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Ohio's Influence on Music

Are you ready to be inspired and take your creativity to the next level?
Experience sound and rhythm as your ancestors did. This journey into the past offers a unique opportunity to connect with your ancestor’s traditions, emotions, and stories as it explores how they listened to and collected recorded music. The exhibit also  highlights Ohio’s music influences across genres and time. You won’t want to overlook this unique experience of inspiration!
 

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• Do you know the famous Ohioan who was the mastermind behind the invention of the phonograph, a groundbreaking creation that revolutionized the global recording industry?

• Where did the first Phonograph Arcades start in Ohio, leading to a nationwide phenomenon by 1903?

• Why did popular Ohio ragtime music composer C. Blake not use her first name in her music compositions?

• Who was named the First Lady of the Blues, and what Ohio city did she grow up in?

• Whose career, spanning over 50 years, made an indelible mark on the national and international music scene, reaching audiences through the eras of phonograph, radio, and television media?

• Who was the first African American group to have a nationally sponsored radio program, and what Ohio city were they from?

• In what Ohio city and location was Rock-n-Roll music launched, sparking a new international music genre?

• Ohio earned the nickname "The Land of Funk".  Why?

• What Ohio singer was a national celebrity in the 1970s Outlaw Country Music Movement?

 

In addition to highlighting inventors, composers, musicians, and singers, the Music Makers Museum features record-playing technologies, record collecting, and record media from the 1870s through 2000. Two Ohio-made phonographs, Waddell and Meteor, are among its 50 playable phonographs.

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