"He was an archivist at heart, in the best sense of the word," said Gene DeAnna, the head of the recorded sound section of the Library of Congress.
Don't skip the sound section in "BitStreams," 25 audio artists working squarely in the tradition of musique concrète, a half-century-old movement but with new digital means replacing tape recorders.
"This represents the largest and most significant collection of sports broadcasts in America," Gene DeAnna, the head of the recorded sound section at the Library of Congress, said Tuesday in a telephone interview.
"This is a treasure trove, a mile-plus of material on the shelves, much of it music that has been out of circulation for many years," said Gene DeAnna, head of the recorded sound section of the Motion Picture , Broadcastingand Recorded Sound Division of the Library of Congress.
The Library of Congress and the Universal Music Group (UMG) announced today the donation of more than 200,000 historic master recordings-many long out-of-print or never released-to the Library's Recorded Sound Section, which has more than 3 million sound recordings in its collections.
The sound vault is so extensive that when Universal Music Group's gift was announced, Gene DeAnna, who heads the recorded sound section, didn't bat an eye.
Find the "Hardware and Sound" section.
Tap the Sound section to set the alarm sound.
In the Properties frame, you will see a Sound section.
Locate the "Sound" section and click the dropdown menu to view the various audio choices.
