Softly now the light of day: Historical Recording and Credits

Catalogue description

Victor 16500. Matrix/Take: B-8911/1.

Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra

Recording and performance details

• Catalogue date: 1910-05-03
• Original format: Sound recording
• Genre: Popular music
• Language: English
• Location as catalogued: Camden, New Jersey [unconfirmed]
• Collection: National Jukebox
• Repository: Recorded Sound Section, Library Of Congress
• Record label: Victor
• Catalogue number: 16500
• Matrix number: B-8911 (Matrix ID)
• Take number: 1
• Disc size: 10-inch
• Performance type: Vocal
• Catalogue subjects: Vocal; Victor; Popular music
• Named contributors: Wheeler, William — Vocalist -- Tenor Vocal; Wheeler, Elizabeth — Vocalist -- Soprano Vocal; Wheeler, Mr. and Mrs. — Vocal Group; Pasternack, Josef — Conductor

Sources and reuse

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