Victor Artists
Samuel Holland Rous (author)
On this Date...
May 19th, 1904
Home, sweet home (Matrix B-1313, take 4) was recorded by Corinne Morgan in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [unconfirmed]
William H. Reitz (instrumentalist : bells)
William H. Reitz as pictured in a Victor catalog
Matrixes marked with 
indicate recordings are available for online listening.
Source: Victor catalogs
Matrix No. |
First Recording Date |
Title |
Primary Performer |
Description |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B-8325 | 10/27/1909 | Brightest days gavotte | William H. Reitz |
Chimes, with orchestra |
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| B-8374 | 11/15/1909 | Heather bells | William H. Reitz |
Bells solo, with orchestra |
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| B-8375 | 11/15/1909 | Little Nell | William H. Reitz |
Bells solo, with orchestra |
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| B-9526 | 10/7/1910 | Sunbeam dance | William H. Reitz |
Xylophone solo, with orchestra |
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| B-9663 | 11/18/1910 | Spoontime | William H. Reitz |
Bells solo, with orchestra |
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| C-10075 | 3/18/1911 | Dov'è l'Indiana bruna? | Luisa Tetrazzini |
Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra and bells |
|
| BVE-10585 | 7/28/1925 | Memories of home | Neapolitan Trio |
Instrumental trio, with bells |
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| BVE-10665 | 7/21/1925 | Herd girl's dream | Neapolitan Trio |
Instrumental trio, with bells |
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| B-10665 | 6/30/1911 | The herd girl's dream | Neapolitan Trio |
Instrumental trio |
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| B-11600 | 2/15/1912 | The Gaby glide | Victor Orchestra |
Orchestra, with bells |
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| B-12516 | 10/17/1912 | De la princesse | William H. Reitz |
Bells solo, with orchestra |
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| B-12517 | 10/17/1912 | My old Kentucky home | William H. Reitz |
Bells solo, with orchestra |
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| B-12523 | 10/21/1912 | Homestead melodies | William H. Reitz |
Orchestra bells solo |
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| B-12533 | 10/23/1912 | Monastery bells | William H. Reitz |
Bells solo |
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| B-12534 | 10/23/1912 | The first heart throbs | William H. Reitz |
Orchestra bells solo, with cello obbligato |
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| B-12594 | 11/7/1912 | Strains from Killarney | William H. Reitz |
Bells solo |
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| B-12595 | 11/7/1912 | Alice, where art thou | William H. Reitz |
Bells solo |
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| B-12598 | 11/7/1912 | La ronda dei Pifferari | Vessella's Italian Band |
Band, with bells solo |
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| C-12599 | 11/7/1912 | La pepita : Intermezzo | Vessella's Italian Band |
Band, with bells solo |
|
| B-12615 | 11/15/1912 | Temple bells | Lyric Quartet |
Mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra and bells |
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| B-12643 | 11/20/1912 | Amaryllis | William H. Reitz |
Bells solo, with orchestra |
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| B-12644 | 11/20/1912 | Stephanie gavotte | William H. Reitz |
Bells solo, with orchestra |
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| B-12792 | 1/13/1913 | Felice | William H. Reitz |
Bells solo |
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| B-12868 | 2/5/1913 | Spoontime two-step | William H. Reitz |
Bells solo ("aluminum bells"), with orchestra |
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| B-12871 | 2/5/1913 | Cupid's garden : Intermezzo | William H. Reitz |
Bells ("steel bells") solo, with orchestra |
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| B-12959 | 3/4/1913 | Little flatterer | William H. Reitz |
Bells ("steel bells") solo, with orchestra |
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| B-12980 | 3/10/1913 | Dance California | William H. Reitz |
Bells solo ("aluminum bells"), with orchestra |
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| B-13375 | 6/3/1913 | Silver threads among the gold | Neapolitan Trio |
Instrumental trio, with bells |
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| B-13543 | 7/8/1913 | Dixieland | Conway's Band |
Band |
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| B-13547 | 7/9/1913 | The whistlers | Conway's Band |
Band, with bells |
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| B-13971 | 10/20/1913 | The rosary | Neapolitan Trio ; Venetian Trio (Victor Records ensemble) |
Instrumental trio, with bells |
|
| B-14047 | 11/10/1913 | When it's apple blossom time in Normandy | William H. Reitz |
Bells solo, with orchestra |
|
| B-14186 | 12/11/1913 | Evening chimes | Neapolitan Trio |
Instrumental trio, with bells |
