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Two years and nearly 6000 cylinders later, your humble audio technician has good reason to believe that, in the following 170 recordings, essentially the entire gamut of musical styles and performers of the cylinder era can be heard. From pop songs to instrumental pieces, opera arias to vaudeville routines, a sincere attempt has been made to offer representative exemplars of the music that emanated from homes and halls circa 1890-1929. (All the tunes listed here can also be heard randomly by clicking the play button in the featured cylinder section of the home page.) So sit back, crank up the machine, um, er, stereo, and enjoy all that once was the cylinder recording. - Noah Pollaczek, UCSB

• Pagliacci. Vesti la giubba / Ruggiero Leoncavallo. Florencio Constantino. Edison Amberol: 30035. 1910.
• Clarinet squawk. Louisiana Five. Edison Blue Amberol: 3896. 1920.
• What a time / Polk Miller. Polk Miller and his Old South Quartet. Edison Amberol: 391. 1910.
• Just before the battle mother / George Frederick Root. Will Oakland. Edison Amberol: 297. 1909.
• Calvary / Paul Rodney. James F. Harrison. Edison Amberol: 62. 1908.
• Heart bowed down / Michael William Balfe. William Tuson. Edison Gold Moulded Record: 8455. 1903.
• Flanagan's troubles in a restaurant / Steve Porter. Steve Porter. Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9495. 1907.
• Medley of straight jigs. John J. Kimmel. Edison Gold Moulded Record: 966. 1907.
• Jerusalem mournin'. Polk Miller and his Old South Quartet. Edison Standard Record: 10334. 1910.
• Forza del destino. O tu che in seno agli angeli / Giuseppe Verdi. Carlo Albani. Edison Amberol: 30042. 1911.
• Pescatori di Perle. Mi par d’udir ancora [Pêcheurs de perles. Je crois entendre encore] / Georges Bizet. Aristodemo Giorgini. Edison Amberol: 30032. 1911.
• Don't take my darling boy away / Albert Von Tilzer. Harry Anthony and Helen Clark. Edison Blue Amberol: 2622. 1915.
• Messiah. Comfort ye, my people / George Frideric Handel. Reed Miller. Edison Blue Amberol: 2498. 1914.
• Buck dance medley / John J. Kimmel. John J. Kimmel. Edison Blue Amberol: 2384. 1914.
• Stick to your mother, Tom / Ernest J. Symons. Will Oakland. Edison Blue Amberol: 2380. 1914.
• On parade. National Guard Fife and Drum Corps. Edison Blue Amberol: 1804. 1913.
• I love you California / A.F. Frankenstein. Knickerbocker Quartet and Elizabeth Spencer. Edison Blue Amberol: 1838. 1913.
• She's my Daisy / Sir Harry Lauder. Sir Harry Lauder. Edison Blue Amberol: 1817. 1913.
• Uncle Josh's huskin' bee (take 2) / Cal Stewart. Cal Stewart. Edison Blue Amberol: 1866. 1913.
• The teddy bears' picnic / John W. Bratton. American Symphony Orchestra (West Orange, N.J). Edison Blue Amberol: 1867. 1913.
• He'd have to get under: get out and get under / Maurice Abrahams. Billy Murray. Edison Blue Amberol: 2194. 1914.
• Souvenir / Franz Drdla. Demetrius Constantine Dounis. Edison Blue Amberol: 2010. 1913.
• There's a mother always waiting you, at home, sweet home / James Thornton. Will Oakland. Edison Blue Amberol: 2030. 1913.
• I sent my wife to the Thousand Isles / Harry Von Tilzer. Billy Murray. Edison Blue Amberol: 2999. 1916.
• Morte d'Otello [Otello. Niun mi tema] / Giuseppe Verdi. Florencio Constantino. Edison Blue Amberol: 28140. 1913.
• Ah! non credevi tu [Mignon. Elle ne croyait pas] / Ambroise Thomas. Florencio Constantino. Edison Blue Amberol: 28150. 1913.
• Tambourin chinois / Fritz Kreisler. Mary Zentay. Edison Blue Amberol: 28246. 1916.
• Lucia di Lammermoor. Fra poco a me ricovero / Gaetano Donizetti. Guido Ciccolini. Edison Blue Amberol: 28273. 1917.
• Whispering hope / Septimus Winner. Helen Clark and Harry Anthony. Edison Blue Amberol: 1518. 1912.
