The O'Neill Henebry Wax Cylinder Project HEAnet 2015 Crónán Ó Doibhlin 2015
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The story of a preservation project which began over 100 years ago using available technology of the time. First deposited in UCC Library in 1911 by Henebry, these cylinder recordings were part of a noble aspiration to build a national archive of Irish traditional music at University College Cork in the first decade of the twentieth century, the first such initiative in Ireland, and one which ultimately was not realised. Through a partnership between the Department of Music and UCC Library the cylinders have now been digitised, transcribed and are available for public access.
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- 1. The O’Neill Henebry Wax Cylinder Project Crónán Ó Doibhlin Head of Research Collections & Communications, UCC Library HEAnet 2015 11th - 13th November 2015
- 2. Project Team • Project Leaders: Dr Mel Mercier (Department of Music, UCC), Crónán Ó Doibhlin (UCC Library, UCC) • Project Assistant: Mary Mitchell-Ingoldsby (Department of Music, UCC) • Cylinder Digitisation: Henri Chamoux http://www.archeophone.org/ • Library Support: Special Collections & Archives • Research: Dr Méabh Ní Fhuartháin (Centre for Irish Studies, NUIG), Fiachra Ó Corragáin (Department of Music, UCC), John Hough (Department of Music, UCC), Tadhg Kelleher (Sulán Studios)
- 3. Preservation Part 1 Preservation and recording of tapes at Fonoteca Nacional (National Sound Archive of Mexico).
- 6. Wax Cylinders • The invention in 1877 of the American Thomas Edison • The earliest physical format used for the recording and playback of sound • A cylinder mounted on a revolving phonograph mandrel at first covered by tinfoil, and then by ‘wax’, celluloid, and other substances • Obsolete technology by the period of the First World War
- 8. The O’Neill Henebry Wax Cylinder Collection • The O’Neill Henebry collection comprises of 114 cylinders • 84 containing field recordings made by Henebry himself in County Waterford, beginning in 1905 • 30 cylinders which were sent to Henebry by Capt. Francis O’Neill, in 1907
- 9. Francis O’Neill (1848 -1936)
- 10. © Hesburgh Libraries, University of Notre Dame
- 11. Rev. Dr Richard Henebry (1863 -1916)
- 12. Henebry’s biography • Catholic University in Washington in 1898 • Various diocesan appointments in Waterford and Lismore • Chair of Irish Language and Literature at UCC in 1909 • A leading linguist and teacher (Coláiste na Rinne) • Publications: Irish Music (1903) & A Handbook of Irish Music (1928).
- 13. The Relationship
- 14. Archiving sound • Sound archives were developed from 1899 onwards in Europe • Berlin Phonogramm-Archiv established by Carl Stumpf (1848-1946) and directed by Eric Von Hornbostel (1877-1935), the father of Comparative Musicology • Henebry sent fourteen of his own field recordings to the archive in Berlin • A lecture St. Anthony’s Hall, UCC, December 1912 • Professor Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin & British Institute of Recorded Sound
- 16. The Department of Music
- 17. Preservation Part 2 UDC’s Heritage Risk and Value Community Enterprise Partnerships and lessons learned
- 18. Project Support University College Cork, Ireland and the project team gratefully and sincerely acknowledge Bill and Una Murphy who through their generosity enabled the realization of this project. Thanks also to: Dr Jean Van Sinderen-Law (UCC), John Fitzgerald (UCC)
- 19. Project Support • Professor Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin (Irish World Academy of Music, University of Limerick), Nicholas Carolan (Former Director, Irish Traditional Music Archive) • Filming: Stephen Bean (UCC) & Cork Film Centre
- 20. The O’Neill Henebry Wax Cylinder Project Crónán Ó Doibhlin Head of Research Collections & Communications c.odoibhlin@ucc.ie UCC Library HEAnet National Conference 2015 11th - 13th November 2015 Thank you!