in 1888. This record is now in the National Museum in Washington, USA. Early records had two holes in the middle, and the stylus turned out from the inside. Only one side of the record was recorded, and a caption card was posted on the back.

2. The earliest speakers and record players.

1898 Horace Short of London, England, obtained the patent of "Ogzetfern" speaker, which is the earliest speaker in the world. This kind of loudspeaker uses a device for compressing air. The earliest record player that used amplifier instead of earphone was made by Brown Zwick Panatopp 1925 in Darby, Ohio, USA.

3. The earliest jazz records

The earliest jazz record in the world is1965438+March 7, 2007. This record records the songs of the New Orleans Jazz Band, while recording the tense and firm moments. The performer is Nick larocca's original New Orleans jazz band, released by Picta Company in Camden, New Jersey, USA.

4. The earliest opera records

1896, the French company Patay Frebet began to sell the world's earliest opera records, which were cylindrical records, and the recordings were made by famous opera actors at that time. 1903, Fred Gasper of the phonograph company recorded The Clown in Milan, Italy, which is the earliest complete opera record in the world, and was personally conducted by the opera writer Leon Cavallo.

5. The earliest gold-plated records

The song "Catanu plus Qiu Qiu" played by American Glenn Milla Orchestra was used in the American film "Serenade of Saint Barre" produced by 194 1. In the same year, ABC began to sell the album of this song, which reached 65,438+0,000 copies in just a few months. To this end, ABC specially made a gold-plated record for Glenn Milla Orchestra to celebrate. This is the world's first gold-plated record.

6. The earliest gold record

Gold records are specially designed by western countries to reward singers who make records. As long as a record sells 6.5438+0 million copies, the 6.5438+0 million copies are called "golden records". Of course, this "golden record" won by the singer is not gold, but an honor. The world's first gold record recorded an aria from Leon Cavallo's opera The Clown (1858- 19 19), composed by the famous Italian tenor Enrico Caruso (1873-192/kloc).

7. The earliest record library

19 14, the library in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA opened the world's earliest record library. At the beginning of its opening, the local women's club donated only 25 records. By 19 19, the library had nearly 600 volumes of records, which were lent out for 3,505 times.

8. best-selling records

The record of the highest sales of personal records was set by Michael Jackson. His album has sold tens of millions of copies all over the world. Because of his long-term prosperity in the music world, his records are still climbing. The first classical dense-pattern slow-motion record that broke through the 654.38+million mark was Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky's Piano Sonata No.1 played by pianist Harvey Laban claiborne, Jr., and the most widely distributed song record in the world was irving berlin's work I wish to shine again, which was a Christmas carol. In the decades after the work came out, the record sales have reached 50 million.

9. The most enduring record

1 On August 20th, 977, the American spaceship Voyager1set off from Cape Kennedy, USA. An aluminum box is fixed around the spacecraft with several titanium bolts. There is a porcelain singer, a diamond stylus and a gold-plated copper record in the box. The record recorded two hours of audio programs, all of which were all kinds of sounds on the earth. Among them, there are 35 kinds of natural sounds, which can be played for 12 minutes, such as wind and rain, lightning, bird singing, animal barking and so on. In addition, the record also includes greetings from more than 60 different languages in the world. Three-quarters of the whole album records the music of different nationalities in different times, regions and regions on the earth, with as many as 27 songs, one of which is China's guqin "Running Water". Even if this record has been used for 654.38 billion years, its timbre will be as bright as new, making it the most durable record in the world.

10, the smallest record

The smallest record in the world, with a diameter of only 35 mm. This record recorded the British national anthem. This kind of record was made by a British record company in 1924, and only 250 copies were released before and after. Today, such miniature records have become collectors' pets and museum treasures.

Best concert

1, the largest music festival in the world.