• Medley of Hawaiian airs no. 2. Helen Louise and Frank Ferera. Edison Blue Amberol: 2941. 1916.
• Two jolly sailors / Steve Porter. Steve Porter and Byron G. Harlan. Edison Blue Amberol: 1759. 1913.
• Uncle Josh keeps house / Cal Stewart. Cal Stewart. Edison Blue Amberol: 1714. 1913.
• William Tell: fantasie [Guillaume Tell. Selections; arr.] / Gioacchino Rossini. Charles Daab. Edison Blue Amberol: 1730. 1913.
• Old folks at home; arr. / Stephen Collins Foster. André Benoist. Edison Blue Amberol: 1908. 1913.
• Down home rag / Wilbur C. Sweatman. Van Eps Trio. Edison Blue Amberol: 2377. 1914.
• Medley of Hawaiian airs no. 1. Helen Louise and Frank Ferera. Edison Blue Amberol: 2917. 1916.
• I want to go back to Michigan / Irving Berlin. Billy Murray. Edison Blue Amberol: 2507. 1914.
• Aloha oe / Liliuokalani, Queen of Hawaii. William Smith and Walter K. Kolomoku. Edison Blue Amberol: 2701. 1915.
• Thaïs. Méditation; arr. / Jules Massenet. Albert Spalding. Edison Blue Amberol: 28102. 1912.
• Air for G string [Suites, orchestra, BWV 1068, D major. Air; arr.] / Johann Sebastian Bach. Joel Belov. Edison Blue Amberol: 4010. 1920.
• Bo-la-bo / George Fairman. Lopez and Hamilton's Kings of Harmony Orchestra. Edison Blue Amberol: 4020. 1920.
• Haste to the wedding. John J. Kimmel. Edison Blue Amberol: 4194. 1921.
• Afghanistan / William Wilander. Lopez and Hamilton's Kings of Harmony Orchestra. Edison Blue Amberol: 4043. 1920.
• All over this world. Fisk Jubilee Singers. Edison Blue Amberol: 4045. 1920.
• What's the good of kicking, let's go 'round with a smile / Walter Donaldson. Maurice Burkhart. Edison Blue Amberol: 4109. 1920.
• Return of spring / Emile Waldteufel. Three Vagrants. Edison Blue Amberol: 4152. 1921.
• The ring and the rose / Kitty Berger. Kitty Berger. Edison Blue Amberol: 4286. 1921.
• Annie, my own / Henry Scharf. Harry Raderman's Jazz Orchestra. Edison Blue Amberol: 4217. 1921.
• Why did you do it? / George Jessel. Georgia Melodians. Edison Blue Amberol: 4903. 1924.
• Predilecta: vals / Carlos Curti. Trio Instrumental Arriaga. Edison Blue Amberol: 22027. 1913.
• Peggy / Neil Moret. Lopez and Hamilton's Kings of Harmony Orchestra. Edison Blue Amberol: 4006. 1920.
• Will it ever be the same again / Joseph Cooper. Billy Jones. Edison Blue Amberol: 4051. 1920.
• Roamin' in the gloamin' / Sir Harry Lauder. Sir Harry Lauder. Edison Blue Amberol: 23003. 1912-1914.
• Laughing song / Polk Miller. Polk Miller and his Old South Quartet. Edison Blue Amberol: 2176. 1913.
• Tra, la, la, la! / Irving Berlin. Billy Murray. Edison Blue Amberol: 2136. 1913.
• Tosca. E lucevan le stelle / Giacomo Puccini. Leo Slezak. Edison Blue Amberol: 28146. 1913.
• Faust. Salve dimora [Faust. Salut, demeure chaste et pure] / Charles Gounod. Alessandro Bonci. Edison Royal Purple Amberol: 29003. 1918.
• Breakfast in bed / Sir Harry Lauder. Sir Harry Lauder. Edison Blue Amberol: 23017. 1913.
• Polonaise in D major [Polonaise brillante, no. 1] / Henri Wieniawski. Albert Spalding. Edison Amberol: 177. 1909.
• Poet and peasant [Dichter und Bauer. Ouvertüre; arr.] / Franz von Suppé. Pietro Frosini. Edison Amberol: 192. 1909.
• The baseball girl. Miss Ray Cox. Edison Amberol: 196. 1909.
• Hungarian dances: G minor and A major [Ungarische Tänze. Selections; arr.] / Johannes Brahms. Albert Spalding. Edison Amberol: 203. 1909.
