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      • [Brown wax home recording of compliments from Josef and Josefa Wimmer and man singing about John the Baptist, in German].

[Brown wax home recording of compliments from Josef and Josefa Wimmer and man singing about John the Baptist, in German].

Cylinder12900

Performer:
Wimmer, Josef
Place of Publication:
[Austria],
Issued Date:
1912
Genres:
Personal recordings
Notes:

Josef and Josefa Wimmer.

Inscription on lid: "Josefa Wimm[er] und M Fuchs Stifmutter"; Inscription on box: "Josefa Wimm / Stiefmutter."

Brown wax cylinder.

The David Giovannoni Collection of home cylinder recordings (Florian Fuchs Collection, Set Number: 141-14, Originally acquired: Jim Ross, c. 2010).

Place of recording likely Austria.

Description:

Female speaks, followed by male with oral signature: "Josef und Josefa Wimmer, am neunzehnten November neunzehnhundertzwlf." Then man sings song about John the Baptist ("Heiliger Johannes").

Physical Description:
1 cylinder (ca. 2 min.) : 155.8 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/f337785b
Catalog System Number:
990041107270203776
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.