Recently I have discovered a video clip with the song The Man with the Mandolin, a song composed and popular in 1939, which has also been played by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra. Nick Lucas, a famous singer of that time, has also recorded a version: NICK LUCAS – The Man With The Mandolin (1939) […]
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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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The first recordings on Edison-cylindars were made bythe end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century. To preserve the old recordings the Cylinder Preservation Project is digitising those old recordings http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/index.php The following recordings with mandolin are available: Search for “mandolin”: http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/search.php?query=mandolin&queryType=%40attr+1%3D1016 Search for “Arriaga”: http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/search.php?query=arriaga&queryType=%40attr+1%3D1016
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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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I am just listening to examples from a site dedicated to American Oldtime Music: ROOTS OF AMERICAN FIDDLE MUSIC – Old Time Music Recordings, Photos, And Information http://www.1001tunes.com/ On this homepage you can read: Early recorded country music of the 1920’s and 1930’s, particulary of the southeastern states, is what is commonly referred to as
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