With (reverse side): Johnson "jazz" blues / Frisco Jazz Band. Coupling date: 6/6/1919. Five African Americans--three men and two women--perform a cakewalk, a dance featuring fancy strutting that was named after the prize awarded in the original contests. Cutout date: 10/31/1929. The collection, in the custody of the Motion Picture Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division since 1978, has grown to include over 3.5 million items encompassing audio formats from cylinders to CDs. They wear tights, ballet shoes, and frilly dresses to the knee with multiple petticoats and ruffled drawers. on labels: 8860, 8606; Diamond Disc nos. Coupling date: 6/19/1918--Cf. Coupling date: 4/10/1919. With (reverse side): Town topics of Pun'kin Center / Cal Stewart. It is especially strong in two- and four-minute Edison wax cylinders. Frosini, Pietro - Wiedoeft, Rudy - Erdman, Ernie. Strong-man Eugene (Eugen) Sandow poses in a long shot on a bare stage against a black background, wearing only tight trunks and laced sandals. Cutout date: 8/21/1925. Personal Film Company - Commonwealth Pictures Corporation - Afi/Zouary (Maurice) Collection (Library of Congress). With (reverse side): Missouri waltz / Jaudas' Society Orchestra. From... Toto Brothers - Spanuth, Hans A. Opening title introduces "Three jumping Tommies in their original acrobatic stunts," with "Tommies" apparently referring to the performers' British military uniform costumes of caps, shirts and ties, knickers to the knees, tights, and short boots. On label: recitation; title (a) Seven Ages of Man, (b) Hamlet's Advice to the Players. Each song remixes a single item in the Library’s collection called Inventing Entertainment-The Early Motion Pictures and Sound Recordings of the Edison Companies. Coupling date: 2/1/1921--Cf. They are notable as the first recordings made of Woody Guthrie. One notable component of the public domain for recordings is the body of recordings made by the companies of Thomas A. Edison between 1890 and 1929. Datasets available include LCSH, BIBFRAME, LC Name Authorities, LC Classification, MARC codes, PREMIS vocabularies, ISO language codes, and more. Cutout date: 11/21/1927. On label: fox trot. Tally, Harry - Mayo, Harry - Hill, J. Leubrie (John Leubrie). The UCSB Library has several major collections of cylinders. ; 2nd work consists of a song followed by vocal sound effects. This includes data values and the controlled vocabularies that house them. We will also be coordinating with other libraries and archives including the Thomas Edison National Historic Park, Stanford, Syracuse and Library of Congress with a goal of providing online access to almost all 9,000 issued Edison disc recordings to create a comprehensive digital archive for scholarship and public access. Engraved label. Wile, 1978. The Library of Congress does not control the content posted. Visible in... Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - Heise, William. - Afi/Peters (S.E.) Laughing record; novelty song. From stage left enters a man wearing dark leotards with a single-shouldered top, a waist belt, and dark high-top shoes with a white border. With (reverse side): Coon 'possum hunt / Billy Golden, Billy Heins. Download and use sounds with your favorite software. Edison: 8860-B-3-7 (matrix), 8606-B-4-3 (matrix); additional nos. The baboon wears a white short-sleeved shirt with a loose bow tie and tweed pants. Edison: 5744-C-7-44 (matrix), 4998-C-4-4X (matrix); Diamond Disc no. Copyright: Waterson, Berlin & Snyder, 1915/Mills Music Inc. Coupling date: 3/27/1916. Cutout date: 10/31/1929. ; 2nd work consists of a song followed by vocal sound effects. On label: tenor and chorus with orchestra. With (reverse side): Hawaiian butterfly medley / Jaudus' Society Orchestra. As they step in place against a light background,... Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress), Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress), I love the name of Mary : tenor and chorus with orchestra, In Siam : Wars of the world : N.Y. Hippodrome : tenor and chorus, orchestra accompaniment, Happy tho' married : monologue ; Desperate Desmond : drama : (rehearsing the orchestra) : vaudeville specialty, Good-bye Broadway, hello France : baritone and chorus with orchestra, Saxophone sobs : saxophone with orchestra. Another iris effect opens to a stage with a dark background and a decorated, cushioned platform center stage. From stage right march three young men; a short boy flanked by... Spanuth, Hans A. The Arkansas Traveler (Descriptive Scene), performed by Steve Porter and Ernest Hare Edison 51010-R, recorded 1922 WAV version of this recording. Coupling date: 3/26/1918. Coupling date: 6/8/1916. Coupling date: 1/15/1919. On label: baritone and tenor, orchestra accompaniment. on edge of disc: 50198. 