Phonograph announced by Edison

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21 November, 1877

Thomas Alva Edison announced the invention of his phonograph on 21st November 1877. The device could record and play back sounds. The oldest music recording that we know of, The Lost Chord by Arthur Sullivan, had been recorded on the phonograph.