Under the bamboo tree: Historical Recording and Credits

Under the bamboo tree: Catalogue date: 1903-06-25. Original format: Sound recording. Genre: Ethnic characterizations; Popular music.

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Catalogue description

Victor 1633. Matrix/Take: [Pre-matrix B-]1633/M-8.

Male vocal solo, with piano

Recording and performance details

Catalogue date: 1903-06-25
Original format: Sound recording
Genre: Ethnic characterizations; Popular music
Language: English
Location as catalogued: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [unconfirmed]
Collection: National Jukebox
Repository: Recorded Sound Section, Library Of Congress
Record label: Victor
Catalogue number: 1633
Matrix number: [Pre-matrix B-]1633 (Matrix ID)
Take number: M-8
Disc size: 10-inch
Performance type: Vocal
Catalogue subjects: Vocal; Ethnic characterizations; Victor; Popular music
Named contributors: Cole, Bob — Lyricist; Johnson, James Weldon — Lyricist; Johnson, J. Rosamond — Composer; Collins, Arthur — Vocalist -- Baritone Vocal

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