I have recently found a nice compilation of historical recordings with banjo, mandolin and other instruments. Most of those recordings are available in other sources like i archive.org or the Antique Phonograph Music Program http://wfmu.org/playlists/AP But it is much more easy to listen to those recordings on the following page: Banjo Bands, Mandolin Orchestras, Accordion, […]
Recently I have discovered a nice piece for the mandolin – the cakewalk South Car’lina Tickle by Adam Geibel. I found this when I played through a collection of mandolin pieces that was published as the Majestic Collection at the beginning of the 20th century. Adam Geibel lived from 1855 until 1933, so the copyright
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On twitter I have found a tweet about an online exhibition about Songs of Virginia Tragedies which can be found on the homepage of the Blueridge Institute: Deathly Lyrics: Songs of Virginia Tragedies (link no more available) A story told in song, the ballad has for centuries been a means for passing history from one
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The Virtual Gramophone is a site where thousands of recordings from the early 20th century from Canada can be found as podcasts or for immediate download. Welcome to the Library and Archives of Canada’s Virtual Gramophone, a multimedia website devoted to the early days of Canadian recorded sound, providing an overview of the 78-rpm era
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Beside the Cylinder Preservation Project about which I have recently written in my blog I have found some other historical recordings. A radio staion in New York has a weekly feature with historical recordings played from Edison-cylinders and other old recordings on the original devices. I have found the following recordings with mandolin. Those broadcasts
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Mario de Pietro was a mandolin and banjo player who was very popular in the 1930 in the UK. Several movies have been preserved in the archives of British Pathe. The videos are also available on youtube. JOAN REVEL AND MARIO DE PIETRO Schön Rosmarin (Kreidler) /Lollipops (8.9.1930) Playlist MARIO DE PIETRO Additional information The
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The history of the electric guitar began in the early 1930s. Especially the Hawaiian lap steel guitar was electrified and used by several Hawaiian bands of the time. British Pathé has documented such performances, those are certainly very interesting documents for the history of the elctric guitar. Rudy Starita 22/06/1936 Now Pathetone has pleasure in
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The French ukulele site ukulele.fr pointed me today to British Pathé. British Pathé is one of the oldest media companies, the founder of the company – Charles Pathé – began already in the 1890s to work with moving images. They produced weekly movies with the events and news of the week for the cinamas and
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