25. Surrounding and encouraging him with hand claps is a group of men, dressed in a variety of styles, from shirtsleeves and caps to suits and hats, with one gentleman in a formal suit and top hat. The Linked Data Service provides access to commonly found standards and vocabularies promulgated by the Library of Congress. Cutout date: 10/31/1929. Background on the Early History of Recorded SoundIn 1877, Thomas Edison invented the phonograph, the first machine that could record sound and play it back. Share: Twitter; Facebook; News. The collection of the late author and discographer William R. … With (reverse side): At the Yiddish wedding jubilee / Maurice Burkhart. Library of Congress | American Memory collection What's there: 24 collections in the Library of Congress’ American Memory include sound recordings. on edge of disc: 50454. Camera iris opens to six ponies with decorated harnesses and plumed halters, standing in the center of a stage with a painted backdrop of mountains. Datasets available include LCSH, BIBFRAME, LC Name Authorities, LC Classification, MARC codes, PREMIS vocabularies, ISO language codes, and more. With (reverse side): Dry town blues / Lou Chiha "Friscoe.". The Blanche Browning-Rich Collection consists of approximately 1,200 Blue Amberol cylinders from unplayed dealer's inventory, acquired by the library in 2002 from the Rich family of Ogden, Utah. Edison Manufacturing Co. Inventing Entertainment: The Motion Pictures and Sound Recordings of the Edison Companies, Library of Congress. Datasets available include LCSH, BIBFRAME, LC Name Authorities, LC Classification, MARC codes, PREMIS vocabularies, ISO language codes, and more. The ADP is also a partner with the Library of Congress National Jukebox project and provides most of the cataloging data used in the Jukebox. Cutout date: 10/31/1929. Engraved labels. Coupling date: 7/10/1916. With (reverse side): Desperate Desmond / Fred Duprez. Explore free-to-use sounds from the Library of Congress. These recordings feature comic skits, popular music and songs--including well-known favorites from the Civil War and World War I--and a dramatic monologue. Cutout date: 10/31/1929. The Library of Congress Recording Sessions refers to a March 1940 session of recordings Woody Guthrie made in Washington, D.C., for Alan Lomax. Cutout date: 10/31/1929. With (reverse side): There's a long long trail / George Ballard and chorus. Variety Stage Sound Recordings and Motion Pictures, Part of: Variety Stage Sound Recordings and Motion Pictures. Kenbrovin, Jaan - Clark, Helen - Kellette, John William - Ballard, George Wilton, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, The Spanish-American War in Motion Pictures, America at Work, America at Leisure: Motion Pictures from 1894 to 1915, Last Days of a President: Films of McKinley and the Pan-American Exposition, 1901, The Life of a City: Early Films of New York, 1898 to 1906, Before and After the Great Earthquake and Fire: Early Films of San Francisco, 1897 to 1916, Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress), Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress), Hendricks (Gordon) Collection (Library of Congress), I've been floating down the old green river, Are you from Dixie? Cutout date: 10/31/1929. On label: tenor with orchestra. Coupling date: 11/23/1914--Cf. Laughing record : Henry's music lesson. White, Edna - Gaylord, Chester - Molloy, J. L. (James L.). LC copy: 5744-C-2-102 (matrix, 1st side) ; 4998-C-6-90 (matrix, 2nd side). There’s a mix of spoken word and music recordings — you can hear person-on-the-street interviews made just after the attack on Pearl Harbor, as well as recations to the September 11 attacks. Coupling date: 6/22/1915. A woman wearing a light-colored leotard, gathered at the waist, and tights stands against a black background. Legal title to those recordings did pass to a successor company; however, in the 1950s that company conveyed title to the U.S. government as part of an agreement with the U.S. On label: a rural monologue. Harry E. Humphrey delivers this romantic poem of the American West in the typical dramatic style of the time--Cf. The first phonograph cylinders were