[Brown wax home recording of man and child singing, speaking, and whistling selections including Santa Claus in Holland, the Lord's prayer, and Irish washerwoman, recorded over piano music].
Cylinder12835
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of production unknown],
- Issued Date:
- 1890
- Genres:
- Personal recordings
- Notes:
The David Giovannoni Collection of home cylinder recordings (Set Number: 116-02).
Place of recording likely the United States.
Performers not given.
Announcement at beginning: "Santa Claus in Holland."
Brown wax cylinder.
- Description:
Child recites "Santa Claus in Holland"; man recites Lord's Prayer and sings an unidentified song (the recording at this point is poorly made and mistracks); then whistling ("Irish Washerwoman"); cylinder concludes with snippets of child singing and man speaking. Recording was made over a palimpsest recording of piano music. "Santa Claus in Holland" had appeared in print by 1906, cited as from The Ladies' World.
- Physical Description:
- 1 cylinder (ca. 2 min.) : 134.2 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/Cylinder12835
- ARK:
- ark:/48907/f3pr7vgv
- Catalog System Number:
- 990041107920203776
- Copyright Holder:
- University of California (System). Regents
- Restrictions:
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