1969 August 15, an unparalleled large-scale music festival was held at Husto private farm in the suburb of new york, USA, with more than 450,000 participants from all States. At first, you needed tickets to enter, but later, because many people couldn't control it, they simply opened it for free. The slogan of this activity was "Peace and Music", which lasted for three days and three nights. There was no violence, and several babies were born at the scene. Max Jaska, the owner of the farm, became a celebrity overnight.

2. The biggest pop concert.

1On September 3rd, 980, elton john's concert was held in new york Central Park, attended by about 400,000 people. A year later, in the same place, 500,000 people attended the joint concert of Simon and Gefunk. On July 29th, 1973, the Swing Music Festival was held in Waters Grande, new york. This music festival, 600,000 people attended, but only 6,543,800+0,500 people bought tickets.

The concert actors and audience are the best.

The biggest chorus appeared in1August 2, 937 in Brurau, Germany. At the end of the chorus competition of 16000 people, 60000 people sang in chorus. The classical concert with the largest number of participants was a free open-air concert performed by New York Philharmonic on the lawn of new york Central Park on July 5th, 1986, with an estimated attendance of 800,000 people. The audience record was set by/kloc-0 in downtown Houston, Texas on April 5, 986. People see laser maps shining on the surface of buildings. It is estimated that1300,000 people came to watch the laser show, which caused the biggest traffic jam in Houston's history.

4. The earliest music competition

Around the sixth century AD, a large-scale competition was held in Delphi to commemorate Apollo's beheading of the python. Besides sports, there are music and poetry. The ancient Greeks believed that an open competition could not only stimulate the talent of the players, but also improve the appreciation level of the ordinary audience.

5. The earliest public concert

The earliest concert with admission fee in the world was held in 1672 by British violinist John Bassett. The venue of the concert is a big room with some chairs and tables, like a beer shop. The fare is one shilling. Banister organized several musicians to play on a small stage, starting at 6 o'clock every night and playing continuously for six years.

6. The loudest concert

1976 May 3 1 Sunday, Charlton Football Stadium in London, England, a concert with unparalleled volume. There are 80 800-watt super DC30A amplifiers and 20 600-watt treble 200 frequency dividers on the stage. The total output power of the public address equipment is as high as 76,000 watts, and the audience noise 50 meters in front of the stage reaches 120 decibels. Nevertheless, there are still thousands of people who are willing to attend the meeting at the risk of lifelong deafness.

7. Maximum number of curtain calls

1On July 5th, 983, Puccini's opera "The Bohemian" was staged in vienna state opera, Austria, and placido domingo, a world-famous tenor, performed particularly well. When his lead singer ended, thunderous applause lasted for an hour and a half, and Domingo made 83 curtain calls, becoming the highest honor of a singer in the history of opera.

8. Longest repetition

1844, at a concert in England, one of Han Deer's songs was so popular that other programs couldn't go on stage and had to be cancelled. The longest replay in the world is Simarosa's opera The Wedding of Segray, which was first performed in 1792. At the order of the then Austro-Hungarian Emperor Leo Boulder II, the whole play was staged again.

9. The most expensive concert

1985 65438+ 10 17, the famous Italian tenor Pavarotti gave a performance in Honolulu Concert Hall, the capital of Hawaii, USA. The lowest ticket price for this concert is $ 125, which was fully booked six months ago. However, according to local newspapers, the ticket price of Honolulu is only half that of Pavarotti when he performed in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. When performing in Las Vegas, the price of each ticket was as high as $250. /kloc-at the end of 0/9, the concert tickets of lyric coloratura soprano Jenny Linde (1820- 1887), who is known as the "Swedish nightingale", were more expensive. Music fans paid $653 for a ticket to hear her sing.

10, the city with the strongest musical atmosphere.

Vienna is the music city of the world. There are five big symphony orchestras, countless small orchestras, 23 theaters and a large number of concert halls in the city. Every night, every theater is packed, and the audience wears the latest and most beautiful clothes to watch the performance and listen to music. Whether in the streets, restaurants or cafes, Vienna is full of the sound of music. You can hear touching music even if you press the button on the phone.