The First Time of Recording outside Siam in Berlin Germany in 1900

In September 1900 a Siamese theater group of musicians and dancers visited Berlin. Carl Stumpf, the psychologist at the University of Berlin, and Otto Abraham, a Berlin physician who published many works on music psychology, recorded the Siamese theater group with an Edison cylinder recorder. As a result of this scientific study, Stumpf published his oft-read 'Tonsystem und Musik der Siamsen ' ['Tone System and the Music of Siam'].
The Siamese cylinder recordings formed the foundation of the Berlin Phonogramm-Archiv, begun by Carl Stumpf in 1900.
At one of the memorable conference events, the Phonogramm-Archiv's Edison Cylinder No. 1, the Siamese orchestra recorded by Carl Stumpf in 1900, was played over the auditorium's sound system for all to hear. The recording was followed by a live performance of the Das Prasit Thawon Ensemble, which can be traced back to the Siamese theater group recorded in 1900. Twelve musicians and ten dancers traveled from Thailand to help celebrate the Phonogramm-Archiv’s anniversary.

THANKS TO:
DR. RAINER E. LOTZ FROM BONN, GERMANY

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	CELEBRATION 103 YEARS OF SIAMESE SONGS THAT RECORDED ON THE WAX CYLINDERS.		THE BERLIN PHONOGRAMM-ARCHIV (1900-2000).
	MEMORY OF THE WORLD (www.unesco.org).		SOUNDBAG No. 69 (www.floraberlin.de).
	PAGE OF ANAKE NAWIKAMUNE, Bangkok, Thailand.		PAGE OF ANANT NARKKONG, Bangkok, Thailand.
	PAGE OF MARIA JENNER, Vienna, Austria.		PAGE OF Dr. RAINER E. LOTZ, Bonn, Germany.
	PAGE OF Dr. JEAN-PAUL AGNARD, Quebec, Canada.		PAGE OF PLUETHIPOL PRACHUMPHOL, Bangkok, Thailand.
	DON'T MISS TO WATCH VDO. CLIPS!...HOW TO RECORD ON THE WAX CYLINDER?.		LISTEN "KHAM-HOM" FROM AN EDISON WAX CYLINDER.
	HOW TO PROTECT THE WAX CYLINDERS FROM MOLD?		THE BEGINNING OF THE WAX CYLINDER.
	PROJECT: 2W (Making the White Wax cylinder)		SPECIAL PAGE: H.R.H. PRINCESS MAHA CHAKRI SIRINDHORN's speech on an Edison wax cylinder.