Folded cardboard book-music “Potpourri from the opera ‘Carmen’” by Georges Bizet
Folded cardboard book-music “Potpourri from the opera ‘Carmen’” by Georges Bizet
Germany, Frankfurt am Main
The 1980s
Georges Bizet; Heinrich Voigt Orgelbau
Cardboard; perforation
21.5 × 16.7 cm
On the stamp impression: “H. Voigt / Orgelfabrik / Höchst 8 M / Aufnahmeverbot / für Tonband und Schallplatten” (Not for recording / for tape recorders and records)
Folded cardboard book-music features a program perforation of fifty-two tracks of round holes – an encoded recording of a sequence of control actions for a musical instrument to reproduce the melody “Potpourri from the opera ‘Carmen’” by the French composer Georges Bizet (October 25, 1838 – June 3, 1875).
The opera premiered on March 3, 1875, at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.
Musical instrument: fairground organ 662/ММП
1171ММП662/TP