manufactured in 1888, followed by Edison's foundation of the Edison Phonograph Company in the same year. With (reverse side): Hungarian serenade / Alessios Mandolin Quartet. Another iris effect opens on... Spanuth, Hans A. With (reverse side): National airs of the Allies / New York Military Band. Performer on 1st side from... Collins, Arthur - Collins and Harlan (Musical Group) - Crandall, Charles D. - Stembler, Sallie - Harlan, Byron G. Edison: 7683 (matrix), 7690 (matrix); Diamond Disc nos. With (reverse side): Cohen at the telephone / George Thompson. The Recorded Sound Research Center provides access to the commercial and archival audio holdings of the Library of Congress. Engraved labels. On label: recitation; listed as (a) The Raggedy Man, (b) The Bumblebee, (c) An Impetuous Resolve. Mute. Klein, Manuel - Murray, Billy - Berlin, Irving. This is a project by Brian Foo as part of the 2020 Innovator in Residence Program at the Library of Congress. on labels: 51063-R, 51063-L. Humorous song and spoken word comedy. Cylinder of the day “Stars and stripes forever march” performed by Sousa's Grand Concert Band. "Edison re-creation." Program notes and performers' full names on... Drew, Lillian - American Quartet - Orren, John. Walter Van Brunt, tenor ; with chorus and orchestra. He begins with his arms folded against his chest, looking off screen left, then strikes a variety of poses that accentuate his muscular development. Cutout date: 10/31/1929. They begin by raising their right legs up by their heads, and then perform a dance with a variety of kicks and leg movements, their hands... American Mutoscope and Biograph Company - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress). Miss Jones and Messrs. Harlan and Porter are thoroughly experienced at this sort of work and every intonation of their voices gives just the right touch to the situation. Nevertheless, the Library of Congress may monitor any user-generated content as it chooses and reserves the right to remove content for any reason whatever, without consent. Recorded July 10, 1922 (1st side) and January 1923 (2nd side)--Cf. Porters on a Pullman train, Recollections of 1861-65 : trumpet solo with orchestra. Cutout date: 11/21/1927. Cutout date: 10/31/1929. Edison Records was one of the early record labels that pioneered sound recording and reproduction, and was an important player in the early recording industry.. Edison: 50083-R; mx 2362. Although she is filmed in a long shot, her feet are cut off in the frame. Date of first listing: March 12, 1929--Cf. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division. Cuts to a closeup of the baboon in a circular mask or iris effect, without the violin but with a collar around his neck and a striped kitten that he... Spanuth, Hans A. Chorus finale from Hill's musical 'My Friend from Kentucky' (1913), interpolated into the author's 'Darktown Follies' (1914) and into the 'Ziegfeld Follies of 1913.' She opens with a flourish of her arms and faces the camera. Coupling date: 11/5/1913. The Linked Data Service provides access to commonly found standards and vocabularies promulgated by the Library of Congress. With (reverse side): Don't bite the hand that's feeding you / Walter Van Brunt. On label: tenor and chorus. - Kawana Trio - Commonwealth Pictures Corporation - Afi/Zouary (Maurice) Collection (Library of Congress). LC copy: 8860-C-2-4 (matrix, R side) ; 8606-C-4-9 (matrix, L side). Thomas Edison’s film and sound ventures shaped American experience of cultural and technological change in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. On label: tenor with orchestra. Edison discs recordings, c1978. On a bare stage backed by a dark curtain, a man dressed in a three-piece suit and overcoat holds a racing program and excitedly watches a race supposedly taking place offstage. Rudy Wiedoeft, saxophone (1st work) ; Frosini, accordion (2nd work). Cutout date: 10/31/1929. Notice how the band plays the famous "Misere" from Verdi's... Harlan, Byron G. - Porter, Steve - Doty, Charles W. - Jones, Ada. The dwarf follows the "woman" with... Spanuth, Hans A. Edison's mother, Nancy Elliott, was originally from New York until her family moved to Vienna, Canada, where she met Sam Edison, Jr., whom she later married. Make music using the free-to-use audio and video materials from the Library of Congress. As a result of this partnership, 11,000 recordings made by Victor and Columbia between 1900 and 1925 can be streamed online. The Jukebox includes