Victor matrix C-4429. Old folks at home / Emma Calvé
| Title | Source |
|---|---|
| Old folks at home (Primary title) | Disc label (RDI) |
| Swanee River (Alternate title) | Disc label (RDI) |
| Authors and Composers | Notes |
| Stephen Collins Foster (lyricist) | |
| Stephen Collins Foster (composer) | |
| Personnel | Notes Hide Additional Titles |
| Emma Calvé (vocalist : soprano vocal) | |
| Romualdo Sapio (instrumentalist : piano) | Takes 3 & 4. |
- Description: Soprano vocal solo, with piano
- Category: Vocal
- Language: English
- Master Size: 12-in.
| Notes |
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| EDVR legacy data list Gramophone releases from take 2. |
| EDVR vol. 2 notes: Take 1—issued only with Grand Prize label; sung very slowly; three-chord introduction, the second of which is flawed; one verse; chorus repeated and sung the second time pianissimo; pianist plays a single chord after voice ends. Take 2—issued with Grand Prize, Patent, and Victor labels; piano introduction and postlude; tempo is faster than take 1; one verse; chorus repeated and sung second time pianissimo. Take 3—issued on Victor and Victrola labels and double-faced; has piano introduction; sung at a speed between those used for takes 1 and 2; one verse; two choruses at the same volume; piano chord at end; no reprise of melody. |
| Source(s): Allan Sutton blog (take place); Rigler-Deutsch Index; trade catalog; Victor ledgers. |
| Take Date and Place | Take | Status | Label Name/Number | Format | Note Hide Additional Titles | |
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| 4/22/1907 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 1 | Master | Victor 88089 | 12-in. | ||
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| 3/9/1908 Camden, New Jersey [unconfirmed] | 2 | Master | Victor 88089 | 12-in. | ||
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| 6/8/1916 New York, New York | 3 | Destroy | ||||
| 6/8/1916 New York, New York | 4 | Master | Victor 88089 | 12-in. | ||
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| 6/8/1916 New York, New York | 4 | Master | Gramophone 03092x | 12-in. | ||
| 6/8/1916 New York, New York | 4 | Master | Victor 6056 | 12-in. | ||
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| 6/8/1916 New York, New York | 4 | Master | Gramophone DB-163 | 12-in. | ||
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix C-4429. Old folks at home / Emma Calvé," accessed November 24, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200006155/C-4429-Old_folks_at_home.
Victor matrix C-4429. Old folks at home / Emma Calvé. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 24, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200006155/C-4429-Old_folks_at_home.
"Victor matrix C-4429. Old folks at home / Emma Calvé." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 24 November 2024.
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