Victor matrix C-8907. Gems from The Mikado / Victor Light Opera Company

Title	Source
Gems from The Mikado (Primary title)	Disc label (RDI)
Part 1 (Title part)	Disc label (RDI)
Behold the Lord High Executioner ; The flowers that bloom in the spring ; Three little maids ; Tit willow ; He's gone and married Yum-Yum ; With joyous shout (Medley contents)	Disc label (RDI)
Mikado. Selections (Uniform title)
Authors and Composers	Notes
W. S. Gilbert (librettist)
Arthur Sullivan (composer)
Composer information source: Disc label.
Personnel	Notes Hide Additional Titles
Victor Light Opera Company (Vocal group)
Charles Hart (vocalist : tenor vocal)	Takes 16-18.
Elliott Shaw (vocalist : baritone vocal)	Takes 16-18.
Charles W. Kitchell (vocalist)	Takes 16-18.
Steve Porter (vocalist : baritone vocal)	Takes 5-6.
Josef Pasternack (conductor)	Takes 19-25.
Rosario Bourdon (conductor)	Takes 13-18.
Walter B. Rogers (conductor)	Takes 10-12.
Elizabeth Wheeler (vocalist : soprano vocal)	Takes 1-15.
William Wheeler (vocalist : tenor vocal)	Takes 1-9.
Reinald Werrenrath (vocalist : baritone vocal)	Takes 1-15; 19-25.
Gladys Rice (vocalist : soprano vocal)	Takes 16-25.
Lambert Murphy (vocalist : tenor vocal)	Takes 10-25.
Lucy Isabelle Marsh (vocalist : soprano vocal)	Takes 1-25.
Harry Macdonough (vocalist : tenor vocal)	Takes 1-15.
Olive Kline (vocalist : soprano vocal)	Takes 10-25.
Charles Harrison (vocalist : tenor vocal)	Takes 19-25.
Frank Croxton (vocalist : bass vocal)	Takes 16-25.
Elsie Baker (vocalist : contralto)	Takes 13-25.
Marguerite Dunlap (vocalist : contralto)	Takes 1-12.
John H. Bieling (vocalist : tenor vocal)	Takes 1-9.
William F. Hooley (vocalist : bass vocal)	Takes 1-15.

Description: Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra
Category: Vocal
Language: English
Master Size: 12-in.

Notes
Source(s): John Bolig files (issues); Rigler-Deutsch Index; trade catalog; Victor ledgers.
Performers for each selection are not identified in the Victor ledgers for earlier takes.
For takes 26-28, see CVE-8907.

Take Date and Place	Take	Status	Label Name/Number	Format
5/2/1910 Camden, New Jersey	1	Destroy
5/2/1910 Camden, New Jersey	2	Destroy
5/2/1910 Camden, New Jersey	3	Destroy
5/2/1910 Camden, New Jersey	4	Destroy
5/23/1910 Camden, New Jersey	5	Destroy
5/23/1910 Camden, New Jersey	6	Destroy
5/25/1910 Camden, New Jersey	7	Destroy
5/25/1910 Camden, New Jersey	8	Master	Victor 31789	12-in.
5/25/1910 Camden, New Jersey	8	Master	Gramophone 04506	12-in.
5/25/1910 Camden, New Jersey	9	Master	Victor 31789	12-in.
10/23/1914 Camden, New Jersey	10	Master/destroy	Victor 31789	12-in.
10/23/1914 Camden, New Jersey	10	Master/destroy	Victor 35551	12-in.
10/23/1914 Camden, New Jersey	11	Destroy
10/23/1914 Camden, New Jersey	12	Destroy
6/6/1916 Camden, New Jersey	13	Destroy
6/6/1916 Camden, New Jersey	14	Destroy
6/6/1916 Camden, New Jersey	15	Master/destroy	Victor 31789	12-in.
6/6/1916 Camden, New Jersey	15	Master/destroy	Victor 35551	12-in.
Audio of this recording from the Library of Congress
12/8/1920 Camden, New Jersey	16	Destroy
12/8/1920 Camden, New Jersey	17	Destroy
12/8/1920 Camden, New Jersey	18	Destroy
7/19/1921 Camden, New Jersey	19	Destroy
7/19/1921 Camden, New Jersey	20	Destroy
7/19/1921 Camden, New Jersey	21	Destroy
7/19/1921 Camden, New Jersey	22	Destroy
7/21/1921 Camden, New Jersey	23	Master	Victor 35551	12-in.
Audio of this recording from the Library of Congress
7/21/1921 Camden, New Jersey	24	Hold
7/21/1921 Camden, New Jersey	25	Hold
between 1910 and 1921 Camden, New Jersey	Unknown	Master	Victor 31789	12-in.
between 1910 and 1921 Camden, New Jersey	Unknown	Master	Victor 31789	12-in.
between 1910 and 1921 Camden, New Jersey	Unknown	Master	Victor 31789	12-in.

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix C-8907. Gems from The Mikado / Victor Light Opera Company," accessed November 21, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200009007/C-8907-Gems_from_The_Mikado.

Victor matrix C-8907. Gems from The Mikado / Victor Light Opera Company. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200009007/C-8907-Gems_from_The_Mikado.

"Victor matrix C-8907. Gems from The Mikado / Victor Light Opera Company." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 21 November 2024.

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