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Title
[Brown wax home recording of man singing two songs including Starlight]
Date Created and/or Issued
1905-1928
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.
Place of recording likely the United States.
Performer not given.
Male vocal solos. The lyrics of the first, unidentified song begin: "Give me, oh give me my little girl so fair, your bright eyes like blue skies shine out from golden hair."
Also available online via the Internet.
Sung in English.
The David Giovannoni Collection of home cylinder recordings (Set Number: 129-03, Originally acquired: Bruce Mager (Waves), Wayne, October 2008).
Type
sound
Format
Audio
Audio cylinder
Electronic resource
Extent
1 cylinder (ca. 2 min.) : 182.9 rpm ; 2 1/4 x 4 in.
Identifier
(OCoLC)881048966
Language
English
Subject
Personal recordings

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