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At a dinner party on 7 April 1889, at the home of Browning's friend the artist Rudolf Lehmann, an Edison cylinder phonograph recording was made on a white wax cylinder by Edison's British representative, George Gouraud. In the recording, which still exists, Browning recites part of "How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix" (and can be heard apologizing when he forgets the words).[9] When the recording was played in 1890 on the anniversary of his death, at a gathering of his admirers, it was said to be the first time anyone's voice "had been heard from beyond the grave."http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Lehmann_(artist)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edison_Recordshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edison_Recordshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Edisonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Edward_Gouraudhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_They_Brought_the_Good_News_from_Ghent_to_Aixhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_They_Brought_the_Good_News_from_Ghent_to_Aixshapeimage_4_link_0shapeimage_4_link_1shapeimage_4_link_2shapeimage_4_link_3shapeimage_4_link_4shapeimage_4_link_5shapeimage_4_link_6
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