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Matrix No.
First Recording Date
Title
Primary Performer
Description
  
[Pre-matrix B-]938 9/7/1901 All the world's a stage
D. E. Hanlon
Recitation
  
[Pre-matrix A-]938 9/7/1901 All the world's a stage
D. E. Hanlon
Recitation
  
[Pre-matrix B-]3540 9/7/1901 All the world's a stage
D. E. Hanlon
Recitation
  
B-783 12/4/1903 The ghost scene
Edward Brigham
Recitation
  
C-2316 2/20/1905 Who is Sylvia?
Emma Eames
Soprano vocal solo, with piano
  
E-3478 6/15/1906 Seven ages
Edgar L. Davenport
Recitation
  
B-9988 2/21/1911 Mercy speech : Act IV
Ellen Terry
Recitation
  
C-9989 2/21/1911 Potion scene : Act 4, scene 3
Ellen Terry
Recitation
  
B-9990 2/21/1911 I have brought Claudio : Act II, scene I
Ellen Terry
Recitation
  
C-9991 2/21/1911 Ophelia's mad scene, part 1
Ellen Terry
Recitation
  
C-9992 2/21/1911 Ophelia's mad scene, part 2
Ellen Terry
Recitation
  
B-9993 2/21/1911 Mamilius, Hermione, and ladies
Ellen Terry
Recitation
  
B-10017 2/28/1911 Death of Falstaff : Act 2, scene 3
Ellen Terry
Recitation
  
B-10035 3/8/1911 Who is Sylvia?
John Barnes Wells
Male vocal solo, with orchestra
  
B-10721 7/13/1911 Hamlet's soliloquy
Frank Burbeck
Recitation
C-10722 7/13/1911 Antony's address over the body of Caesar
Frank Burbeck
Recitation
C-10723 7/13/1911 Antony's address over the body of Caesar
Frank Burbeck
Recitation
C-10724 7/13/1911 Brutus's address over the body of Caesar
Frank Burbeck
Recitation
  
B-10726 7/13/1911 The fall of Wolsey
Frank Burbeck
Recitation
B-10727 7/13/1911 Speech on discovering treason
Frank Burbeck
Recitation
  
B-10963 9/15/1911 I know a bank
Marguerite Dunlap ; Elizabeth Wheeler
Female vocal duet, with piano
  
B-11102 10/14/1911 Hark, hark! the lark
Evan Williams
Tenor vocal solo, with piano
  
C-11311 11/27/1911 Trot here and there
Emma Eames ; Emilio de Gogorza
Vocal duet (soprano and baritone), with piano
  
B-11815 4/2/1912 Take, oh take those lips away
John McCormack
Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra
B-11944 4/30/1912 The seven ages of man
Ben Greet
Recitation
  
C-11945 4/30/1912 The duke's speech
Ben Greet
Recitation
B-11948 4/30/1912 Marc Antony's oration
Ben Greet
Recitation
  
B-11956 5/1/1912 Prospero's speech
Ben Greet
Recitation
  
B-11957 5/1/1912 Queen Mab's speech
Ben Greet
Recitation
  
B-11958 5/1/1912 Plea for mercy
Ben Greet
Recitation
  
B-11959 5/1/1912 Hamlet's advice to the players
Ben Greet
Recitation
  
B-11960 5/1/1912 The charm of music
Ben Greet
Recitation
  
B-11961 5/1/1912 The power of music
Ben Greet
Recitation
  
C-11962 5/2/1912 Othello's defense
Frank Burbeck
Recitation
  
B-11963 5/2/1912 Shylock's rebuke
Frank Burbeck
Recitation
B-11965 5/2/1912 The seven ages of man
Frank Burbeck
Recitation
  
B-11966 5/2/1912 Fool in the forest
Frank Burbeck
Recitation
  
C-11983 5/3/1912 Soliloquy : Before the battle of Agincourt
Frank Burbeck
Recitation
  
B-11985 5/3/1912 Before Harfleur
Ben Greet
Recitation
  
B-11986 5/3/1912 Othello's story to the Senate
Ben Greet
Recitation
  
C-11987 5/3/1912 Strike upon the bell
Ben Greet
Recitation
B-11988 5/3/1912 Hamlet on friendship
Ben Greet
Recitation
B-11989 5/3/1912 Benedick's idea of a wife
Ben Greet
Recitation
B-11990 5/3/1912 St. Crispin's Day
Ben Greet
Recitation
  
