Samlingen ‘Dansk Lydhistorie’ omfatter nogle af de ældste danske lydoptagelser. Samlingen indeholder bl.a. indspilninger med operasanger Lauritz Melchior samt oplæsning af forskellige tekster fra danske klassikere optaget i 1930’erne.
Lauritz Melchior (1890-1973) var en af de førende Wagner-tenorer i 1920’erne. Allerede som dreng fattede han interesse for sang og sceneoptræden, og som attenårig begyndte han at gå til sangundervisning. I 1912 blev han optaget på Det Kongelige Teaters elevskole og debuterede i 1913 som Silvio – et barytonparti – i “I Pagliacci”. De følgende år fik Melchior lagt sin stemme om, og han havde sin tenordebut som Tannhäuser i 1918. Tre år efter tog han til udlandet. Det blev starten på 30 års succesfuld optræden på operahuse verden over, bl.a. i Bayreuth, Berlin, Paris, London samt New York – hvor The Metropolitan Opera blev Melchiors kunstneriske hjem i mange år.
Optagelserne med oplæsningerne fra 1930’erne er eksempler på, hvordan kendte danske skuespillere har formidlet tekster af H.C. Andersen, Adam Oehlenschläger og N.F.S. Grundtvig i 1930’erne. H.C. Andersen er en af den danske guldalders hovedpersoner, Adam Oehlenschläger regnes for Danmarks første store romantiske forfatter, og Grundtvig er den hyppigst repræsenterede digter i Den Danske Salmebog
Samlingen indeholder xxx optagelser. Samlingen er endnu ikke i Dansk Lyd.
Snippets from 'Danish History of Sound'
The collection ‘Danish History of Sound’ contains some of the oldest Danish sound recordings. The collection includes recordings of opera singer Lauritz Melchior as well as recordings made in the 1930s of actors reciting the works of various famous Danish authors.
In the 1920s Lauritz Melchior (1890-1973) was one of the leading Wagner tenors. As a young boy he became interested in performing songs and acting, and when he was 18 years old, he took singing lessons. In 1912 he was accepted at the Royal Theatre School in Denmark, and in 1913 he debuted as Silvio – a baryton role – in “I Pagliacci”. During the following years Melchior changed his voice into a tenor, and in 1918 he debuted as Tannhäuser. Three years later he left Denmark. This was the beginning of his 30 years long career on stage at opera houses all over the world, among others in Bayreuth, Berlin, Paris London and New York – where The Metropolitan Opera became Melchior’s home as an artist for many years.
The recordings from the 1930s are samples of readings of classical litterature written by the authors Hans Christian Andersen, Adam Oehlenschläger and N.F.S. Grundtvig. Hans Christian Andersen was one of the key figures of the Danish Golden Age (1800-1850), Adam Oehlenschläger is regarded as the first of the Danish Romantics, and N.F.S. Grundtvig was, among many things, a prolific writer of Danish hymns.
The collection encompasses xxxx sound recordings. This collection has not yet been added to Dansk Lyd.