Research Catalog
Edison white wax "Perfected" era cylinders.
- Title
- Edison white wax "Perfected" era cylinders. Nos. 1 thru 22.
- Publication
- 1888-1889.
Available Online
Details
- Additional Authors
- Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900.
- Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847.
- Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.
- Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931
- Gouraud, George Edward, 1841-1912
- Broadley, Alexander Meyrick, 1847-1916
- Thomas, Theodore, 1835-1905
- Gilliland, E. T.
- Miller, Walter H.
- Manns, August Friedrich, Sir, 1825-1907
- Issler, Edward
- Bucknall-Eyre, Margaret
- Shaw, Alice J.
- Issler's Orchestra, performer.
- Edison National Historic Site (Agency : U.S.)
- Crystal Palace Handel Festival.
- Found In
- Edison white wax cylinders collection.
- Description
- 1 streaming audio file (61:38) : digital, mono.
- Alternative Title
- Good night ladies.
- Merrily we roll along.
- Fifth Regiment march.
- Edison white wax cylinders collection
- Subjects
- Note
- Title from audiotape reel container.
- Access (note)
- Access via streaming audio restricted to onsite at New York Public Library secure reading rooms.
- Credits (note)
- Col. George Gouraud (Cylinder operator: no. 1-21) and Walter H. Miller (Cylinder operator: no. 22), recording engineers.
- Linking Entry (note)
- Forms part of the Edison white wax cylinders collection; *L(Special) 98-14.
- Contents
- The phonograph's welcome to London Press, August 14, 1888 at Little Menlo [Col. George Gouraud's place in London, England] -- Piano and cornet ("The lost chord") / Arthur Sullivan (unidentitied cornet player and pianist) -- Talks to Mr. Edison -- London Press congratulations to Mr. Edison, Mr. [A. M.] Broadley continued -- London Press congratulations to Mr. Edison [and some unknown whistling (Mrs. Alice J. Shaw?)] -- Soft piano solo ["Song without words, op. 62, no. 6] by Mrs. Eyre [Mrs. Alfred James Eyre, also known as Margaret Bucknall Eyre, ARAM, an accomplished pianist] / Mendelssohn -- Col. Gouraud & Mrs. Tomlinson to Mr. Edison [audio erratic] -- Piano solo: Unidentified waltz ; [excerpt] Wedding march (from Midsummer night's dream) / Mendelssohn ; Unidentified piano piece (sounds like flute?) [ends abruptly] -- Letter to Mr. Edison from Col. Gouraud, August 14, Little Menlo -- Very loud with funnel; Phonograph talks with Mr. Edison -- Letter from Col. Gouraud to Mr. Edison, August 17, 1888 -- Piano solo by Mrs. Eyre [audio erratic; unidentified waltz; sounds like a banjo] -- Loud; Letter from Col. Gouraud to Mr. Edison [similar to no. 10 "Very loud ..."; shorter] -- Handel Festival at Crystal Palace [Excerpt of "Israel in Egypt" / Handel; (recording no. 1; June 29, 1888); Chorus of 4000 voices ; August Manns, conductor] -- Mr. [August] Mann's to Mr. Edison; Theo. Thomas -- Conversation between Col. Gouraud and E. T. Gilliland [audio erratic] -- Handel Festival at Crystal Palace, Chorus of 4000 voices recorded over 100 yards away [Excerpt of "Israel in Egypt" / Handel; (recording no. 2; June 29, 1888); August Manns, conductor] -- Whistling by Mrs. Shaw [Alice J. Shaw], August 14, Little Menlo -- Col. Gouraud introducing to Edison the representatives of the London Press [audio erratic] -- Handel Festival at Crystal Palace, Chorus of [4000] voices recorded with phonograph over 100 yards away [Excerpt of "Israel in Egypt" / Handel; (recording no. 3; June 29, 1888); August Manns, conductor] -- Cheers to Mr. Edison by London Press, August 14, Little Menlo ["hip hip hooray" and some German(?)] -- Fifth Regiment March, by Issler's Orchestra, March 1889. [Edward Issler, conductor] Taken [recorded] by W. [Walter] H. Miller [originally recorded in West Orange, New Jersey; medley includes "Good night ladies" and "Merrily we roll along"]
- Call Number
- *LT-10 9655
- OCLC
- 915588770
- Title
- Edison white wax "Perfected" era cylinders. Nos. 1 thru 22.
- Production
- 1888-1889.
- Playing Time
- 010138
- Type of Content
- performed musicspoken word
- Type of Medium
- audiocomputer
- Type of Carrier
- online resourceaudiotape reel
- Credits
- Col. George Gouraud (Cylinder operator: no. 1-21) and Walter H. Miller (Cylinder operator: no. 22), recording engineers.
- Performer
- Mrs. Margaret Bucknall Eyre, piano (no. 6, 8, 12) ; Mrs. [Alice J.] Shaw, famed whistler (no. 18) ; [Unidentified cornet player and pianist] (no. 2) ; Chorus of 4000 voices (no. 14, 17 and 20) ; August Manns, conductor (no. 14, 17 and 20) ; A. M. Broadley, Col. George Gouraud, Mrs. [John] Tomilnson, Mrs. [August] Manns, Theo. [Theodore] Thomas and Mr. E. T. Gilliland, commentators.
- Event
- Transferred to tape by the Rodgers & Hammerstein Archives, New York Public Library, 1995 August 27, from original cylinders lent by the Edison National Historic Site.
- Access
- Access via streaming audio restricted to onsite at New York Public Library secure reading rooms.
- Original Version
- Preservation copy: (1 audiotape reel : analog, mono, 7 1/2 ips, ; 10 in.) in *LT-10 9655.
- Linking Entry
- Forms part of the Edison white wax cylinders collection; *L(Special) 98-14.
- Local Note
- Preservation file: (1 audio file : digital, WAV file, 96 kHz, 24 bit), in long term storage, Digital Library Processing server [myh_lt109655_v01f01_em].
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Container of (expression): Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900. Lost chord; arranged.Container of (work): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. Lieder ohne Worte, piano, op. 62. Nr. 6, Frühlingslied.Container of (expression): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. Sommernachtstraum. Hochzeitsmarsch; arranged.Container of (work): Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Israel in Egypt. Selections.Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931, addressee.Gouraud, George Edward, 1841-1912, commentator.Broadley, Alexander Meyrick, 1847-1916, commentator.Thomas, Theodore, 1835-1905, commentator.Gilliland, E. T., commentator.Gouraud, George Edward, 1841-1912, recording engineer.Miller, Walter H., recording engineer.Manns, August Friedrich, Sir, 1825-1907, conductor.Issler, Edward, conductor.Bucknall-Eyre, Margaret, performer.Shaw, Alice J., performer.Issler's Orchestra, performer.Edison National Historic Site (Agency : U.S.)Crystal Palace Handel Festival.
- Added Title
- Good night ladies.Merrily we roll along.Fifth Regiment march.Edison white wax cylinders collection
- Found In:
- Edison white wax cylinders collection.
- Research Call Number
- *LT-10 9655