An excerpt from the song “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Au_clair_de_la_lune" class="extiw" title="en:Au clair de la lune">Au clair de la lune</a>”, originally recorded as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/phonautogram" class="extiw" title="en:phonautogram">phonautogram</a> on paper. As of May 2009, this is believed to be the oldest recognizable recording of a human voice in existence. According to the remasterers, the lyrics sung are the first lines of the second stanza "Au clair de la lune, Pierrot répondit" (<i>Under the moonlight, Pierrot replied</i>).<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.firstsounds.org/sounds/scott.php">[1]</a></sup> It has also been reported that the recording contains the beginning of the song, "Au clair de la lune, mon ami Pierrot..." (<i>Under the moonlight, my friend Pierrot...</i>).<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.radio-canada.ca/arts-spectacles/PlusArts/2008/03/28/001-phonautographe.asp">[2]</a></sup>
<br><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/fr:Au_clair_de_la_lune" class="extiw" title="wikisource:fr:Au clair de la lune">Au Clair de la Lune</a> is an old French folk song that is public domain</li>
<li>Song was sung and recorded on paper with a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/phonautograph" class="extiw" title="en:phonautograph">phonautograph</a> in 1860 by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/%C3%89douard-L%C3%A9on_Scott_de_Martinville" title="Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville">Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville</a></li>
<li>It was converted back to sound in 2008 by David Giovannoni's team at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.firstsounds.org/">First Sounds</a>.</li></ul>
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