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|filename = Victimae Paschali Laudes.ogg

|title = 11th century - Victimae Paschali Laudes

|description = The 11th-century "Victimae Paschali Laudes", traditionally attributed to Wipo of Burgundy.}}

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|filename = A Chantar2.ogg

|title = 12th century - A chantar m'er

|description = A 12th-century song by Comtessa Beatritz de Dia, "A Chantar" is the only existing song by a trobairitz which survives with its music.|format=Ogg}}

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;1725 - Antonio Vivaldi's The Four Seasons

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;1724-1726 - George Frideric Handel's Fitzwilliam Sonatas

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;1735 - Johann Sebastian Bach's Sonata for Flute or Recorder and Harpsichord in B minor, BWV 1030

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|title=1738 - Serse: "Ombra mai fù"

|filename=Enrico Caruso, George Frideric Handel, Ombra mai fu (Serse).ogg

|description="Ombra mai fù" from George Frideric Handel's Serse, as performed by Enrico Caruso in 1920.

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|filename = Mozart_-_Eine_kleine_Nachtmusik_-_1._Allegro.ogg

|title = 1787 - Eine kleine Nachtmusik (First Movement, Allegro)

|description = The first movement of Mozart's Serenade No. 13.

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;1801 - Ludwig van Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata

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;1816 - Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 28

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;1827 - Franz Schubert's Impromptu in B flat

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|filename = Schubert- Impromptu B-flat.ogg

|title = Theme and Variations I–VI

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|title=1851 - Rigoletto: "Bella figlia dell'amore"

|filename=Enrico Caruso, Bessie Abott, Louise Homer, Antonio Scotti, Giuseppe Verdi, Bella figlia dell' amore (Rigoletto).ogg

|description=From Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto. This 1907 Victor Records recording starred Enrico Caruso, Bessie Abott, Louise Homer and Antonio Scotti.

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|title=1853 - Il trovatore: "Stride la vampa"

|filename=Gabriella Besanzoni, Giuseppe Verdi, Stride la vampa (Il Trovatore).oga

|description=From Act II of Giuseppe Verdi's Il trovatore. Sung by Gabriella Besanzoni in 1920.

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|filename = Caruso et al - È scherzo od è follia.ogg

|title = 1859 - Un ballo in maschera: È scherzo od è follia

|description = Enrico Caruso, Frieda Hempel, Maria Duchêne, Andrés de Segurola, and Léon Rothier perform "È scherzo od è follia" from Giuseppe Verdi's Un ballo in maschera (1859), in this 1915 Victor Recording.

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|filename = Au Clair de la Lune (1860).ogg

|title = 1860 – Au Clair de la Lune

|description = This 1860 phonautogram by Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville is the earliest known recording of the human voice, though it was never intended to be played back.

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|filename=Richard Wagner - Preisleid from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg sung by Leo_Slezak 3.ogg

|title=1868 - Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: "Morgenlich leuchtend im rosigen Schein"

|description=Leo Slezak's 1910 Edison Records recording of Walther's Prize Song from Richard Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.

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|filename=Pasquale_Amato,_Georges_Bizet,_Chanson_du_toréador,_Carmen.ogg

|title=1875 - Carmen: Chanson du toréador

|description=Pasquale Amato's 1911 rendition of the Toréador's song from Georges Bizet's Carmen (1875).

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|filename=Enrico Caruso - Geraldine Farrar - Jules Massenet - Manon - On L'appelle Manon.ogg

|title=1884 - Manon: "Manon! avez-vous peur...On l'appelle Manon"

|description=1912 recording by Enrico Caruso and Geraldine Farrar of a scene from Act II of Jules Massenet's Manon (1884).

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|title=1887 - Otello: "Sì, pel ciel marmoreo giuro!"

|filename=Enrico Caruso, Titta Ruffo, Giuseppe Verdi, Sì, pel ciel marmoreo giuro! (Otello).ogg

|description=A 1914 recording by Titta Ruffo and Enrico Caruso of Giuseppe Verdi's Otello.

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|filename=Giuseppe Verdi, Francesco_Tamagno,_Morte_d'Otello_(Niun_mi_tema).ogg

|title=1887 - Otello: Niun mi tema

|description=Francesco Tamagno, the original Otello, sings "Niun mi tema" (Morte d'Otello) from Giuseppe Verdi's Otello. This 1903 recording dates from just two years before Tamagno's death.

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|filename=Enrico Caruso - Nellie Melba - La bohème - O soave fanciulla (restored).ogg

|title=1896 - La bohème: "O soave fanciulla"

|description="O soave fanciulla" from Giacomo Puccini's La bohème, sung by Enrico Caruso and Nellie Melba in 1907.

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|filename=La bohème, O Mimì, tu più non torni (Caruso, Scotti).ogg

|title=1896 - La bohème: O Mimì, tu più non torni

|description=A 1907 recording by Enrico Caruso and Antonio Scotti of "O Mimì, tu più non torni" from Act IV of Giacomo Puccini's La bohème.

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|filename = Maple_Leaf_RagQ.ogg

|title = 1899 - Maple Leaf Rag

|description = Maple Leaf Rag, by Scott Joplin. Performed by William J. Leslie.

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|filename=Emmy Destinn, Vissi_d'arte (Tosca).ogg

|title=1900 - Tosca: Vissi d'arte

|description=Emmy Destinn's 1914 recording of Vissi d'arte from Giacomo Puccini's Tosca.

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|filename = The Entertainer - Scott Joplin.ogg

|title = 1902 - The Entertainer

|description = The Entertainer by Scott Joplin

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|filename=Mamie_Smith,_Crazy_Blues.ogg

|title=1920 - Crazy Blues

|description=The first recording of vocal blues music by an African-American singer: Mamie Smith's performance of Perry Bradford's "Crazy Blues" in 1920.

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|filename = Marcus Garvey, speech, 1921.ogg

|title = 1921 - "Explanation of the Objects of the Universal Negro Improvement Association"

|description = Complete 1921 speech by Marcus Garvey

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|filename = Save a Little Dram for Me.ogg

|title = 1922 - Save A Little Dram For Me

|description = Prohibition era song by Skidmore--Walker, sung by Duke Rogers, recorded by Thomas Edison's studio, 1922. Duration 3:29.

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|filename=Los Cuatro Generales and Viva La Quince Brigada.ogg

|title=1930s? - "Los Cuatro Generales" and "Viva La Quince Brigada"

|description=Two folk songs from the Spanish Civil War sung by Leon Lishner.

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|filename = Russian national anthem at Medvedev inauguration 2008.ogv

|title = 1944 - National Anthem of the Soviet Union

|description = Performance of the adaptation of the anthem of the Soviet Union by the Presidential Orchestra and Kremlin Choir at the inauguration of President Dmitry Medvedev at The Kremlin on 7 May 2008. The lyrics were written in 1944 by Sergey Mikhalkov to a pre-existing tune by Alexander Alexandrov. In 2000, it was reinstated as the national anthem of Russia.

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|filename = Colin Ross - Etherea.ogg

|title = 1995 - Colin Ross - Etherea

|description = An example of new age music, performed on the recorder, from the 1995 album Refractions by Colin Ross

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