Cylinder of the Month
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For November 1998 . . .
This month: Perhaps the earliest sound recording
of a unique art form: Cowboy poetry.
From 1905, a dramatic two-minute condensation of the cowboy love poem Lasca.
Lasca
| Company |
Edison's National Phonograph Company
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| Cylinder # |
9087
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| Category |
Talking
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| Title |
Lasca
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| Performed by |
Edgar L. Davenport
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| Circa |
September 1905
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| Announcement |
"Lasca, by Edgar L. Davenport, Edison record."
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Davenport, who made only two recordings for Edison (both recitations),
delivers with great energy this highly compressed version of Frank Desprez's fine poem,
grabbing attention immediately and releasing it finally as the
recording concludes to the strains of Chopin's Funeral March.
Click here
to see the full text of Lasca courtesy of Angel City Press, publishers of
Cowboy Love Poetry: Verse from the Heart of the West.
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To hear Lasca —
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To hear an excerpt —
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