• Carnival of Venice [Carnevale di Venezia; arr.] / Nicolò Paganini. Ollivotti Troubadours. Edison Amberol: 302. 1909.
• Waltz / Samuel Siegel. Samuel Siegel and Roy H. Butin. Edison Amberol: 316. 1909.
• In the gloaming / Annie Fortescue Harrison. Will Oakland. Edison Amberol: 320. 1909.
• Lead kindly light / John Bacchus Dykes . Knickerbocker Quartet. Edison Amberol: 341. 1909.
• Amoureuse / Rudolphe Berger. Pietro Frosini. Edison Amberol: 347. 1909.
• Ich trinke nicht mehr. Grete Wiedecke. Edison Goldguss Walze: 15513. 1906.
• My south polar expedition / Ernest Henry Shackleton. Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton. Edison Amberol: 473. 1910.
• Home, sweet home / John Howard Payne. Knickerbocker Quartet. Edison Amberol: 598. 1910.
• The premier / Edward Llewellyn. Arthur S. Witcomb and the United States Marine Band. Edison Amberol: 536. 1910.
• Come Josephine in my flying machine / Fred Fisher. Ada Jones and Billy Murray. Edison Amberol: 655. 1911.
• Cradle song (take 1). James Scott Skinner. Edison Amberol: 604. 1910.
• The crushed tragedian / Len Spencer. Ada Jones and Len Spencer. Edison Amberol: 670. 1911.
• Dragons de Villars. Ouverture; arr. / AiméMaillart. Batterie-fanfare de la Garde républicaine. Edison Amberol: 714. 1911.
• Down at Finnegan's jamboree. Charles D'Almaine. Edison Amberol: 718. 1911.
• I want to sing in opera: The siren / Worton David. Bob Roberts. Edison Amberol: 906. 1911.
• Uncle Josh in a barber shop / Cal Stewart. Cal Stewart. Edison Amberol: 909. 1911.
• Peter on the sea; The ole ark. Fisk Jubilee Singers. Edison Amberol: 978. 1912.
• Roll Jordan roll. Fisk Jubilee Singers. Edison Amberol: 980. 1912.
• The band of Gideon. Fisk Jubilee Singers. Edison Amberol: 983. 1912.
• The ghosts' dance / Ernest Dunkels. National Military Band. Edison Amberol: 12244. 1910.
• Ben Bolt / Nelson Kneass. Eleonora de Cisneros. Edison Amberol: 28017. 1912.
• Damnazione di Faust. Invocazione delle rose [Damnation de Faust. Voici des roses] / Hector Berlioz. Angelo Scandiani. Edison Amberol: 7523. 1910-1912.
• Forza del destino. O tu che in seno agli angeli / Giuseppe Verdi. Carlo Albani. Edison Amberol: 30042. 1910.
• Wie Eiskalt ist dies Handchen: La Boheme [Bohème. Che gelida manina. German] / Giacomo Puccini. Leo Slezak. Edison Amberol: B158. 1909.
• Gegruesst sei mir (cavatine) [Faust. Salut, demeure chaste et pure] / Charles Gounod. Leo Slezak. Edison Amberol: 40041. 1911.
• Elisir d'amore. Furtiva lagrima / Gaetano Donizetti. Aristodemo Giorgini. Edison Amberol: 30037. 1910.
• Carmen. Romance de la fleur [Carmen. Fleur que tu m'avais jetée] / Georges Bizet. Florencio Constantino. Edison Amberol: B184. 1910.
• Oh! Don't it tickle you?. Will F. Denny. Edison Gold Moulded Record: 7186. 1902?.
• The widow Dooley. Ada Jones and Len Spencer. Edison Standard Record: 10017. 1908.
• Annie Laurie / Lady John Douglas Scott. Edison Male Quartet. Edison Gold Moulded Record: 2201. 1902?.
• Parody on widow's plea for her son. Will F. Denny. Edison Gold Moulded Record: 6602. 1902?.
• The Wedding o' Sandy MacNab / Sir Harry Lauder. Sir Harry Lauder. Edison Gold Moulded Record: 13742. 1908.
• Fou the noo / Sir Harry Lauder. Sir Harry Lauder. Edison Gold Moulded Record: 13743. 1908.
• Der musikalische Clown / Carl Lüdicke. Carl Lüdicke. Edison Goldguss Walze: 15465. 1907.