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| B-14436 | 2/12/1914 | Golden lily | William H. Reitz |
Bells solo, with orchestra |
|
| C-14648 | 3/30/1914 | Evening chimes | Florentine Quartet |
Instrumental quartet, with bells |
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| B-14648 | 6/23/1914 | Evening chimes | Venetian Trio (Victor Records ensemble) |
Instrumental trio, with bells |
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| B-14649 | 3/30/1914 | Forget me not intermezzo | Venetian Trio (Victor Records ensemble) |
Instrumental trio, with bells |
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| C-14732 | 4/21/1914 | Ronde d'amour | Neapolitan Trio |
Instrumental trio, with bells |
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| B-14752 | 4/23/1914 | You and I | William H. Reitz |
Bells solo, with orchestra |
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| B-14753 | 4/23/1914 | Fair maiden of Seville | William H. Reitz |
Bells solo, with orchestra |
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| B-14768 | 4/27/1914 | Fedora gavotte | Neapolitan Trio |
Instrumental trio, with celeste |
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| B-14769 | 4/27/1914 | Idyll | Neapolitan Trio |
Instrumental trio, with bells |
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| B-15031 | 7/2/1914 | Where the bee sucks | Reinald Werrenrath |
Male vocal solo, with harp, cello, and bells |
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| B-15160 | 8/28/1914 | The maiden's prayer | Neapolitan Trio ; William H. Reitz |
Instrumental trio, with bells |
|
| B-15196 | 9/16/1914 | Dream visions : Intermezzo | Florentine Quartet |
Instrumental quartet, with bells |
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| BVE-15196 | 8/13/1925 | Dream visions : Intermezzo | Florentine Quartet |
Instrumental quartet, with bells |
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| B-15270 | 10/9/1914 | La czarina | Florentine Quartet |
Instrumental quartet, with bells |
|
| B-15405 | 11/18/1914 | At the mountain inn | Neapolitan Trio |
Instrumental trio, with bells |
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| B-15541 | 12/22/1914 | Consolation | Venetian Trio (Victor Records ensemble) |
Instrumental trio, with bells |
|
| B-15658 | 2/2/1915 | Dreamy eyes | George MacFarlane |
Male vocal solo, with bells and orchestra |
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| B-15819 | 3/22/1915 | Evening bells | Venetian Trio (Victor Records ensemble) |
Instrumental trio, with bells |
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| B-15831 | 3/25/1915 | Good night | Florentine Quartet |
Instrumental quartet, with celeste (takes 1-3); with bells (takes 4-6) |
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| B-15851 | 4/1/1915 | Maria Mari | Espana Trio |
Instrumental trio, with bells |
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| B-15852 | 4/1/1915 | Santa Lucia | Espana Trio |
Instrumental trio, with bells |
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| B-16024 | 5/14/1915 | Irish eyes of love | George MacFarlane |
Male vocal solo, with bells and orchestra |
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| B-16038 | 5/20/1915 | Sound of the harp | Neapolitan Trio |
Instrumental trio, with bells |
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| B-16072 | 6/4/1915 | Norway | Henry Burr ; Albert Campbell |
Male vocal duet, with bells and orchestra |
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| B-16126 | 6/22/1915 | Chanson hindoue | Florentine Quartet |
Instrumental quartet, with bells |
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| B-16127 | 6/22/1915 | Auf hoher Alp | Florentine Quartet |
Instrumental quartet, with bells |
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| B-16342 | 8/10/1915 | Sooner or later (your heart will cry 'I want you') | Ada Jones ; Billy Murray |
Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra |
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| B-16439 | 9/1/1915 | Glockentöne | Neapolitan Trio |
Instrumental trio, with bells |
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| B-16587 | 10/4/1915 | Menuett | William H. Reitz |
Bells solo, with orchestra |
|
| B-16755 | 11/9/1915 | La paloma | Neapolitan Trio |
Instrumental trio, with bells and mandolin |
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| B-16761 | 11/9/1915 | In twilight melody | Neapolitan Trio |
Instrumental trio, with bells |
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| B-16773 | 11/15/1915 | Le Lethe | Neapolitan Trio |
Instrumental trio, with bells |
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| B-16776 | 11/16/1915 | Venetian gondola song | Venetian Trio (Victor Records ensemble) |
Instrumental trio, with bells |
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| B-16868 | 12/6/1915 | What a wonderful mother you'd be | Delos Becker |
Male vocal solo, with violin, bells, and orchestra |
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| B-16979 | 1/6/1916 | My mother's rosary | Charles Harrison |
