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Edison white wax "Perfected" era cylinders, Nos. 23 thru 44

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Edison white wax "Perfected" era cylinders

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Title
Edison white wax "Perfected" era cylinders, Nos. 23 thru 44
Additional title: Good night ladies
Additional title: Merrily we roll along
Additional title: Fifth Regiment march
Names
Whitehead, James, Sir, 1834-1917 (Commentator)
Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931 (Commentator)
Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931 (Addressee)
Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898 (Host)
Gouraud, George Edward, 1841-1912 (Host)
Aberdeen and Temair, John Campbell Hamilton-Gordon, Marquess of, 1847-1934 (Commentator)
Rowton, Montagu William Lowry-Corry, baron, 1838-1903 (Commentator)
Fowler, John, Sir, 1817-1898 (Commentator)
Gouraud, George Edward, 1841-1912 (Commentator)
Hunter, William Wilson, 1840-1900 (Commentator)
Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900 (Commentator)
Broadley, Alexander Meyrick, 1847-1916 (Commentator)
Raikes, Henry Cecil (Commentator)
Yates, Edmund, 1831-1894 (Commentator)
Wood, Henry Trueman, 1845-1929 (Commentator)
Dredge, James, 1840-1906 (Commentator)
Miller, Walter H (Recording engineer)
Wangemann, A. Theodore E., 1855-1906 (Recording engineer)
Gouraud, George Edward, 1841-1912 (Recording engineer)
Issler, Edward (Conductor)
Stewart, Effie (Performer)
Wangemann, A. Theodore E., 1855-1906 (Performer)
Issler's Orchestra (Performer)
Edison National Historic Site (Agency : U.S.) (Lender)
Inventors' Institute (London, England) (Associated name)
Collection

Edison white wax cylinders collection

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1888-10 - 1889-03
Table of Contents
Fifth Regiment March, by Issler's Orchestra, March 1889. [Edward Issler, conductor] Taken [recorded] by W. [Walter] H. Miller [originally recorded in West Orange, New Jersey; medley includes "Good night ladies" and "Merrily we roll along"] -- ["The Pattison waltz"] [originally recorded February 25, 1889 at The Edison Laboratory, West Orange, New Jersey] / J. N. Pattison -- [Around the world on the phonograph: Edison's letter to Mr. Blaine] (originally recorded in late October 1888, West Orange, New Jersey; this is believed to be the earilest existing recording of Thomas Edison's voice): [Take 1; audio very erratic] ; [Take 2; slightly erratic] ; [Take 3, good audio] -- Lord Mayor of London [Sir James Whitehead] [letter] to Edison -- Queen Anne's Lodge speeches (November 22? 1888; [Mr. Gladstone, or Prime Minister William E. Gladstone], host): Earl of Aberdeen [John Campbell Hamilton-Gordon], Earl of Mead (?), Lord Rowton [Montagu William Lowry-Corry], Sir John Fowler and the Civil Engineers of England -- Queen Anne's Lodge speeches (November 22? 1888; [Mr. Gladstone, or Prime Minister William E. Gladstone], host): Sir William Hunter (author of "Statistical survey of India") and 2 others (?) -- After dinner toast at Little Menlo (October 5, 1888): Hip hip hooray! (?) (Col. George Gouraud, host) -- After dinner toast at Little Menlo (October 5, 1888): Sir Arthur Sullivan and [brief excerpt] [A. M.] Broadley, barrister [Take 1; feedback and reverb erratic] ; [Take 2] ; [Take 3] (Col. George Gouraud, host) -- [After dinner toast at Little Menlo (October 5, 1888)]: Mr. [Henry] Cecil Raikes, Her Majesty's Postmaster General and Edmund Yates [address to Mr. Edison] (Col. George Gouraud, host) -- Col. Gouraud at Inventors' Institute, London England (November 1888, at midnight) [letter to Mr. Edison]: [Take 1; audio erratic] ; [Take 2, first part only; audio erratic] -- After dinner toast at Little Menlo (October 5, 1888): [Beginning of toast, listing some of the individuals at the dinner; audio erratic at end] (Col. George Gouraud, host) -- Mr. [Henry Trueman] Wood and Mr. [James] Dredge to Edison [audio erratic] -- After dinner toast at Little Menlo (October 5, 1888): Opening remarks ; Toasts and cheers to Edmund Yates, Sir Arthur Sullivan, [A. M.] Broadley, barrister and Postmaster General [audio erratic] (Col. George Gouraud, host) -- [Letter from] Col. Gouraud to Mr. Edison, December 12, 1888.
Library locations
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LT-10 9656
Topics
Thomas A. Edison, Inc
Phonograph -- History
Sound -- Recording and reproducing -- History
Cylinder recordings
Speeches, addresses, etc
Toasts
Dictation recordings
Songs (High voice) with piano
Waltzes
Marches
Pattison, J. N. (John Nelson), 1845-1905. Pattison waltz
Genres
Music
Speeches
Notes
Statement of responsibility: Whenever these cylinders are used for any purpose, please give credit as follows: U.S. Department of Interior, National Park Service, Edison National Historic Site.
Source note: The original cylinders were loaned to the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound by the Edison National Historic Site in 1995. On August 27, 1995, they were transferred to 10" open reel tape by Rodgers & Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound staff.
Source note: Title from audiotape reel container.
Creation/production credits: Walter H. Miller (Cylinder operator: no. 23), Theo Wangemann (Cylinder operator: no. 24), [Thomas Edison] (Cylinder operator: nos. 25-27) and Col. George Gouraud (Cylinder operator: nos. ), recording engineers.
Performers: Issler's Orchestra ; [Edward Issler, conductor] (no. 23). Effie Stewart, soprano ; Theo Wangemann, piano and opening remarks (no. 24). Thomas A. Edison, letter dictation commentary (nos. 25-27). Sir James Whitehead, Lord Mayor of London, letter dictation commentary (no. 28). Prime Minister William E. Gladstone, host ; with Earl of Aberdeen, Earl of Mead (?), Lord Rowton, Sir John Fowler and Sir William Hutton [Hunter] (nos. 29-30). Col. George Gouraud, host and added commentary ; with Sir Arthur Sullivan, A. M. Broadley, [Henry] Cecil Raikes, Her Majesty's Postmaster General, Edmund Yates, Sir Henry Trueman Wood and James Dredge, commentators (nos. 31-44)
Venue: Transferred to tape by the Rodgers & Hammerstein Archives, New York Public Library, 1995 August 27, from original cylinders lent by the Edison National Historic Site.
Physical Description
Audiotape reel
Extent: 1 audiotape reel (approximately 61 min.) : analog, two-track, 7 1/2 ips, NAB, mono ; 10 in.)
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 916486811
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20760460
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): e1552ac0-b911-0133-bea6-60f81dd2b63c
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1834: Creator Born
  • 1888: Created (Approximate)
  • 1917: Creator Died
  • 2024: Found by you!
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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Edison white wax "Perfected" era cylinders" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1888 - 1889. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e4cc6150-b911-0133-3fd2-60f81dd2b63c

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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Edison white wax "Perfected" era cylinders" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 27, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e4cc6150-b911-0133-3fd2-60f81dd2b63c

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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1888 - 1889). Edison white wax "Perfected" era cylinders Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e4cc6150-b911-0133-3fd2-60f81dd2b63c

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Edison white wax "Perfected" era cylinders