Two young music students, Lionel and David, attending the Boston Conservatory in 1917, bond over their shared love of folk music. They reconnect a few years later, embarking on a song collecting trip in the backwaters of Maine.

“Similarly, Hermanus isn’t interested in showing his viewers an epic romance with magnificent heroes and extended love scenes. The History of Sound focuses on how simple melodies and familiar lyrics can be the most powerful type of music in the world, and how a brief and quiet love affair between two young men can be the most powerful kind of story.” ~ Mey Rude

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