[Brown wax home recording of whistling over commercial recording of King cotton march, played by Sousa's Grand Concert Band, followed by man addressing graphophone]
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Description
Modified commercial brown wax cylinder. Frank Lawrence Embree. Whistling recorded over commercial band recording. Speech at end: "Uh, hello, Mister Graphophone. Why, uh, Miss Beulah Norris is here, and uh, she don't believe much in the graphophone and don't believe much in it, uh, in its practical use. I want you to show her and the baby and Mrs. Embree and myself what you can do. December thirtieth--" Also available online via the Internet. Sung in English. The David Giovannoni Collection of home cylinder recordings (Frank Lawrence Embree Collection, Set Number: 294-30, Originally acquired: The Musical Wonder House Collection, 2011).
Type
sound
Format
Audio Audio cylinder Electronic resource
Extent
1 cylinder (ca. 2 min.) : 124.1 rpm ; 2 1/4 x 4 in.
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