Moonlight Waltz; Red River Waltz: Museum Object and Cultural History
Moonlight Waltz; Red River Waltz: recording date: 1929. recording artist: Stripling Brothers. manufacturer: Melotone.
The object in the museum catalogue
Stripling Brothers. side 1: Moonlight Waltz; side 2: Red River Waltz (Melotone M 12173). 78 rpm. This coupling was initially released on Vocalion 5366.
Melotone Records was an American budget record label founded by Warner/Brunswick Records, in 1930. Melotone originally featured jazz and popular dance music of the period, most often using pseudonyms for New York area studio musicians on the recordings. In 1932, Melotone was acquired by the American Record Corporation (ARC). The label ceased production in 1938.
Materials, dates and provenance
- recording date: 1929
- recording artist: Stripling Brothers
- manufacturer: Melotone
- Object Name: sound recording
- Physical Description: shellac (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 10 in; x 25.4 cm
- place made: United States
- ID Number: 1996.0320.28074
- accession number: 1996.0320
- catalog number: 1996.0320.28074
- collector/donor number: 4335
- maker number: M 12173
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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