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[Brown wax home recording of Christmas polka by Winnie Hemenway, January 15, 1902].

Cylinder12827

Performer:
Hemenway, Winnie
Variant Title:
Christmas polka
Place of Publication:
[Place of production unknown],
Issued Date:
1902
Genres:
Personal recordings
Notes:

Inscription on slip: "Winnie Hemenway."

The David Giovannoni Collection of home cylinder recordings (Set Number: 109-01, Originally acquired: Kurt Nauck, Vintage Record Auction #38, May 2008).

Brown wax cylinder.

Announcement at beginning: "Christmas Polka, by Winnie Hemenway, played January the fifteenth, nineteen two."

Place of recording likely the United States.

Winnie Hemenway.

Description:

Solo on harmonium or similar keyboard instrument. After a gap, a man says: "This is a big horn, how do you like it?" followed by another brief performance on the same instrument.

Physical Description:
1 cylinder (ca. 2 min.) : 132.5 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/f3ns0tcg
Catalog System Number:
990041108000203776
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.