Classical Instrumental

Menuett G flat major & Valse bluette
Performed by: Kathleen Parlow - violin ; George Falkenstein - piano
Composed by: Ludwig von Beethoven
Record format: Edison Amberol cylinder
Release number: 4M-28026 (..6)
Release date: September 1912
NPS object catalog number: EDIS 36520

Hungarian rhapsody no. 2 - part 1
Performed by: Edison Concert Band
Composed by: Franz Liszt
Record format: Edison Diamond Disc
Matrix number: 2567-A-1-2 [7-1]
Recording date: 1913
Release number: 80135-R
Release date: August 1914
NPS object catalog number: EDIS 43462

William Tell overture - part 2
Performed by: Sodero's Band
Composed by: G. Rossini
Record format: Edison Diamond Disc
Matrix number: 5577-A-7-1
Recording date: 1917
Release number: 80128-L
Release date: March 1914
NPS object catalog number: EDIS 43455

Prelude in C sharp minor, Op. 3
Performed by: Sergie Rachmaninoff - piano
Composed by: Sergie Rachmaninoff
Record format: Edison Diamond Disc
Matrix number: 6742-C-2-3 [2-1]
Recording date: 1919
Release number: 82187-R
Release date: December 1920
NPS object catalog number: EDIS 73898

The debutante - caprice brillante
Performed by: Edna White - trumpet
Composed by: Herbert L. Clarke
Record format: Edison Diamond Disc
Matrix number: 7682-A-1-1
Recording date: 1920
Release number: 80650-R
Release date: September 1921
NPS object catalog number: EDIS 41889

Ride of the Valkyries - from "Die Valkyrie"
Performed by: American Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Richard Wagner
Record format: Edison Diamond Disc
Matrix number: 7846-B-1-6
Recording date: 1921
Release number: 80638-R
Release date: December 1921
NPS object catalog number: EDIS 41877

Moonlight sonata
Performed by: Bellini Ensemble Unique
Composed by: Lugwig Von Beethoven
Record format: Edison Diamond Disc
Matrix number: 10036-A-1-4
Recording date: 1924
Release number: 80806-R
Release date: November 1924
NPS object catalog number: EDIS 41945

Extracts from the ballet- suite Scherazada, part 1
Performed by: American Concert Orchestra
Composed by: N. Rimsky-Korsakow
Record format: Edison Diamond Disc
Matrix number: 10335-C-1-1
Recording date: April 28, 1925
Release number: 80833-R
Release date: July 1925
NPS object catalog number: EDIS 43889

Slavonic dance, no.1
Performed by: Carl Flesch - violin, Kurt Ruhrseitz - piano
Composed by: Antonin Dvorak, Fritz Kreisler
Record format: Edison Diamond Disc
Matrix number: 10866-A-1-3
Recording date: March 5, 1926
Release number: 80878-L
Release date: February 1927
NPS object catalog number: EDIS 43934

Clair de lune- suite Bergamasque
Performed by: Hotel Commodore Ensemble, directed by Bernhard Levitow
Composed by: Claude Debussey
Record format: Edison Diamond Disc
Matrix number: 11809-A-1-3
Recording date: July 21, 1927
Release number: 52079-L
Release date: October 1927
NPS object catalog number: EDIS 40629

Trio no. 1 in B flat, part 1-1st movement- allegro moderato, Op. 99
Performed by: The New York Trio
Composed by: Schubert
Record format: Edison Diamond Disc test pressing
Matrix number: 18527-A-1-1
Recording date: May 23, 1928
NPS object catalog number: EDIS 80125

Two etudes: Etude nouvelle in A flat & Etude in C major, Op. 10, no. 1
Performed by: Moriz Rosenthal - piano
Composed by: Frederic Chopin
Record format: Edison Diamond Disc test pressing
Matrix number: 19145-A-1-2
Recording date: April 4, 1929
Release number: 82353-L
Release date: October 1929
NPS object catalog number: EDIS 44236

Quartet in G, 1st movement- part 1
Performed by: Roth String Quartet
Composed by: Mozart
Record format: Edison Needle Type disc test pressing
Matrix number: N-1195-A-1-1
Recording date: October 10, 1929
NPS object catalog number: EDIS 84282


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