Victor matrix [Pre-matrix B-]3178. The owl and the pussy cat / Haydn Quartet

TitleSource
The owl and the pussy cat (Primary title)Disc label
Authors and ComposersNotes
Reginald De Koven (composer)
Edward Lear (author)
PersonnelNotes Hide Additional Titles
Haydn Quartet (Vocal group)
  • Description: Male vocal quartet
  • Category: Vocal
  • Language: English
  • Master Size: 10-in.
Notes
Also recorded as [PM-]87 and B-723.
A footnote in EDVR vol. 1 reads: 'Regarding the composer of this selection. In 1901 a certain H.W. Cardew copyrighted music for the poem by Edward Lear, but the music on this record is the melody of "The tailors' chorus" from de Koven's "Robin Hood": "It takes nine tailors to make a man / One ninth of a man then you are." (With thanks to Bill Bryant.)'
Source(s): Allan Sutton blog (take place); trade catalog; disc.
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote Hide Additional Titles
3/6/1901 Camden, New Jersey 1 Master Victor 3178 10-in. Announced. Returned: 4 Nov.'01: 595 copies.
3/6/1901 Camden, New Jersey 2 Master Victor 3178 10-in. Announced.
9/14/1901 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [unconfirmed] 3 Master Victor 3178 10-in. Returned: 9 Sep.'02: 550 copies; returned: 20 Jan.'03: 660 copies.

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Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix [Pre-matrix B-]3178. The owl and the pussy cat / Haydn Quartet," accessed November 18, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/100002319/Pre-matrix_B-3178-The_owl_and_the_pussy_cat.

Victor matrix [Pre-matrix B-]3178. The owl and the pussy cat / Haydn Quartet. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 18, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/100002319/Pre-matrix_B-3178-The_owl_and_the_pussy_cat.

"Victor matrix [Pre-matrix B-]3178. The owl and the pussy cat / Haydn Quartet." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 18 November 2024.

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