Mississippi cradle: Historical Recording and Credits

Catalogue description

Victor 18841. Matrix/Take: B-25786/2.

Female-male vocal duet, with marimbas and orchestra

Recording and performance details

• Catalogue date: 1921-12-01
• Original format: Sound recording
• Genre: Popular music
• Language: English
• Location as catalogued: Camden, New Jersey
• Collection: National Jukebox
• Repository: Recorded Sound Section, Library Of Congress
• Record label: Victor
• Catalogue number: 18841
• Matrix number: B-25786 (Matrix ID)
• Take number: 2
• Disc size: 10-inch
• Performance type: Vocal
• Catalogue subjects: Vocal; Victor; Popular music
• Named contributors: Pasternack, Josef — Conductor; Olman, Abe — Composer; Yellen, Jack — Lyricist; Rattay, Howard — Instrumentalist -- Marimba; Reitz, William H. — Instrumentalist -- Marimba; Shaw, Elliott — Vocalist -- Baritone Vocal; Baker, Elsie — Vocalist -- Contralto; Bourdon, Rosario — Instrumentalist -- Marimba; Brown, Edna — Vocalist -- Contralto

Sources and reuse

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