B-12101 6/10/1912 Lo, here the gentle lark
Alma Gluck
Soprano vocal solo, with flute and orchestra
B-15030 7/2/1914 Who is Sylvia?
Reinald Werrenrath
Male vocal solo, with harp
B-15031 7/2/1914 Where the bee sucks
Reinald Werrenrath
Male vocal solo, with harp, cello, and bells
B-15038 7/3/1914 Sigh no more, ladies
Raymond Dixon [i.e., Lambert Murphy]
Male vocal solo, with harp
B-15039 7/3/1914 Come away, Death
Raymond Dixon [i.e., Lambert Murphy]
Male vocal solo, with harp
  
B-15040 7/3/1914 O mistress mine
Raymond Dixon [i.e., Lambert Murphy]
Male vocal solo, with harp and cello
B-15057 7/13/1914 It was a lover and his lass
Raymond Dixon [i.e., Lambert Murphy] ; Harry Macdonough
Male vocal duet, unaccompanied
B-15058 7/13/1914 Blow, blow thou winter wind
Raymond Dixon [i.e., Lambert Murphy] ; Male vocal quartet
Male vocal solo, with male vocal quartet and woodwinds
B-15059 7/13/1914 Under the greenwood tree
Raymond Dixon [i.e., Lambert Murphy]
Male vocal solo, with male vocal chorus and woodwinds
B-15060 7/13/1914 What shall he have who killed the deer
Victor Male Quartet
Male vocal quartet, with brass sextet
B-15061 7/13/1914 Come unto these yellow sands
Raymond Dixon [i.e., Lambert Murphy] ; William F. Hooley ; Reinald Werrenrath
Male vocal trio, with harp and cello
B-15077 7/23/1914 The airs sung by Ophelia
Olive Kline
Female vocal solo, with harp
B-15615 1/21/1915 When that I was a little tiny boy
Raymond Dixon [i.e., Lambert Murphy] ; Harry Macdonough ; Reinald Werrenrath
Male vocal trio, unaccompanied
C-16017 5/10/1915 Tell me, where is fancy bred
Lucy Isabelle Marsh ; Reinald Werrenrath
Vocal duet (soprano and baritone), with cello, flute, and harp
C-16215 9/23/1915 You spotted snakes
Victor Women's Chorus
Female vocal chorus, with orchestra
B-16215 7/19/1915 Ye spotted snakes
Victor Women's Chorus
Chorus, with orchestra
  
B-18507 9/27/1916 Hark! hark! the lark
Alma Gluck
Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra
  
B-18755 11/23/1916 Lo, here the gentle lark!
Olive Kline
Soprano vocal solo, with flute and orchestra
  
B-21486 3/6/1918 She never told her love
Laura Littlefield
Female vocal solo, with harp and orchestra
B-21493 3/7/1918 When daisies pied and violets blue
Laura Littlefield
Female vocal solo, with orchestra
C-23131 9/3/1919 Lo! Here the gentle lark
Amelita Galli-Curci
Soprano vocal solo, with flute and orchestra
  
CVE-23131 9/20/1927 Lo! Here the gentle lark
Amelita Galli-Curci
Soprano vocal solo, with flute and orchestra
  
C-23936 4/14/1920 Balcony scene
Julia Marlowe ; E. H. Sothern
Dramatic scene
  
C-23937 4/14/1920 Hamlet's soliloquy : To be or not to be
E. H. Sothern
Dramatic scene
  
B-23937 5/24/1920 Hamlet's soliloquy : To be or not to be
E. H. Sothern
Dramatic scene
  
C-23938 4/14/1920 Hamlet's speech to the players
E. H. Sothern
Dramatic scene
  
C-23939 4/15/1920 The seven ages of man : All the world's a stage
E. H. Sothern
Dramatic scene
  
C-23940 4/15/1920 Jacques' speech : I met a fool in the forest
E. H. Sothern
Dramatic scene
  
C-24661 10/25/1920 Good-morrow, Kate; for that's your name, I hear
Julia Marlowe ; E. H. Sothern
Dramatic scene
  
C-24662 10/25/1920 What is your will, sir, that you send for me?
Julia Marlowe ; E. H. Sothern
Dramatic scene
  
C-24663 10/26/1920 Balcony scene
Julia Marlowe ; E. H. Sothern
Dramatic scene, with orchestra
  
C-24664 10/26/1920 Balcony scene
Julia Marlowe ; E. H. Sothern
Dramatic scene, with orchestra
  
C-24666 10/28/1920 Antony's oration : Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears
E. H. Sothern
Dramatic scene
  
C-24667 10/28/1920 Antony's oration : If you have tears, prepare to shed them now
E. H. Sothern
Dramatic scene
  
