Matrix B-802. Artist's life waltz / Pryor's Orchestra [i.e., Victor Orchestra]

Primary Title Source
Artist's life waltz Disc label (Vi 2590)
Vida de artista Disc label (Vi 62507)

Title Source
Artist's life waltz (Primary title) Disc label (Vi 2590)
Vida de artista (Primary title) Disc label (Vi 62507)
Künstlerleben; arr. (Uniform title)

Authors and Composers Notes
Johann Strauss (composer)

Primary Performer Notes
Pryor's Orchestra [i.e., Victor Orchestra] (Musical group)

Description: Orchestra
Category: Instrumental
Marketing Genre: Spanish
Master Size: 10-inch

Take Date and Place
Take
Status Label Name/Number
Format
Note
12/10/1903 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [unconfirmed]) 1
12/10/1903 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [unconfirmed]) 2 Master Victor 2590
10" disc
12/10/1903 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [unconfirmed]) 3
11/15/1904 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [unconfirmed]) 4 Destroy
5/1/1906 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [unconfirmed]) 4[a] Destroy
11/15/1904 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [unconfirmed]) 5 Master Victor 62507
10" disc

 

5/1/1906 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [unconfirmed]) 5[a] Master
1/5/1906 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [unconfirmed]) 6
"For Canada"
6/18/1908 (Camden, New Jersey [unconfirmed]) 6[a]
8/13/1908 (Camden, New Jersey [unconfirmed]) 7 Master Victor 62507
10" disc
8/20/1908 (Camden, New Jersey [unconfirmed]) 8 Destroy
8/20/1908 (Camden, New Jersey [unconfirmed]) 9 Destroy

Take Date and Place
Take
Status Label Name/Number
Format
Note
12/10/1903 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [unconfirmed])
2
Master Victor 2590
10" disc
11/15/1904 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [unconfirmed])
5
Master Victor 62507
10" disc

 

8/13/1908 (Camden, New Jersey [unconfirmed])
7
Master Victor 62507
10" disc

Footnotes and Sources
Vi 2590 is listed in 1904 and 1906 catalogs as by Pryor's Orchestra; EDVR vol. 2 credits Pryor's Band and Victor ledgers name Victor Orchestra.
1906 and 1908 recordings by the Victor Orchestra.
Take 7 is marked in Victor ledgers as destroyed.
Takes 6 and 6[a] not found in Victor ledgers under Victor Orchestra or Pryor's Band.
EDVR vol. II lists Take Date for Takes 4 and 5 as 11/15/1904. It does not list Takes 4[a] and 5[a] recorded on 5/1/1906.
UCSB collection includes a copy of Vi 2590 marked take 5.
Source(s) consulted: catalog; disc; Victor ledgers.

Footnotes and Sources