Ask the flowers to tell you: Historical Recording and Credits

Ask the flowers to tell you: Catalogue date: 1913-07-03. Original format: Sound recording. Genre: Musical theater.

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Catalogue description

Victor 17393. Matrix/Take: B-13513/1.

Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra

Recording and performance details

Catalogue date: 1913-07-03
Original format: Sound recording
Genre: Musical theater
Language: English
Location as catalogued: Camden, New Jersey
Collection: National Jukebox
Repository: Recorded Sound Section, Library Of Congress
Record label: Victor
Catalogue number: 17393
Matrix number: B-13513 (Matrix ID)
Take number: 1
Disc size: 10-inch
Performance type: Vocal
Catalogue subjects: Vocal; Musical theater; Victor
Named contributors: Dunlap, Marguerite — Vocalist -- Contralto; Gottschalk, Louis F. — Composer; Macdonough, Harry — Vocalist -- Tenor Vocal; Baum, L. Frank — Author

Sources and reuse

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