C-24671 10/29/1920 Shylock's speech
Julia Marlowe ; E. H. Sothern
Dramatic scene
  
B-24678 11/3/1920 Love scene in the Forest Arden
Julia Marlowe ; E. H. Sothern
Dramatic scene, with organ
  
B-24679 11/3/1920 Love scene in the Forest Arden
Julia Marlowe ; E. H. Sothern
Dramatic scene, with organ
  
B-24680 11/3/1920 Love scene in the Forest Arden
Julia Marlowe ; E. H. Sothern
Dramatic scene, with organ
  
B-24681 11/3/1920 Love scene in the Forest Arden
Julia Marlowe ; E. H. Sothern
Dramatic scene, with organ
  
C-24789 1/13/1921 Brutus and Portia
Julia Marlowe ; E. H. Sothern
Dramatic scene
  
C-24940 2/15/1921 Love scene in the forest Arden
Julia Marlowe ; E. H. Sothern
Dramatic scene, with organ
  
C-24941 2/15/1921 Love scene in the forest Arden
Julia Marlowe ; E. H. Sothern
Dramatic scene, with organ
  
C-24942 2/15/1921 The Duke and Viola
Julia Marlowe ; E. H. Sothern
Dramatic scene, with small orchestra
  
C-24943 2/15/1921 Murder scene
Julia Marlowe ; E. H. Sothern
Dramatic scene, with bells
  
B-29288 1/15/1924 I know a bank
Anna Howard [i.e., Lucy Isabelle Marsh] ; Laura Littlefield
Female vocal duet, with orchestra
CVE-35806 7/13/1926 Lo, here the gentle lark
Marion Talley
Soprano vocal solo, with flute and orchestra
  
BVE-37684 2/22/1927 Who is Sylvia?
Royal Dadmun
Tenor vocal solo, with piano
  
BVE-38203 3/3/1927 Hark! Hark! The lark
Lambert Murphy
Tenor vocal solo, with piano
  
BVE-39879 10/7/1927 I know a bank whereon the wild thyme blows
Elsie Baker ; Olive Kline
Vocal duet (soprano and contralto), with orchestra
  
CVE-43632 4/13/1928 Hamlet's soliloquy
John Barrymore
Recitation, with string quartet and traps
  
CVE-43633 4/13/1928 Gloucester's soliloquy
John Barrymore
Recitation, with string quartet and traps
  
CVE-49214 11/28/1928 Hark! Hark! The lark
John McCormack
Tenor vocal solo, with vocal quartet and orchestra
  
CVE-53461 6/6/1929 Now I am alone
Arthur Edmund Carewe
Recitation
  
[Trial 1916-03-13-08] 3/13/1916 Clarence's dream
Mr. R. McGlaughlin
Recitation
  
[Trial 1916-05-15-01] 5/15/1916 Cassius' instigation of Brutus
Professor Thomas C. Trueblood
Recitation
  
[Trial 1916-05-15-02] 5/15/1916 Now I am alone
Professor Thomas C. Trueblood
Recitation
  
[Trial 1913-11-28-01] 11/28/1913 Short sketches from Julius Caesar
S. H. Clark
Recitation
  
[Trial 1919-10-30-02] 10/30/1919 Balcony scene
Julia Marlowe ; E. H. Sothern
Dramatic scene
  
[Trial 1914-02-05-01] 2/5/1914 It was a lover and his lass
Mr. and Mrs. Why
Female-male vocal duet
  
[Trial 1919-10-30-01] 10/30/1919 Balcony scene
Julia Marlowe ; E. H. Sothern
Dramatic scene
  
[Trial 1914-09-03-03] 9/3/1914 Seven ages of man
Chas. B. Hanford
Recitation
  
[Trial 1916-07-31-12] 7/31/1916 Portia's speech from 'Merchant of Venice'
Mrs. Arthur Phillips
Recitation
  
[Trial 1911-04-26-02] 4/26/1911 Who is Sylvia?
Miss Philbrick
Female vocal solo
  
MELBA 20 3/1904 Mad scene
Nellie Melba
Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra
  
MELBA 21 3/1904 Mad scene
Nellie Melba
Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra
  
521c 9/5/1905 Lo, hear the gentle lark
Nellie Melba
Soprano vocal solo, with piano and flute
  
1329c Fall, 1907 Monologo
Titta Ruffo
Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra
  
17467u 10/15/1912 Apparizione dello spettro [Angels and ministers of grace defend us]
Titta Ruffo
Recitation
  
17468u 10/15/1912 Essere o non essere [To be or not to be]
Titta Ruffo
Recitation
  

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