Banjo song: Historical Recording and Credits

Catalogue description

Recitation

Victor 16466. Matrix/Take: B-8457/1.

Recording and performance details

• Catalogue date: 1909-12-09
• Original format: Sound recording
• Genre: Monologues, dialogues, and recitations
• Location as catalogued: Camden, New Jersey [unconfirmed]
• Collection: National Jukebox
• Repository: Recorded Sound Section, Library Of Congress
• Record label: Victor
• Catalogue number: 16466
• Matrix number: B-8457 (Matrix ID)
• Take number: 1
• Disc size: 10-inch
• Performance type: Spoken
• Catalogue subjects: Monologues, dialogues, and recitations; Spoken; Victor
• Named contributors: Dunbar, Paul Laurence — Author; Myers, J. A. — Speaker

Sources and reuse

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