50 recordings to be preserved
Astronaut Neil Armstrong’s first words from the moon, speeches by President Woodrow Wilson and Gen. Douglas MacArthur and songs by Al Jolson, Muddy Waters and Nirvana are among 50 recordings being set aside for special preservation by the Library of Congress.
The library on Tuesday announced the new selections for its National Recording Registry. News broadcasts include Wilson’s speech of Nov. 11, 1923, celebrating the fifth anniversary of the armistice that ended World War I. It is the earliest surviving recording of a regular news broadcast.
The music choices include Victor Herbert’s “Gypsy Love Song” of 1898, Glenn Miller’s “In the Mood” in 1939 and Nirvana’s 1991 album “Nevermind.”
Classical recordings include Sergei Rachmaninoff playing his Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1929..
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