Metropolitan Opera House librarian Lionel Mapleson, pictured here circa 1901, was one of the first to try to systematically record live performances.

On January 1, more than 400,000 audio recordings made before 1923 are going to enter the public domain. It includes all sorts of gems that haven’t been widely heard for generations.

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