JF Ptak Science Books: The Wondrous Telephone--Sheet Music from 1877

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The Wondrous Telephone--Sheet Music from 1877

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Just a year after the invention of the telephone appeared this wonderful piece of music--with great cover art that actually took a pretty strong and accurate look into the future. In 1877 we are told in the lyrics that "all of our secrets will be known" which isn't such a great thing, and that the "prattle of the distant Mothern' Law" will become fully available; on the other hand, "the whole world" will be united , and that in the end "we will never be alone" because of the telephone. For a quick sonnet to the new invention the lyricist invoked a number of fair insights into the future of the telephone.

SOURCE: Johns Hopkins University, http://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/catalog/levy:032.121