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      • [Brown wax home recording of group singing, including Break the news to mother, and woman reciting There was a little girl].

[Brown wax home recording of group singing, including Break the news to mother, and woman reciting There was a little girl].

Cylinder13146

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

Performers names not given or decipherable.

Place of recording likely the United States.

Brown wax cylinder.

The David Giovannoni Collection of home cylinder recordings (Set Number: 286-09, Originally acquired: Bill Kocher, 2012).

Description:

Divot at beginning, portion not transferred. Men sing "Break the News to Mother"; then man says something like "That's Pop and Ellie"; then women sing another song. Woman recites "There was a little girl who had a little curl."

Physical Description:
1 cylinder (ca. 2 min.) : 184.6 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/f3w095c8
Catalog System Number:
990041104810203776
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.