• Nur a Bier will i hab'n / August Junker. August Junker. Edison Goldguss Walze: 15742. 1907.
• Die Welt ist wie ein Huhnerstall / Carl Bretschneider. Gustav Schönwald. Edison Goldguss Walzes: 15553. 1907.
• Hey, Donal! / Sir Harry Lauder. Sir Harry Lauder. Edison Gold Moulded Record: 13741. 1908.
• Souvenir de Carmen / Victor Massé. Bérard. Cylindres Edison Moulés sur Or: 18050. 1908.
• Bay State quickstep. Vess L. Ossman. Edison Gold Moulded Record: 7955. 1902?.
• Social and industrial justice / Theodore Roosevelt. Theodore Roosevelt. Edison Blue Amberol: 3709. 1919.
• Hickory Bill / Len Spencer. Len Spencer and Fred Van Eps. Edison Gold Moulded Record: 8580. 1907.
• Hawaiian twilight / Carl D. Vandersloot. Waikiki Hawaiian Orchestra. Edison Blue Amberol: 4138. 1920.
• Cavalleria rusticana. Intermezzo; arr. / Pietro Mascagni. Edith Helena. Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9556. 1907.
• Rock of ages / Thomas Hastings. Albert Campbell and James F. Harrison. Edison Gold Moulded Record: 8839. 1904.
• An autumn evening / Samuel Siegel. Samuel Siegel and M. Loyd Wolf. Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9014. 1905.
• Take a car / Ed Rose. Arthur Collins and Byron G. Harlan. Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9055. 1905.
• Kinderscenen. Traümerei; arr. / Robert Schumann. Hans Kronold. Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9149. 1905.
• My country 'tis of thee. Edison Male Quartet. Edison Gold Moulded Record: 8410. 1903.
• Sing, smile, slumber [Sérénade; arr.] / Charles Gounod. Bohumir Kryl. Edison Gold Moulded Record: 8418. 1904-1908.
• Santiago / A. Corbin. Albert Benzler. Edison Gold Moulded Record: 8473. 1906.
• The minstrel boy. James C. McAuliffe. Edison Gold Moulded Record: 8487. 1904-1908.
• The auto race / Jean M. Missud. Edison Concert Band. Edison Gold Moulded Record: 8856. 1905.
• The Dixie rube / Thos. S. Allen. Edison Military Band. Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9241. 1906.
• The umpire is a most unhappy man / Joseph Edgar Howard. Edward M. Favor. Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9352. 1906.
• You'll have to get off and walk / David Reed. Will F. Denny. Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9568. 1907.
• Upper ten and lower five / James Thornton. Edward M. Favor and Edward Meeker. Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9775. 1908.
• Sheriff's sale of a stranded circus. Len Spencer and Gilbert Girard. Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9779. 1908.
• I'm afraid to come home in the dark / Egbert Van Alstyne. Billy Murray. Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9780. 1908.
• Si and Sis, the musical spoons. Ada Jones and Len Spencer. Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9815. 1908.
• Kerry Mills' barn dance / Kerry Mills. Edison Symphony Orchestra. Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9909. 1908.
• The tariff question / William Jennings Bryan. William Jennings Bryan. Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9918. 1908.
• Guaranty of bank deposits / William Jennings Bryan. William Jennings Bryan. Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9921. 1908.
• Don't take me home / Harry Von Tilzer. Ed Morton. Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9949. 1908.
• Republican and Democratic treatment of trusts / William Howard Taft. William Howard Taft. Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9998. 1908.
• Theodore / Vincent Bryan. Edward M. Favor. Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9630. 1907.
• I'd rather two-step than waltz, Bill (take 2) / Benjamin Hapgood Burt. Billy Murray. Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9634. 1907.
• I'm in love with the slide trombone / Seymour Furth. Ada Jones. Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9652. 1907.
• Ev'rything's funny to me (take 2) / Theodore H. Northrup. Sallie Stembler. Edison Standard Record: 10081. 1909.
• Sterling Castle and Harvest home. William Craig. Edison Standard Record: 10120. 1909.
• Uncle Josh at a baseball game / Cal Stewart. Cal Stewart. Edison Standard Record: 10169. 1909.
• Go easy Mabel / J. Fred. Helf. Edward Meeker. Edison Standard Record: 10173. 1909.
• Scotch reels. Alexander Prince. Edison Standard Record: 10200. 1909.
• Medley of Irish reels. John J. Kimmel. Edison Standard Record: 10284. 1909.
