A catchy ragtime piece from 1909, the Yankiana Rag,
by Edison's American Symphony Orchestra.
Yankiana Rag
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| Company |
Edison's National Phonograph Company
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| Cylinder # |
10168
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| Category |
Orchestra
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| Title |
Yankiana Rag
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| Performed by |
American Symphony Orchestra
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| Circa |
July 1909
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| Announcement |
None
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This ragtime number, written in 1908, was a musical highlight and featured in
the relatively short five-month New York run of "Miss Innocence".
In fact, the show closed in May just as Edison prepared to release this recording!
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To hear
Yankiana Rag —
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For help playing these sounds, click here.
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Cover of Yankiana Rag sheet music
(courtesy of Colin Cochrane's
Halcyon Days Music).
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10168 Yankiana Rag
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American Symphony Orchestra
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This composition is featured in Anna Held's musical production, "Miss Innocence."
It cannot fail to please all lovers of light musical compositions when
rendered by orchestra.
Composer, Melville J. Gideon; publisher, Shapiro, New York.
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— May 1909 Edison Phonograph Monthly [announcing the July records]
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