Music Firsts: Mormon Tabernacle Choir Pioneered Group Recording

On September 2, 1910, an article in the Deseret Evening News chronicled a milestone in the history of recorded music. For the first time ever, the music of a large performing group was successfully recorded. Many soloists and small ensembles had been recording their music for years, but the task was much more difficult for large groups like the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.