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      • [Brown wax home recording of My old Kentucky Home and Listen to the mockingbird on a free reed instrument, and mixed chorus singing Church in the wildwood].

[Brown wax home recording of My old Kentucky Home and Listen to the mockingbird on a free reed instrument, and mixed chorus singing Church in the wildwood].

Cylinder13065

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

The David Giovannoni Collection of home cylinder recordings (Smelling family recordings, Set Number: 243-01).

Performers not given.

Brown wax cylinder.

Place of recording likely the United States.

Description:

Free reed instrument, "My Old Kentucky Home" and "Listen to the Mocking Bird"; then mixed chorus sings "Church in the Wildwood." Recorded over the gap between these two segments, man says: "Whisht, oh, look over there, isn't that pretty?"

Physical Description:
1 cylinder (ca. 2 min.) : 154.2 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/f3df6qng
Catalog System Number:
990041105620203776
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.