Softly now the light of day: Historical Recording and Credits

Catalogue description

Victor 2686. Matrix/Take: B-3146/1.

Male vocal solo, with string quartet

Recording and performance details

• Catalogue date: 1906-02-23
• Original format: Sound recording
• Genre: Classical music
• Language: English
• Location as catalogued: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [unconfirmed]
• Collection: National Jukebox
• Repository: Recorded Sound Section, Library Of Congress
• Record label: Victor
• Catalogue number: 2686
• Matrix number: B-3146 (Matrix ID)
• Take number: 1
• Disc size: 10-inch
• Performance type: Vocal
• Catalogue subjects: Classical music; Vocal; Victor
• Named contributors: Jose, Richard — Vocalist -- Countertenor Vocal; Weber, Carl Maria von — Composer; Doane, George Washington — Lyricist

Sources and reuse

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