Research Catalog
Edison white wax "Perfected" era cylinders.
- Title
- Edison white wax "Perfected" era cylinders. Nos. 23 thru 44.
- Publication
- 1888-1889.
Available Online
Details
- Additional Authors
- Pattison, J. N. (John Nelson), 1845-1905.
- Whitehead, James, Sir, 1834-1917
- Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931
- Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898
- Gouraud, George Edward, 1841-1912
- Aberdeen and Temair, John Campbell Hamilton-Gordon, Marquess of, 1847-1934
- Rowton, Montagu William Lowry-Corry, Baron of, 1838-1903
- Fowler, John, Sir, 1817-1898
- Hunter, William Wilson, 1840-1900
- Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900
- Broadley, Alexander Meyrick, 1847-1916
- Raikes, Henry Cecil
- Yates, Edmund, 1831-1894
- Wood, Henry Trueman, 1845-1929
- Dredge, James, 1840-1906
- Miller, Walter H.
- Wangemann, A. Theodore E., 1855-1906
- Issler, Edward
- Stewart, Effie
- Issler's Orchestra, performer.
- Edison National Historic Site (Agency : U.S.)
- Inventors' Institute (London, England)
- Found In
- Edison white wax cylinders collection.
- Description
- 1 streaming audio file (61:03) : digital, mono.
- Alternative Title
- Good night ladies.
- Merrily we roll along.
- Fifth Regiment march.
- Edison white wax cylinders collection
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Sound recordings.
- Note
- Title from audiotape reel container.
- Access (note)
- Access via streaming audio restricted to onsite at New York Public Library secure reading rooms.
- Credits (note)
- 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.
- Linking Entry (note)
- Forms part of the Edison white wax cylinders collection; *L(Special) 98-14.
- 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.
- Call Number
- *LT-10 9656
- OCLC
- 916486811
- Title
- Edison white wax "Perfected" era cylinders. Nos. 23 thru 44.
- Production
- 1888-1889.
- Playing Time
- 010103
- Type of Content
- spoken wordperformed music
- Type of Medium
- audiocomputer
- Type of Carrier
- online resourceaudiotape reel
- 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.
- Performer
- 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)
- Event
- 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.
- Access
- Access via streaming audio restricted to onsite at New York Public Library secure reading rooms.
- Original Version
- Preservation copy: (1 audiotape reel : analog, two-track, 7 1/2 ips, NAB, mono ; 10 in.) in *LT-10 9656.
- Linking Entry
- Forms part of the Edison white wax cylinders collection; *L(Special) 98-14.
- Local Note
- Preservation file: (1 audio file : digital, WAV file, 96 kHz, 24 bit), in long term storage, Digital Library Processing server [myh_lt109656_v01f01_em].
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Container of (work): Pattison, J. N. (John Nelson), 1845-1905. Pattison waltz.Whitehead, James, Sir, 1834-1917, addressor.Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931, addressor.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 of, 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.)Inventors' Institute (London, England)
- Added Title
- Good night ladies.Merrily we roll along.Fifth Regiment march.Edison white wax cylinders collection
- Found In:
- Edison white wax cylinders collection.
- Research Call Number
- *LT-10 9656