Language Instruction Records

Language Instruction Records The earliest recorded language instruction is credited to Cortina Academy of Languages, which issued Spanish lessons on Edison cylinders in 1889. As early as April 1891 Phonogram carried notices of language cylinders available at $30 from Columbia, 24 records in each set, for French, German, Italian, or Spanish. Richard S. Rosenthal was the instructor; he named his system Meisterschaft. International Correspondence Schools used the Edison phonograph for language…