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      • [Brown wax home recording of anecdote about a bass viol player in early nineteenth century Ohio, told by Halsey H. Moses].

[Brown wax home recording of anecdote about a bass viol player in early nineteenth century Ohio, told by Halsey H. Moses].

Cylinder12988

Performer:
Moses, Halsey H.
Place of Publication:
[United States],
Issued Date:
1908
Genres:
Personal recordings
Notes:

Halsey H. Moses.

The David Giovannoni Collection of home cylinder recordings (F. E. Moses Collection, Set Number: 179-26, Originally acquired: Don Hill Collection, c.2000 (from Bevis Faversham, 1992)).

Inscription on box: "H. H. Moses Story."

Brown wax cylinder.

Description:

Story begins: "About eighteen hundred and eight, there lived a character in Ashtabula County, Ohio by the name of Lyme Peck. He used to play the bass viol at the dances in the log cabins..." The speaker is the attorney Halsey H. Moses (b. 1831), father of F. E. Moses.

Physical Description:
1 cylinder (ca. 2 min.) : 156.2 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/f3g1608b
Catalog System Number:
990041106390203776
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.