Cylinder of the Month
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For December 1998 . . .
This month: A double feature —
- A rare recording by a one-time vaudeville great, now all but forgotten:
From 1905, Clarice Vance sings Mariar
— and —
- The classic Christmas carol, O Come All Ye Faithful,
sung by the Columbia Quartette from 1904.
Mariar
| Company |
Edison's National Phonograph Company
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| Cylinder # |
9051
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| Category |
Contralto
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| Title |
Mariar
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| Performed by |
Clarice Vance
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| Circa |
August 1905
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| Announcement |
"Mariar, sung by Miss Clarice Vance, Edison record."
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The story of Clarice Vance is a fascinating one.
I first learned about Clarice Vance from Seattle record collector,
Sterling Morris, who for some time has been researching the life of
Miss Vance.
Sterling inquired whether I had encountered either of the two
wax cylinder recordings she was known to have made for Edison.
I hadn't.
As we corresponded, I learned more about her tragic life –
this once bright and sparkling vaudeville actress and singer
mysteriously dropped out of sight, lived her last years in
a mental facility, died a lonesome death, and was barely remembered with a
single-paragraph obituary.
Thus, it was hard not to be thrilled when
during a recent visit here at the tinfoil.com studio in Portland, Oregon,
veteran record collector Art Guenther pulled the following cylinder
out of his box.
As you listen to this recording of Mariar, you can learn more about
Clarice Vance in the mini-biography,
Clarice Vance – "The Southern Singer",
Sterling Morris has contributed.
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To hear Mariar —
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To hear an excerpt —
For help playing these sounds, click here.
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Click on either of these images to read a mini-biography on Clarice Vance
contributed by Sterling Morris.
Sheet music cover for Mariar, ca. 1905.
Photographs from the collection of Sterling Morris
— This cylinder of the month is from the collection of Art Guenther —
O Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fidelis)
| Company |
Columbia Phonograph Company
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| Cylinder # |
32823
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| Category |
Quartette
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| Title |
O Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fidelis)
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| Performed by |
Columbia Quartette
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| Circa |
1904
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| Announcement |
None
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A timeless carol from Christmases past.
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To hear O Come All Ye Faithful —
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To hear an excerpt —
For help playing these sounds, click here.
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To hear other examples of wax cylinders, see the
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