History of Music

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History of Music — page 1 — The Explosion of Music On January 13 1910 legendary vocalist Enrico Caruso known as the Great Caruso was scheduled to sing at the Metropolitan Opera in New York Sitting in the lush red and gold colors of the opera house the audience buzzed with excitement to hear him sing Lee de Forest one of the early pioneers of radio was even more excited He wanted to record Caruso on the radio De Forest’s radio transmitter was set and ready to go Then the curtain rose de Forest hit a switch and history was made It was the first public radio broadcast in history Although there were no private radios in US homes at the time several locations in New York City set up public receivers Those interested could put 6 Chapter 1

History of Music — page 2 — Famous opera singer Enrico Caruso performed at the Metropolitan Opera more than 600 times 7

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