Alexandria Digital Research Library

[Brown wax home recording of singing and recitations] .

Cylinder13292

Performer:
Embree, Frank Lawrence
Place of Publication:
[United States],
Issued Date:
1890
Genres:
Personal recordings
Notes:

The David Giovannoni Collection of home cylinder recordings (Frank Lawrence Embree Collection, Set Number: 294-31, Originally acquired: The Musical Wonder House Collection, 2011).

List accompanying cylinder case: "(69) The mill will never grind some, mit de Water Dat gone By."

Frank Lawrence Embree.

Brown wax cylinder.

Description:

Man sings "Henrietta, Have You Met Her"; then recites "The Lesson of the Wind-Mill" in a mock German dialect version; female speech: "Good morning, Mister Graphophone," etc.; then man speaks: "Hello, Mister Graphophone. My mother and Mrs. Brown (?) are sitting out in the sun, and Harry's out there with them. Miss Hunt and Amy have come in the barn here to talk to you," etc.

Physical Description:
1 cylinder (ca. 2 min.) : 100.9 rpm; 130.6 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/f3qz29dt
Catalog System Number:
990041103350203776
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.