Matrix C-8907. Gems from The Mikado / Victor Light Opera Company

Primary Title	Source
Gems from The Mikado	Disc label

Title	Source
Gems from The Mikado (Primary title)	Disc label
Part 1 (Title part)	Disc label
Behold the Lord High Executioner ; The flowers that bloom in the spring ; Three little maids ; Tit willow ; He's gone and married Yum-Yum ; With joyous shout (Medley contents)	Disc label
Mikado. Selections (Uniform title)

Authors and Composers	Notes
W. S. Gilbert (librettist)
Arthur Sullivan (composer)

Composer information source: Disc label

Personnel	Notes
Victor Light Opera Company (Vocal group)
William F. Hooley (vocalist: bass vocal)	Takes 1-15
John H. Bieling (vocalist: tenor vocal)	Takes 1-9
Marguerite Dunlap (vocalist: contralto)	Takes 1-12
Elsie Baker (vocalist: contralto)	Takes 13-25
Frank Croxton (vocalist: bass vocal)	Takes 16-25
Charles Harrison (vocalist: tenor vocal)	Takes 19-25
Olive Kline (vocalist: soprano vocal)	Takes 10-25
Harry Macdonough (vocalist: tenor vocal)	Takes 1-15
Lucy Isabelle Marsh (vocalist: soprano vocal)	Takes 1-25
Lambert Murphy (vocalist: tenor vocal)	Takes 10-25
Gladys Rice (vocalist: soprano vocal)	Takes 16-25
Reinald Werrenrath (vocalist: baritone vocal)	Takes 1-15; 19-25
William Wheeler (vocalist: tenor vocal)	Takes 1-9
Elizabeth Wheeler (vocalist: soprano vocal)	Takes 1-15
Walter B. Rogers (conductor)	Takes 10-12
Rosario Bourdon (conductor)	Takes 13-18
Josef Pasternack (conductor)	Takes 19-25
Steve Porter (vocalist: baritone vocal)	Takes 5-6
Charles W. Kitchell (vocalist)	Takes 16-18
Elliott Shaw (vocalist: baritone vocal)	Takes 16-18
Charles Hart (vocalist: tenor vocal)	Takes 16-18

Primary Performer	Notes
Victor Light Opera Company (Vocal group)

Description: Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra
Category: Vocal
Language: English
Master Size: 12-inch

Take Date and Place	Take	Status	Label Name/Number	Format
5/25/1910 (Camden, New Jersey)	8	Master	Victor 31789	12" disc
5/25/1910 (Camden, New Jersey)	8	Master	Gramophone 04506	12" disc
5/25/1910 (Camden, New Jersey)	9	Master	Victor 31789	12" disc
10/23/1914 (Camden, New Jersey)	10	Master/destroy	Victor 31789	12" disc
10/23/1914 (Camden, New Jersey)	10	Master/destroy	Victor 35551	12" disc
6/6/1916 (Camden, New Jersey)	15	Master/destroy	Victor 31789	12" disc
6/6/1916 (Camden, New Jersey)	15	Master/destroy	Victor 35551	12" disc

7/21/1921 (Camden, New Jersey)	23	Master	Victor 35551	12" disc

Footnotes and Sources
Performers for each selection are not identified in the Victor ledgers for earlier takes.
For takes 26-28, see CVE-8907.
Source(s) consulted: John Bolig files (disc releases); Rigler-Deutsch Index; catalog; Victor ledgers.

Footnotes and Sources

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