• I'm looking for something to eat / Billie Taylor. Stella Mayhew. Edison Standard Record: 10298. 1909.
• Sun of my soul / Peter Ritter. Harry Anthony and James F. Harrison. Edison Standard Record: 10322. 1910.
• The birlin' reels. James Scott Skinner. Edison Standard Record: 10402. 1910.
• The hoosier slide / Hale Ascher VanderCook. National Military Band (London, England). Edison Standard Record: 10409. 1910.
• Nix on the glow-worm, Lena! / Harry Carroll. Billy Murray. Edison Standard Record: 10437. 1910.
• Florentiner-Marsch / Julius Fučík. Sousa Band. Edison Standard Record: 10546. 1911.
• The armourer's song [Robin Hood. Selections] / Reginald De Koven. Frank C. Stanley. Indestructible Record: 698. 1908.
• Blitz and Blatz at the sea shore. Bob Roberts and Fred Duprez. Indestructible Record: 1160. 1909.
• Miss Trombone / Henry Fillmore. Indestructible Military Band. Indestructible Record: 1473. 1911.
• With shot and shell / Benjamin Bilse. United States Marine Band. Edison Standard Record: 10531. 1911.
• Auld lang syne / Robert Burns. Frank C. Stanley. Indestructible Record: 1267. 1910.
• Air des contrebandiers [Carmen. Écoute, compagnon] / Georges Bizet. Lucien Muratore. Cylindres Edison Moulés Sur Or: 17590. 1907-1909.
• Rigoletto. Questa o quella per me pari sono / Giuseppe Verdi. Romeo Berti. Edison Gold Moulded Record: B. 18. 1906.
• Tarantella [Soirées musicales. Danza.] / Gioacchino Rossini. Giuseppe Campanari. Edison Gold Moulded Record: B. 46. 1907.
• A tanto amor: La Favorita [Favorite. Pour tant d'amour] / Gaetano Donizetti. Mario Ancona. Edison Gold Moulded Record: B. 50. 1907.
• Il fior che avevi a me tu dato [Carmen. Fleur que tu m'avais jetée] / Georges Bizet. Angiolo Pintucci. Edison Gold Moulded Record: B. 112. 1908.
• Chargez / Charles Merelly. Bérard. Cylindres Edison Moulés Sur Or: 17782. 1907.
• Serenata de los maridos [Boccaccio. Selections; arr.] / Franz von Suppé. Antonio Vargas. Edison Gold Moulded Record: 12152. ca. 1902.
• Macario Romero. Rafael Herrera Robinson and Senor Picazo. Edison Gold Moulded Record: 18638. 1905.
• Hawthorne Club. Samuel Siegel. Columbia Phonograph Co.: 31389. 1904-1909.
• The colored major. Vess L. Ossman and William B. Farmer. Columbia Phonograph Co.: 31590. 1904-1909.
• Independentia march / Robert Browne Hall. Joseph Belmont. Columbia Phonograph Co.: 31840. 1904-1909.
• Darling Nellie Gray / Benjamin Russel Hanby. Columbia Quartette. Columbia Phonograph Co.: 32836. 1905.
• Brother Masons. Frank Williams. Columbia Phonograph Co.: 32849. 1906.
• A barnyard serenade. Len Spencer and Alfred Holt. Columbia Phonograph Co.: 33000. 1906.
• Nobody: Abyssinia / Bert Williams. Bert Williams. Columbia Phonograph Co.: 33011. 1906.
• Stars and stripes forever march / John Philip Sousa. Sousa Band. Columbia Phonograph Co.: 532. 1904-1909.
• Under the double eagle [Unter dem Doppeladler] (copy 2) / Josef Franz Wagner. Gilmore's Band. Columbia Phonograph Co.: 1564. 1904-1909.
• A Bunch of rags. Vess L. Ossman. Columbia Phonograph Co.: 3861. 1904-1909.
• Medley of popular airs. Charles P. Lowe and the Columbia Symphony Orchestra. Columbia Phonograph Co.: 15503. 1904-1909.
• Zacatecas marcha / Genaro Codina. Banda Española. Columbia Phonograph Co.: 40322. 1904-1909.
• Hipp hipp hurrah. Orchester m. Gesang. Columbia Phonograph Co.: 55031. 1904-1909.
• Russian kamarinskaja [Kamarinskai] / Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka. Accordion solo. Columbia Phonograph Co.: 65061. 1904-1909.

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