Guest guest Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 - " Rajkumar Sundaram " <rajkumar_sundaram " Vivekananda Centre " <vivekananda Thursday, March 10, 2005 12:14 Regarding audio of Swami Vivekananda > Dear Sir, > One of my friends sent this link to me, saying it > has the recent recovered chicago speech of Swamiji. I > am not sure if it is original or from a movie. Can you > please confirm this. I have pasted below the links to > download the files. ------------------------response----------------------------- Dear Rajkumar As far as we know; no recording of Swami Vivekananda's voice has ever been found. Such rumours keep circulating but have never been validated. jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 10, 2005 Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 In the newspaper " The Hindu " of Aug 7, 2002 there was a reference of the recording of Swamiji made for the Maharaja of Khetri being stored at Mysore Palace. The entire story is available in this link: http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2002/08/07/stories/200208070020 0400.htm I have been unable to confirm this independently from Mysore Palace. I wonder if anyonre from Bangalore could confirm this. The recording supposedly is damaged but even if the damaged recording is found, I am sure at least some snippets should be salvagable by modern technology. Partha > > Dear Rajkumar > > As far as we know; no recording of Swami Vivekananda's voice has > ever been found. Such rumours keep circulating but have never been > validated. > > jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 12, 2005 Report Share Posted March 12, 2005 Namaste, Mary Louise Burke, in Vol. 5 - p.169, refers to recordings made in at McKindleys' Schiller Street flat, and in April 1896 at the Walton Place flat. She also refers to Swamiji's letter to Josephine McLeod (Complete Works - Vol. 8, p. 338) in which he requests Mr. Leggett to send some 'cylinders' to make recordings, as Josephine owned a phonograph. In Vol. II, p. 491, of the Biography Of Swami Vivekananda by His Eastern and Western Disciples, there is a reference to Swamiji having made recordings while he stayed with the Hale family in Nov. 1899. It would be interesting to follow the trail of Hale family belongings since then! Another interesting reference is as follows: http://www.gautamindia.com/Feb2K2/music.htm " ….During his voyage of America he reportedly sent a gramophone machine ( i.e. A recording machine) to Khetari prince. Clearly he sensed the value of this modern invention to Indian music and its patrons. Was he not a rare example of a modern traditionalist ! " ………….. Regards, Sunder Ramakrishna , " Vivekananda Centre " <vivekananda@b...> wrote: > Regarding audio of Swami Vivekananda > > > > Dear Sir, > > One of my friends sent this link to me, saying it > > has the recent recovered chicago speech of Swamiji. I > > am not sure if it is original or from a movie. Can you > > please confirm this. I have pasted below the links to > > download the files. > > ------------------------response----------------------------- > > Dear Rajkumar > > As far as we know; no recording of Swami Vivekananda's voice has > ever been found. Such rumours keep circulating but have never been > validated. > > jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 13, 2005 Report Share Posted March 13, 2005 A clarification: This reference is to the book Swami Vivekananda in the West, a 6 vol. work by MLB (Sister Gargi). S. > Mary Louise Burke, in Vol. 5 - p.169, refers to recordings > made in at McKindleys' Schiller Street flat, and in April 1896 at the > Walton Place flat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HariOmTatSat100 Posted July 30, 2010 Report Share Posted July 30, 2010 The recordings found here: Welcome Address - Vivekananda : Swami Vivekananda : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive seems to me to be original Swami Vivekananda recordings from 1893. There is introduction by a lady, and loud applause from the audience. If there is a doubt about the authenticity, it would be interesting to know what the doubt is based on. Apparently there are no good positive documentation either. The source of this recording seems difficult to trace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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