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At the heart of the Giant Radio France vinyl collection

At the heart of the Giant Radio France vinyl collection
At the heart of the Giant Radio France vinyl collection

Paris These are many voices that swallow from evening to morning. Some sing when others scream or swarm through the radio and all these voices, Yvan Hallouin lists them this week in Paname.

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It is a somewhat special visit offered by Anne-Sophie Guerrier to the curious of the Montmartre district (18th arrondissement). This street singer tells in song the anecdotes of the famous singers who marked the history of the district and French song. From Edith Piaf to Dalida via Charles Aznavour, the guide takes you on her stage by singing the greatest classics in the streets of Montmartre.

The ear rose from an early age in the 6th arrondissement, the Chatelivre bookstore welcomes theatrical readings intended for children where the voices of the actors come to life. In the House of Stories, a museum in the heart of the shop, the youngest can “Entering books”. A visit that always concludes “Under the Moon” For a reading/show.

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To feed all the capital’s jukeboxes, some records had to be. The lair of vinyl is in the Archives of Radio France. More than a nightclub, there is the whole history of music. This “Ali Baba cave” has more than 500,000 records, making it one of the largest nightclubs in the world. Voices, speeches, atmospheres, music, everything is carefully recorded in giant shelves. Duplicates are sold during auctions open to the public.

In the Nadio France disco, there are also disks and songs prohibited from dissemination by ORTF

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The National Library of France is also full of treasures since we find the beginnings of audio recording with the first machines intended for this practice. In the François Mitterand library, an exhibition store retains the first paleophone, phonographers, gramophones, turning-back, juke box and the famous oil wells.

In Beaubourg, scientists from the Institute for Research and Acoustic/Music coordination transform the voice into an object of research. Between 40 and 50 researchers work every day “At the service of art” And sometimes even at the service of the industry, in particular thanks to their deaf room: the anechoic room.

“Paname gives voice” is this Sunday on France 3 Paris Île-de-France with Yvan Hallouin and in replay on France.tv/idf

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