CROATIAN GALLERY

Franjo Dugan, distinguished Croatian organ player (1874-1948)

The first remote public registration of a gramophone record in continental Europe
was organized in Croatia's capital Zagreb in 1927, and it was the third such registration in the world
(USA, New York in 1925 and GB, London in 1926). The concert of Croatian Christmas carols with Franjo Dugan
as the organist in the Zagreb Cathedral  (stuffed with 2000 worshippers who were singing), had been electronically transferred
 to the studio, later known as Dvorana Istra (Istria Hall in Zagreb), and registered there
for the Edison - Bell - Penkala Co. in Zagreb. More information.