Excerpt of Israel in Egypt, earliest known music recording (that was intended as a recording) in existence.
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:George_Edward_Gouraud" class="extiw" title="w:en:George Edward Gouraud"><span title="United States Army Medal of Honor recipient">George Edward Gouraud</span></a>
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1888-06-29
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