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Canonical Musical Object 02

The Recording Genome

Sourced directly from pre-1925 public-domain Library of Congress National Jukebox holdings. Toggle between Waveform, Spectrogram, Signal parameters, Bibliographic metadata, and Historical horn recording constraints.

Canonical ObjectLibrary of Congress National Jukebox Archive

The Recording Genome

Catalog #81025 // Matrix B-1002-1

Pagliacci: Vesti la giubba

Enrico Caruso (Tenor), with piano accompaniment · Comp. Ruggero Leoncavallo

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Spectral Centroid
1420 Hz
Center of spectral mass
Dynamic Range
24.6 dB
Peak to noise floor
Signal-to-Noise Ratio
18.2 dB
Acoustic horn limit
Estimated Tempo
64 BPM
Mechanical stroke pace
Dominant Harmonics & Acoustic Character:
f0 = 220Hz (A3)2f0 = 440Hz3f0 = 660HzSinger's Formant (2.8 kHz)

Historically celebrated for the iconic 'singer's formant' clustering between 2.5 kHz and 3.0 kHz, enabling Caruso's vocal energy to overcome shellac surface noise and acoustic horn attenuation.