One of the earliest oboe solo recordings –
Petite Mignon, played by Caesar Addimando (1908).
Petite Mignon
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Edison's National Phonograph Company
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| Cylinder # |
10011
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Oboe solo
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| Title |
Petite Mignon
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| Performed by |
Caesar Addimando
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| Circa |
December 1908
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| Announcement |
"Oboe solo, Petite Mignon, by Caesar Addimando. Edison record."
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The only oboe solo Edison recorded on two-minute wax and
one of the earliest commercial oboe solo recordings
(preceded in 1905 by Zonophone disk recording #255).
Here, the instrument is recorded clearly but "thinly" –
perhaps explaining why so few oboe cylinder records were made.
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Petite Mignon
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10011 Petite Mignon
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Caesar Addimando
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A double novelty – an oboe solo by a new Edison artist,
who is an acknowledged master of this sweet-toned instrument.
This is the first oboe selection we have listed.
Many prefer its quaint and dulcet tones to those of any other instrument.
The selection is a dainty classical recitative number, more favored,
perhaps, than any other for oboe work.
Orchestra accompaniment; composer, M. Carman. |
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— October 1908 Edison Phonograph Monthly [announcing the December records]
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