recordings from the extraordinary collections of the Library of Congress National Audio-Visual Conservation Center and other contributing libraries and archives. Baily, Edna - Brooke, L. Leslie (Leonard Leslie). "Jean Kenbrovin" is a combined pseudonym for James Kendis, James Brockman, and Nat Vincent. Opening title identifies the Kawana Trio as "artistic foot jugglers." Cutout date: 10/31/1929. On label: tenor and chorus with orchestra. Inventing Entertainment: The Early Motion Pictures and Sound Recordings of the Edison Companies This online collection features 81 Edison Diamond Disc sound recordings from 1913 to 1922 of instrumental, vocal, spoken word, spoken comedy, foreign language and ethnic, religious, opera and concert recordings. on record sleeve: 50485. Parks Department. Cuts to two ponies on a seesaw, with a moustached man in a white uniform with dark piping and a white cap holding their leads. Two clowns walk across the stage: a dwarf with a fake bald pate dressed in evening clothes and a top hat, and a tall, thin clown dressed as a woman. Contributor: American Vitagraph Company - Smith, Albert E. (Albert Edward) - Blackton, James Stuart - Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress) - Thomas A. Edison, Inc - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) - White, James H. (James Henry) Date: 1898 With (reverse side): My mother's rosary / Walter Van Brunt. With (reverse side): Aunt Dinah's golden wedding / Empire Vaudeville Company. French words by Louis Bousquet. Lasca: Dramatic recitations were frequently on the variety show bill. Humphrey, Harry E. (Harry Ervin) - Kipling, Rudyard - Desprez, Frank. Play. Inventing Entertainment: The Early Motion Pictures and Sound Recordings of the Edison Companies Library of Congress Online Catalog 410 The 1st song from the revue, The passing show of 1917. Subject: Library of Congress National Digital Library announces release of Edison Collection; From: Tamara Swora Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 14:41:47 -0800 (PST) Message-id: <[email protected]> Cutout date: 10/31/1929. Cutout date: 10/31/1929. The 1st work consists primarily of vocal sound effects, including whistled bird sounds with piano acc. on record sleeve: 50485. Datasets available include LCSH, BIBFRAME, LC Name Authorities, LC Classification, MARC codes, PREMIS vocabularies, ISO language codes, and more. - Afi/Peters (S.E.) The Library of Congress presents the National Jukebox, which makes historical sound recordings available to the public free of charge. Its fleece was white as snow. On label: monologue. 0:00. Performed with accompaniment. Coupling date: 10/24/1917--Cf. The song was introduced by Florence Moore in "Maid in America" (1915). Coupling date: 10/26/1914. With (reverse side): In the old sweet way / Helen Clark, George Ballard. Cutout date: 10/31/1929. Opening title introduces "Kruger and Ward, the tall and short of it." With (reverse side): Till we meet again / Gladys Rice, Vernon Dalhart. Wile, 1978. Jaudas' Society Orchestra - Friml, Rudolf - Jaudas, Eugene. This includes data values and the controlled vocabularies that house them. ('cause I'm from Dixie too) / Billy Murray and chorus. Opens on a stage set of the interior of a theatrical dressing room. Fields, Arthur - Donovan, Walter - Harlan, Byron G. - Collins, Arthur. Billy Murray, tenor--Cf. When Sam became involved in an unsuccessful insurrection in Ontario in the 1830s, he was for… Cooper, Joseph - Murray, Billy - Kalmar, Bert. This collection contains early sound recordings on Edison Diamond Discs published between 1912 and 1929. In Edison Records catalog: fox trot, for dancing. Coupling date: 12/13/1917. It is cleverly written and even more cleverly presented. The bedroom window is raised from the outside, and a man dressed in black clothes and cap enters, furtively looks around the room, and checks to see that the bed's occupant is asleep. On label: tenor with orchestra. Coupling date: 8/1/1914. Opening title identifies this as a "balancing and iron jaw novelty act." on edge of disc: 50443. Happy tho' married side: Presents a humorous monologue in Hebrew dialect in which a man describes the courtship of his future wife and their life together after marriage. With (reverse side): La catrera / National Promenade Band. The Todd Collection consists of approximately 6,000 cylinders, ranging from brown wax to late Blue Amberols. Cutout date: 10/31/1929. Written in 1913 by two seniors at Yale. The Arkansas traveler