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      • [Brown wax home recording of recitations from Shakespeare's Hamlet and whistling solo, Old folks at home].

[Brown wax home recording of recitations from Shakespeare's Hamlet and whistling solo, Old folks at home].

Cylinder12938

Place of Publication:
[Place of production unknown],
Issued Date:
1890
Genres:
Personal recordings
Notes:

Performers names not decipherable.

Announcement at beginning: "Passages from Hamlet by [...]"

Brown wax cylinder.

The David Giovannoni Collection of home cylinder recordings (Set Number: 154-01, Originally acquired: Charley Hummel, 2011).

Place of recording likely the United States.

Description:

Recitations from Shakespeare's "Hamlet": "I am thy father's spirit" (Act 1, Scene 5) and "Angels and ministers of grace defend us!" (Act 1, Scene 4). Whistling solo, "Old Folks at Home," at end.

Physical Description:
1 cylinder (ca. 2 min.) : 142.1 rpm ; 2 1/4 x 4 in.
Format:
Audio musical
Collection(s):
Cylinder Audio Archive
Library Location:
Department of Special Research Collections
ARK:
ark:/48907/f30p0zgj
Catalog System Number:
990041106890203776
Copyright Holder:
University of California (System). Regents
Restrictions:

MP3 files of the restored cylinders available for download are copyrighted by the Regents of the University of California. They are licensed for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial License. Acknowledgments for reuse of the transfers should read "University of California, Santa Barbara Library." The original wav files (either unedited or restored) can be provided upon request for commercial or non-commercial use such as CD reissues, film/tv synchronization, use on websites or in exhibits. The University of California makes no claims or warranties as to the copyright status of the original recordings and charges a use fee for the use of the transfers. Please contact the University of California, Santa Barbara Library Department of Special Research Collections for information on licensing cylinder transfers.