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Catalogue description

Female vocal duet, with orchestra

Victor 17882. Matrix/Take: B-16577/1.

Recording and performance details

• Catalogue date: 1915-09-30
• Original format: Sound recording
• Genre: Humorous songs; Opera
• Language: English
• Location as catalogued: Camden, New Jersey
• Collection: National Jukebox
• Repository: Recorded Sound Section, Library Of Congress
• Record label: Victor
• Catalogue number: 17882
• Matrix number: B-16577 (Matrix ID)
• Take number: 1
• Disc size: 10-inch
• Performance type: Vocal
• Catalogue subjects: Humorous songs; Vocal; Opera; Victor
• Named contributors: Kline, Olive — Vocalist -- Soprano Vocal; Herbert, Victor — Composer; Baker, Elsie — Vocalist -- Contralto; Rogers, Walter B. — Conductor; Blossom, Henry — Lyricist

Sources and reuse

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