Prologue: Historical Recording and Credits

Catalogue description

Victor 881. Matrix/Take: B-23161/5.

Baritone vocal solo, with harp, piano, and orchestra

Recording and performance details

• Catalogue date: 1919-09-25
• Original format: Sound recording
• Genre: Classical music; Opera
• Language: Italian
• Location as catalogued: Camden, New Jersey
• Collection: National Jukebox
• Repository: Recorded Sound Section, Library Of Congress
• Record label: Victor
• Catalogue number: 881
• Matrix number: B-23161 (Matrix ID)
• Take number: 5
• Disc size: 10-inch
• Performance type: Vocal
• Catalogue subjects: Classical music; Vocal; Opera; Victor
• Named contributors: Leoncavallo, Ruggiero — Composer; Zanelli, Renato — Vocalist -- Baritone Vocal; Lapitino, Francis J. — Instrumentalist -- Harp; Pasternack, Josef — Conductor; Bourdon, Rosario — Instrumentalist -- Piano

Sources and reuse

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