descriptive scene ; Flanagan's troubles in a restaurant : vaudeville specialty. Wile, 1978. Copyright: Remick Music Corp., 1919. - U.S. Coupling date: 9/10/1915. - Afi/Peters (S.E.) Explore releases from the The Library Of Congress Recordings label. On label: baritone and male voices with orchestra. Coupling date: 5/11/1917. On label: contralto and tenor with orchestra. Yellen, Jack - Murray, Billy - Cobb, George L. Coupling date: 6/8/1916. Le label est fondé en 1888 par Thomas Edison Historique. Orren and Drew (1st side) ; The Premier Quartet (2nd side). Coupling date: 2/15/1919. With (reverse side): Out to old Aunt Mary's / Harry Humphrey. LC copy: 5687-C-3-72 (matrix, 1st side) ; 5659-C-5-44 (matrix, 2nd side). New York Military Band - Lenzberg, Julius. Opens on a bedroom set, with a man in a white nightshirt asleep on a Murphy bed. On label: one-step. On label: baritone with orchestra. on labels: 80613-R, 80613-L. Edna White, trumpet (1st work) ; Chester Gaylord, saxophone (2nd work). Wile, 1978. Created and maintained by the Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Van Brunt, Walter - Lewis, Sam L. - Meyer, George W. Coupling date: 3/27/1916. And everywhere that Mary went, the lamb was sure to go.” Edison recordings were made on tin foil and could sustain LC copy: 7863-A-6-5 (matrix, 1st side) ; 7690-B-7-11 (matrix, 2nd side). On the first audio recording Edison recited, “Mary had a little lamb. Camera iris opens from black to a smiling man standing in front of an elephant, who is seated on her haunches on a stool with her front legs raised in the air. Coupling date: 8/4/1915. Steve Porter, speaking (sides 1 and 2) ; Ernest Hare, speaking (side 1) ; with violin (side 1) and orchestra (side 2). Wile, 1978. From there, later generations relocated to Ontario and fought the Americans in the War of 1812. The UCSB Library invites you to discover and listen to its online archive of cylinder recordings; donate to help the collection grow; and learn about how these sounds and songs create an audio history of American culture. Cutout date: 10/31/1929. The Linked Data Service provides access to commonly found standards and vocabularies promulgated by the Library of Congress. Cutout date: 10/31/1929. They were catalogued in the United States Library of Congress. From Edison records catalog: This is one of the cleverest skits of its kind ever produced. Arthur Fields, baritone (1st work) ; Billy Murray, tenor (2nd work) ; with chorus and orchestra. With enthusiastic jumping and other delighted pantomime, he makes it clear his horse has won the race. Collection (Library of Congress) - Commonwealth Pictures Corporation. Coupling date: 9/11/13 (1st side) ; 11/1913 (2nd side)--Cf.... Van Brunt, Walter - Carroll, Harry - Graff, George - Ball, Ernest R. - Olcott, Chauncey. LC copy: 3382-A-1-1 (matrix, R side) ; 3365-C-3-4 (matrix, L side). Coupling date: 2/20/1917. With (reverse side): My croony melody / Billy Murray and chorus. They are apparently on a stage with a painted backdrop of a forest. These recording are not necessarily selected as the “best” recordings of all time, but rather as works of enduring importance to American culture and, hence, in need of permanent preservation by either the Library of Congress or another qualified institution. Fields, Arthur - Cohan, George M. (George Michael) - Murray, Billy - Baskette, Billy. A study in mimicry : vaudeville sketch Edison: 5522-A-2-2 (matrix), 6031-A-5-2 (matrix); Diamond Disc no. Cuts to a long shot of a stage with a painted backdrop of a garden with fountains. American variety stage, 1870-1920 summary. This includes data values and the controlled vocabularies that house them. The dancers wear rather formal attire, with the men in dark suits and black tie and the women in full-length, high-collared dark dresses; one woman carries a small American flag. Van Brunt, Walter - Hoier, Thomas P. - Morgan, Jimmie. Copyright: Waterson, Berlin & Snyder, 1915/Mills Music Inc., 1943.t. The 1st work consists primarily of vocal sound effects, including whistled bird sounds with piano acc. With (reverse side): Are you from Dixie? The 1st song from a revue. Engraved labels. This catalog entry was made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and by a grant from Lloyd E. Rigler and Lawrence E. Deutsch. The man gives the elephant a treat, who then stands as the iris closes. Edison: 5687-C-2-78 (matrix), 5659-C-3-77 (matrix); Diamond Disc no. 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