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Thomas Edison National Historical Park
Music Of Foreign Countries

La Paloma
Performed by: Banda de Zapadores de Mexico
Composed by: Sebastian Yradier
Record format: Edison Gold Moulded cylinder
Release number: 18734 (1)
Release date: July 1905
NPS object catalog number: EDIS 38222

O, tannenbaum
Performed by: Nebe Quartett
Composed by: Richard Wagner
Record format: Edison Gold Moulded cylinder
Release number: 15354 (5G)
Release date: c. July 1907
NPS object catalog number: EDIS 38244

Mazel tov
Performed by: I. J. Hochman's Yiddisher Orchester
Record format: Edison Diamond Disc
Matrix number: 6500-B-2-1
Recording date: December 11, 1918
Release number: 59500-L
Release date: c. April 1919
NPS object catalog number: EDIS 44419

Nataligino kolo (Natalie's dance)
Performed by: Jugoslavensko Tamburasko Drustvo (Jugo-Slav Tamburizta Orchestra)
Record format: Edison Diamond Disc
Matrix number: 7549-B-1-1
Recording date: 1920
Release number: 65011-L
Release date: November 1924
NPS object catalog number: EDIS 41283

Smês esko - slováckych písní - cis 1
Performed by: Milán Lusk - houslové solo; Ludmila Vojáckova-Wetché, klavirni doprovod.
Record format: Edison Diamond Disc
Matrix number: 7795-C-2-6
Recording date: 1921
Release number: 65001-R
Release date: c. August 1921
NPS object catalog number: EDIS 41274

Narodowe melodye (Polish national melodies) - polka
Performed by: Aleksander Iwanowski - "harmonika"
Record format: Edison Diamond Disc
Matrix number: 8540-C-3-1
Recording date: July 24, 1922
Release number: 65310-L
Release date: November 1922
NPS object catalog number: EDIS 71105

La bella Cubano - habenera
Performed by: El Trio Cubano - violins and piano
Record format: Edison Diamond Disc test pressing
Matrix number: 9717-A-1-1
Recording date: September 18, 1924
NPS object catalog number: EDIS 77575

Que partes el alma - rumba son
Performed by: Juan de la Cruz y Bienvenido Leon - tenor y baritono in Spanish
Composed by: Manuel Mendez
Record format: Edison Diamond Disc
Matrix number: 9751-A-1-2
Recording date: September 29, 1924
Release number: 60035-L
Release date: December 1924
NPS object catalog number: EDIS 41247

Envoyons d'l'avant nos gens! (Let's go ahead boys!) - folklore du Canada
Performed by: Charles Marchand - basse ; Ernest Patience - au piano.
Composed by: Harm, D'Amedee Tremblay
Record format: Edison Diamond Disc
Matrix number: 10365-C-1-1
Recording date: May 12, 1925
Release number: 58023-R
Release date: August 1925
NPS object catalog number: EDIS 44392

Skamba kankliah ir trimintai - Lithuanian folk love song
Performed by: Jouzas Suildauskas, baritonas
Composed by: Mikas Petraushas
Record format: Edison Diamond Disc
Matrix number: 10734-C-1-1
Recording date: May 22, 1925
Release number: 65509-L
Release date: March 1926
NPS object catalog number: EDIS 41305

Anssin jukka ja härman häät - Finnish folk song
Performed by: Otto Pyykkonen - tenor (with violin, accordion and piano)
Record format: Edison Diamond Disc
Matrix number: 18289-C-1-2
Recording date: March 08, 1928
Release number: 59306-R
Release date: June 1928
NPS object catalog number: EDIS 44417

Charles Edison taken in 1945.  

Did You Know?
Charles Edison, Thomas Edison's son from his second marriage to Mina Miller, was Governor of the State of New Jersey from 1941 to 1944.

Last Updated: February 04, 2009 at 20:46 EST