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
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.
Title
Edison white wax "Perfected" era cylinders. Nos. 1 thru 22.
Production
1888-1889.
Playing time
010138
Type of content
performed music
spoken word
Type of medium
audio
computer
Type of carrier
online resource
audiotape 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.
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].