i noticed on youtube that there was a recording of someone saying the gettysburg address, is this actually lincoln or is it some1 else. it said it was lincoln, but i have my doubts
2007-12-28 11:56:11 · 15 answers · asked by Captain America 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
I was surprised when I heard the recording. Lincoln grew up on the frontier, so he wouldnt be talking like an English fancy pants. The recording sounded like a combination of FDR and Martin Luther King with a frog down his throat.
2007-12-29 09:02:58 · update #1
Lincoln DIED in 1865... Edison invented the cylindrical phonograph in about 1898... how do you THINK there could be a recording of Lincoln's voice.
2007-12-28 12:06:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Abraham Lincoln Voice Recording
2016-11-14 20:19:52 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Abraham Lincoln Recording
2017-01-04 13:52:22 · answer #3 · answered by laurella 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Edison first came up with the recorder in 1888. Lincoln died in 1865. From reports of the time, Lincoln did NOT have the full, resonant voice of so many who portrayed him. He actually had a rather high-pitched voice which carried well in the debate formats of the day. There were also no microphones and PA systems.
2007-12-28 12:06:56 · answer #4 · answered by Tom K 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Edison invented the cylinder phonograph in 1877. Lincoln was assassinated in 1865, so no. Curiously the wikipedia lists somebody as having invented a sound recording device in 1857 but it apparently was not capable of playback (whch I'm guessing was a major drawback) and nobody though to use such a device to record him.
2007-12-28 12:10:28 · answer #5 · answered by vlvtnrbt 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oddly enough, I have wondered this too. Why is it that all depictions of Lincoln's voice sound similar? Do we know what he sounded like, or did some famous actor do a version of Lincoln that was so good that everyone else tries to emulate it? Sorry I don't have an answer, but here's a star for an interesting question!
2007-12-28 11:59:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, it's not Lincoln's voice. As another person said, a lot of actors use similar voices when they portray Lincoln. That's because according to people who knew him, one of the most remarkable things about Lincoln was that he had an unusually high voice for such a tall man.
2007-12-28 13:24:37 · answer #7 · answered by ktrb 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I doubt it too, the gettersburg address was in 1863, but....
The phonograph was conceived by Thomas Edison on 18 July 1877 for recording telephone messages, his first test using waxed paper. In early production versions the recordings were done on the outside surface of a strip of tinfoil wrapped around a rotating metal cylinder. By the 1880s wax cylinders were mass marketed. These had sound recordings in the grooves on the outside of hollow cylinders of slightly soft wax.
2007-12-28 12:02:03 · answer #8 · answered by jon_mac_usa_007 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
There are no recordings of Lincoln's voice. Get real.
2007-12-29 09:38:30 · answer #9 · answered by Maddog 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Abe predated Edison's invention of recording. That was someone else.
2007-12-28 11:59:17 · answer #10 · answered by Plano 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