donation: Earliest example of sampling, 16th century
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Mr Robin Green |
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20 Jul 2004 |
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Mr Green is a private collector of techno-related anqituities and a peerless expert on matters relating to techno vocals. |
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The Museum is delighted and honoured to accept this new addition to its collection: a document believed to contain the earliest ever example of sampling.
As you will see from the picture below, a handwritten note at the end of this beautiful transcription of John Dowland's Two lesons for two lowtes (1597) states clearly:
Cutte thee thy midrange, thy basse
for tis to be droppd.
The lyrical content is known to have originated with another composer, Thomas Morley, some five years previously; we propose that they have been sampled by Dowland, via a process of hearing them and writing them down in his own tune without asking first. Whatismore, the four vertical lines to the immediate left of the note suggest that the vocal is to be repeated several times at appropriate moments throughout the piece.
As the donor of this beautiful artefact, Mr Robin Green, writes:
I think the evidence is conclusive and incontrovertable that hardcore will never die.
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