Male vocal solo, with bells and orchestra |
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| B-17136 | 2/10/1916 | Little grey home in the west | Venetian Trio (Victor Records ensemble) |
Instrumental trio, with bells |
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| B-17147 | 2/11/1916 | Goodbye, good luck, God bless you (is all that I can say) | Henry Burr |
Male vocal solo, with bells and orchestra |
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| B-17580 | 5/2/1916 | Baby shoes | Edna Brown [i.e., Elsie Baker] |
Female vocal solo, with violin and orchestra |
|
| B-17672 | 5/11/1916 | Cradle song 1915 | John McCormack |
Tenor vocal solo, with harp, bells, and orchestra |
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| C-17742 | 5/25/1916 | Until | Johanna Gadski |
Soprano vocal solo, with bells and harp |
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| B-17745 | 5/26/1916 | A slumber song | Johanna Gadski |
Soprano vocal solo, with harp and bells |
|
| C-18063 | 7/6/1916 | If I were king : Overture | Conway's Band |
Band, with harp and bells |
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| B-18068 | 7/7/1916 | The song of the bells | Conway's Band |
Band, with bells |
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| B-18551 | 10/16/1916 | Tho' I had a bit o' the divil in me | James Reed [i.e., Reed Miller] |
Male vocal solo, with bells and orchestra |
|
| C-18595 | 10/31/1916 | Dov'e l'indiana bruna | Amelita Galli-Curci |
Soprano vocal solo, with bells and orchestra |
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| B-18969 | 1/8/1917 | La cinquantaine | William H. Reitz |
Bells solo, with orchestra |
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| B-19150 | 2/1/1917 | Love's dream after the ball | Elizabeth Spencer |
Female vocal solo, with bells and orchestra |
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| B-19370 | 3/14/1917 | Avalon | Sterling Trio |
Male vocal solo, with bells and orchestra |
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| B-19626 | 4/25/1917 | Star of the East | Neapolitan Trio |
Instrumental trio, with bells |
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| B-19628 | 4/25/1917 | For you a rose | Edna Brown [i.e., Elsie Baker] |
Female vocal solo, with orchestra |
|
| B-20029 | 6/11/1917 | The wayside chapel | Florentine Quartet |
Instrumental quartet, with bells |
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| B-20030 | 6/11/1917 | Alice, where art thou? | Neapolitan Trio |
Instrumental trio, with bells |
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| B-20457 | 7/26/1917 | How can I forget | Alan Turner |
Male vocal solo, with bells and orchestra |
|
| BVE-20698 | 8/17/1925 | Silent night, holy night | Neapolitan Trio |
Instrumental trio, with bells |
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| B-20698 | 9/25/1917 | Silent night, holy night | Neapolitan Trio |
Instrumental trio, with bells |
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| B-20834 | 10/4/1917 | Medley of favorite Christmas songs | Victor Orchestra |
Orchestra, with celeste, bells, and harp |
|
| B-21004 | 10/25/1917 | Give me the moonlight, give me the girl (and leave the rest to me) | Henry Jordan [i.e., Charles Hart] |
Male vocal solo, with bells and orchestra |
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| B-21030 | 10/31/1917 | Blue bird | Elizabeth Spencer |
Female vocal solo, with bells and orchestra |
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| B-21082 | 11/13/1917 | The dream of a soldier boy | Eddie Nelson |
Male vocal solo, with bells and orchestra |
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| B-21087 | 11/16/1917 | My heart's tonight in old New Hampshire (with my lady Jane) | Henry Burr ; Albert Campbell |
Male vocal duet, with bells and orchestra |
|
| C-21224 | 12/4/1917 | Percussion and full orchestra | Victor Orchestra |
Instructional |
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| B-21434 | 1/30/1918 | On the road to home sweet home | Percy Hemus |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| B-21699 | 5/2/1918 | For you a rose | Emilio de Gogorza |
Baritone vocal solo, with violin, bells, and orchestra |
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| B-21900 | 5/2/1918 | Gypsy love song | Emilio de Gogorza |
Baritone vocal solo, with violin, bells, and orchestra |
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| B-22111 | 7/1/1918 | Garden of my dreams | Charles Hart |
Male vocal solo, with bells and orchestra |
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| B-22164 | 7/17/1918 | Blue rose waltz | Victor Orchestra |
Orchestra, with bells |
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| B-22181 | 7/26/1918 | I'm always chasing rainbows | Charles Harrison |
Male vocal solo, with violin duet, bells, and orchestra |
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| B-22444 | 12/3/1918 | Kisses | Elizabeth Spencer |
Female vocal solo, with bells and orchestra |
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| B-22573 | 2/7/1919 | Dreams | Vernon Dalhart |
