PIONEER
Emile BERLINER 1851 - 1929
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aka | Emile Berliner, E. Berliner |
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birth | 20 May 1851, Hanover, GERMANY |
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death | 3 Aug 1929, Washington DC |
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marriage | married in 1881:
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PARENTS
father | Samuel BERLINER b. 1 May 1813, ........ |
mother | Sally FRIEDMANN b. 1826, ....... |
marriage | they got married on 28 Febr 1847 |
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LIFE
Left Germany for New York on the SS "HAMMONIA" in 1870
Again visited Germany in 1881 and returned in 1883.
Emile Berliner in Deutschland in Phonographische Zeitschrift of 1 Nov 1906 (with picture of Berliner and Georg Rothgiesser)
NOTES
- The Origin and History of the Family and Branches of the Berliners of Hanover 1720-1997 by Philipp Goldmann, Philipp. Professional Press. Chapel Hill, N.C., 1997
- The Berliner Family by Walter Kwiecinski. Transl. by Stephen Wyler (in: Talking Machine Review No. 23 (Aug 1973), pp 212-218)
- 100 Jahre Schallplatte. Von Hannover in die Welt
- Picture of Emil Berliner (in: The Talking Machine Review No. 23, Aug 1973, p. 225)
- Picture of Emil Berliner on cover of: The Talking Machine Review No. 75, Autumn 1988
- Oliver Berliner by George Frow (in: Hillandale News No. 169 of August 1989 (pp. 230-231))
- S. Berliner, III's Hannover Berliners Page (online)
- "Both Sides Then": The Strange Origins of the Double-Sided Disc Record by Allen Koenigsberg (in: The Sound Box of December 2010, pp. 8-12)
- Emile Berliner in Deutschland 1889-1890 by Stephan Puille (online article)
- Emile Berliner in Deutschland (in: Phonographische Zeitschrift of 1 Nov 1906) (p. 532 of Vol. 2 of Gunrem/Schulze reprint)
- The Launching of the Gramophone in America 1890-1896 by Raymond R. Wile (in: ARSC Journal Vol. 24, No. 2 (Fall 1993)) online article
- Emile Berliner and the Birth of the Recording Industry: Selected Bibliography (Internet)
- Etching the Human Voice: The Berliner Invention of the Gramophone by Raymond R. Wile (in: ARSC Journal, Vol. 21, No. 1 (Spring 1990))
- - Emile Berliner Collection. Authors: Karen Lund, Karen Fishman (2011). Contains also material on Joseph Sanders. (online inventory)
COMPANIES & LABELS
PHOTOS
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Emile BERLINER |
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Picture of Emile Berliner. Written in the top right hand corner: "To Sinkler from his friend Emile Berliner. W[ashington] D.C. Mar[ch] 17, 1920" Berliner gave an almost identical photograph to Fred Gaisberg (see opposite p. 11 of Music on Record by F. W. Gaisberg) |
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From left to right: Emile Berliner, Joseph Berliner and Manfred Berliner |
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from l. to r. (sitting up front): Emile Berliner and Werner Suess
from l. to r. (standing in the middle): Fred Gaisberg, Joe Sanders and Zip Sanders from l. to r. (standing at the back): W. Sinkler Darby and Raymond Gloetzner |
THANK YOU
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