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Title
[Brown wax home recording of man speaking in French and English and introducing Mrs. Glover to the graphophone]
Contributor
Embree, Frank Lawrence
Date Created and/or Issued
1890-1928
Contributing Institution
UC Santa Barbara, Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Collection
Cylinder Audio Archive
Rights Information
copyright unknown
MP3 files of the 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 2.5 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. Full contact information can be found at: http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/licensing.php.
Description
Brown wax cylinder.
Frank Lawrence Embree.
In first segment, man speaks to graphophone in French and in broken English with a mock French accent: "you do not make the noise what I like," "I do not you like very much," etc. In second segment, man introduces Mrs. Glover of Rockland to the graphophone, followed by a similar speech that has been partly recorded over.
Also available online via the Internet.
Sung in French and English.
The David Giovannoni Collection of home cylinder recordings (Frank Lawrence Embree Collection, Set Number: 294-08, Originally acquired: The Musical Wonder House Collection, 2011).
Type
sound
Format
Audio
Audio cylinder
Electronic resource
Extent
1 cylinder (ca. 2 min.) : (part 1) 102.3 rpm (part 2) 136.2 rpm ; 2 1/4 x 4 in.
Identifier
(OCoLC)881047758
Language
French
Subject
Personal recordings

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