Male vocal solo, with bells and orchestra |
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| B-22621 | 3/12/1919 | Wait and see (you'll want me back) | Henry Burr |
Male vocal solo, with bells and orchestra |
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| B-22661 | 3/28/1919 | Life and love | Lambert Murphy |
Male vocal solo, with cello, violin, bells, piano, and orchestra |
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| B-22678 | 4/9/1919 | A rose, a kiss and you | John Steel |
Male vocal solo, with violin, cello, bells, and orchestra |
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| B-22692 | 4/16/1919 | The first rose of summer | John McCormack |
Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| B-22849 | 5/13/1919 | My Swanee home | Lillian Rosedale Goodman ; Vivian Holt |
Female vocal duet, with English horn and orchestra |
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| B-23032 | 6/25/1919 | Solveigs sang | Grieg Instrumental Kvartet [i.e., Florentine Quartet] |
Instrumental quartet, with bells |
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| B-23037 | 6/27/1919 | My sugar-coated chocolate boy | Henry Burr ; Albert Campbell |
Male vocal duet, with bells and orchestra |
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| B-23075 | 7/16/1919 | Weeping Willow Lane | Henry Burr ; Frank Croxton |
Male vocal duet, with bells and orchestra |
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| B-23166 | 9/22/1919 | Meet me in bubble land | Charles Hart ; Elliott Shaw |
Male vocal duet, with violin, bells, and orchestra |
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| B-23198 | 10/10/1919 | On the trail to Santa Fe | Crescent Trio |
Male vocal trio, with bells and orchestra |
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| B-23506 | 12/1/1919 | If you could care | Frances Alda |
Soprano vocal solo, with piano, bells, and orchestra |
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| BVE-23772 | 9/1/1926 | Adeste fideles | Victor Orchestra |
Orchestra, with bells, trombone, and cornet solos |
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| B-23772 | 3/15/1920 | Adeste fideles | Victor Orchestra |
Orchestra, with bells, oboe, and violin solos |
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| B-23794 | 3/30/1920 | Wonderful world of romance | John McCormack |
Tenor vocal solo, with violin, harp, bells, and orchestra. |
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| B-24102 | 5/10/1920 | Each shining hour | Emilio de Gogorza |
Baritone vocal solo, with piano, harp, bells, and orchestra |
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| B-24321 | 7/14/1920 | Just like a gypsy | Sterling Trio |
Male vocal trio, with orchestra |
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| B-24327 | 7/16/1920 | Tired of me | Henry Burr |
Male vocal solo, with bells and orchestra |
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| B-24345 | 7/21/1920 | I've got the A-B-C-D blues | Billy Murray ; Ed Smalle |
Male vocal duet, with bells and orchestra |
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| B-24359 | 7/29/1920 | Drowsy baby | Elsie Baker ; Olive Kline |
Female vocal duet, with violin, bells, and orchestra |
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| B-24611 | 10/5/1920 | Var det en dröm? | August Werner |
Male vocal solo, with bells and orchestra |
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| B-24647 | 10/21/1920 | All she'd say was 'umh-hum' | Billy Murray ; Ed Smalle |
Male vocal duet, with bells and orchestra |
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| B-24686 | 11/8/1920 | Tate mame zindigt nisht | Joseph Feldman |
Male vocal solo, with bells and orchestra |
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| C-24943 | 2/15/1921 | Murder scene | Julia Marlowe ; E. H. Sothern |
Dramatic scene, with bells |
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| B-24953 | 2/18/1921 | Love in lilac time | Lambert Murphy |
Male vocal solo, with oboe, bells, violin, piano, and orchestra |
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| B-25168 | 4/20/1921 | Nobody's rose | William Robyn |
Male vocal solo, with bells and orchestra |
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| B-25201 | 4/12/1921 | Monastery bells | Merle Alcock |
Female vocal solo, with bells, celeste, chimes, and orchestra |
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| B-25254 | 5/5/1921 | Childhood days | Olive Kline |
Female vocal solo, with violin, bells, and orchestra |
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| B-25384 | 7/6/1921 | Linksma dieną | Mariona E. Rakauskaitē |
Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble |
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| B-25530 | 8/23/1921 | Badinage | Victor Orchestra |
Orchestra, with piccolo, bell, violin, and bassoon solos |
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| BVE-25530 | 8/30/1926 | Melodies for children | Victor Orchestra |
Orchestra, with instrumental solos |
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| C-25554 | 9/12/1921 | The living God! | Orville Harrold |
Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| B-25712 | 10/13/1921 | Smiejąca | Orkiestra Witkowskiego |
Orchestra, with clarinet solo |
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| B-25713 | 10/13/1921 | Po ślubie | Orkiestra Witkowskiego |
Orchestra, with clarinet solo |
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| B-25714 | 10/13/1921 | Kuckuck | Orkiestra Witkowskiego |
Orchestra, with clarinet solo |
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| B-25715 | 10/13/1921 | Po wojnie | Orkiestra Witkowskiego |
Orchestra, with clarinet solo |
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| B-25716 | 10/13/1921 | Na weselu | Orkiestra Witkowskiego |
Orchestra, with clarinet solo |
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| B-26163 | 3/15/1922 | Sunbeam dance | William H. Reitz |
Bells solo, with orchestra |
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| B-26424 | 4/21/1922 | Silvertrådar | Emil Keneke |
Cornet solo, with violin, bells, harp, and orchestra |
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| B-27015 | 10/10/1922 | Mother's love | Elliott Shaw |
Male vocal solo, with violin, bells, and orchestra |
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| B-27586 | 3/2/1923 | Cradle songs of many nations | Edna Brown [i.e., Elsie Baker] |
Female vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| B-27587 | 3/2/1923 | Cradle songs of many nations | Edna Brown [i.e., Elsie Baker] |
Female vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| B-30287 | 6/17/1924 | The little boy from Tistedalen | A. E. Uhe |
Violin solo, with instrumental quartet |
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| CVE-32773 | 7/14/1925 | Abendstunden | Peter Stahl Band |
Band |
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| CVE-33639 | 12/18/1925 | Willkommen! | Peter Stahl Band |
Band |
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| BVE-35869 | 9/16/1926 | I found a million dollar baby (in a five and ten cent store) | Henry Burr |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| CVE-36476 | 11/24/1926 | Blumengeflüster | Peter Stahl Band |
Band |
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| BVE-36711 | 10/7/1926 | Percussion | Victor Orchestra |
Instrumental ensemble |
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| BVE-36759 | 11/5/1926 | I'm all alone in a palace of stone | Henry Burr |
Male vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| BVE-37422 | 1/19/1927 | Minuet | William H. Reitz |
Bells solo, with piano |
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| BVE-41051 | 11/21/1927 | Among my souvenirs | Reinald Werrenrath |
Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra |
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| CVE-43737 | 4/24/1928 | Die Dorfblume | Peter Stahl Band |
Band |
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| CVE-43738 | 4/24/1928 | Vielgeliebtes Mutterhertz | Peter Stahl Band |
Band, with male vocal trio |
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| CVE-43739 | 4/24/1928 | Vielgeliebtes Mutterhertz | Peter Stahl Band |
Band, with male vocal trio |
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| CVE-43740 | 4/24/1928 | Treue Liebe | Peter Stahl Band |
Band, with male vocal trio |
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| CVE-43741 | 4/24/1928 | Treue Liebe | Peter Stahl Band |
Band, with male vocal trio |
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| CVE-43742 | 4/24/1928 | Die lustige Lena | Peter Stahl Band |
Band |
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| CVE-43743 | 4/24/1928 | Tulpen | Peter Stahl Band |
Band |
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| CVE-43744 | 4/24/1928 | Geschwind wie der Wind | Peter Stahl Band |
Band |
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| CVE-45291 | 6/21/1928 | Love theme no. 1 | Victor Orchestra |
Orchestra |
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| CVE-45292 | 6/21/1928 | Love theme no. 4 | Victor Orchestra |
Orchestra |
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| CVE-48016 | 10/29/1928 | Husaren Polka | Peter Stahl Band |
Band |
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| CVE-48017 | 10/29/1928 | Mailust Walzer | Peter Stahl Band |
Band |
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| CVE-48018 | 10/29/1928 | Allein | Peter Stahl Band |
Band |
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| CVE-48019 | 10/29/1928 | Geheimniz | Peter Stahl Band |
Band, with male vocal duet |
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| CVE-48020 | 10/29/1928 | Lorelei | Peter Stahl Band |
Band, with male vocal duet |
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| CVE-48021 | 10/29/1928 | Bei Temesvar | Peter Stahl Band |
Band, with male vocal duet |
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| CVE-48022 | 10/29/1928 | Bei Temesvar | Peter Stahl Band |
Band, with male vocal duet |
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| CVE-48023 | 10/29/1928 | Genevieve | Peter Stahl Band |
Band |