Brown wax home recording of Down where the cotton blossoms grow by George Osborne
Cylinder12920
- Composer:
- Von Tilzer, Harry, 1872-1946
- Lyricist:
- Sterling, Andrew B., 1874-1955
- Performer:
- Osborne, George T.
- Variant Title:
- Down where the cotton blossoms grow
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of production unknown],
- Issued Date:
- 1901
- Genres:
- Personal recordings
- Notes:
George T. Osborne.
Announcement at beginning: "Down Where the Cotton Blossoms Grow, recorded in Littletown, Connecticut, by Mister George Osborne of Belfast, Maine, [Amateur?] Record."
Brown wax cylinder.
Place of recording likely the United States.
The David Giovannoni Collection of home cylinder recordings (Set Number: 143-01, Originally acquired: Don Hill Collection, c.2000).
- Description:
Male vocal solo. The performer was born in January 1838 and listed in the 1900 federal census for Belfast, Maine, as a "master mariner." Also listed in 1890 veterans schedule as a Civil War veteran (sergeant, 2nd Maine cavalry).
- Physical Description:
- 1 cylinder (ca. 2 min.) : 145.7 rpm ; 2 1/4 x 4 in.
- Format:
- Audio musical
- Collection(s):
- Cylinder Audio Archive
- Library Location:
- Department of Special Research Collections
- Other Versions:
- http://www.library.ucsb.edu/OBJID/Cylinder12920
- ARK:
- ark:/48907/f3p55n0g
- Catalog System Number:
- 990041107070203776
- Copyright Holder:
- University of California (System). Regents
- Restrictions:
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