- TxAM-CRS 1102-5
- Box
- 1937-1939
Part of William A. Owens Instantaneous Disks Folk Song Collection
This box contains the following items:
Disk 105a: Amazing Grace [2:54] / 105b: Swing Low [2:36]
Gospel hymns sung by choir and congregation at [African Methodist Episcopal Church] [Calvert, TX] [n.d.]
Owens 109/110
[note: 105b included in "Tell Me a Story, Sing Me a Song..."]
Disk 106a: Te's Petite [2:34] / 106b: Mais, Jolie Ville, mais, tu connais [2:50]
Cajun folk song sung and played by unidentified male and musicians [n.p.] [n.d.]
Owens 238/239
Disk 107a: Cornhuskin' Sal [2:43] / 107b: Rochester or Seashore Schottische [2:32]
Fiddle tunes played by Sam Welsh and Leroy Billman [n.p.] [n.d.]
Owens 312/313
Disk 108a: Sally Johnson [2:38] / 108b: San Antonio Rose [2:29]
Fiddle tunes played by unidentified string band [n.p.] [n.d.]
Owens 298/299
Disk 109a: My Record [w/ Steal Away] [2:38] / 109b: I'm On My Way Home [2:11]
Gospel songs sung by unidentified male quartet [n.p.] [n.d.]
Owens 205/206
Disk 110a: J'ai petit, j'ai mignon [2:25] / 110b: C'est Hip puis Taiaut [2:25]
Cajun dance songs sung and played by Tony Allemand and Eric Domingue, Scott, LA, 1937.
Owens 232/233
[note: 110b included in "Tell Me a Story, Sing Me a Song..."]
Disk 111a: [unidentified song] [2:27] / 111b: Et pi tu crois [1:53]
Cajun songs sung and played on accordion and harmonica by unidentified males [n.p.] [n.d.]
Owens 234/235
Disk 112a: Italian Hymn [St. Joseph] [2:03]; [names of singers] [0:20] / 112b: Cantico Siciliano [2:46], 03/19/1939
Italian hymns sung by group including Mrs. Pete [Scamardo], Antoinette Scamardo, Ann Scamardo, Mrs. Frank [Canavespi] and Mrs. Bonnano at Steele's Store near College Station, TX, March 19, 1939.
Owens 284/285
Disk 113a: Windy Bill [2:06] / 113b: Git Along Little Dogies [2:45], 02/19/1939
Cowboy songs sung and played by Brownie McNeill at Austin, TX, February 19, 1939.
Owens 90/91
Disk 114a: When I Was in my Father's House [2:29] / 114b: [unidentified song] [1:21]
French folk songs sung by Madame Trosclair and Madame Blanchard, Houma, LA, 1938.
Owens 231
Disk 115a: German Officer [2:08] / 115b: She Came Rollin Down the Mountain [2:23]
Folk songs sung by unidentified male and female [n.p.] [n.d.]
Disk 116a: She Came Rollin Down the Mountain [1:59] / 116b She Came Rollin Down the Mountain [2:06]
Folk songs sung by unidentified male and female [n.p.] [n.d.]
[note: lacquer disk]
Disk 117a: Heaven [Shout All Over God's Heaven] [2:17] / 117b: [Tryin to Make Heaven My Home] [2:51]
[Dubs of commercial gospel records]
Disk 118a: Paderewski [minuet] [2:43]
Piano music played by [Ignacy Jan Paderewski] [n.p.] [n.d.]
[dub of commercial record]
Disk 119a: Orchestra [2:48] / 119b: Orchestra [2:01] [0:44]
Unidentified orchestral music [possibly dub from commercial disk or radio] [n.p.] [n.d.]
Disk 120a: Recitative, Verdi [2:53] / 120b: The Snow is Falling [2:54]
Opera performances by unidentified male [dubs from commercial records or radio]
Disk 121a: Stille Nacht [2:53]
Christmas carol sung in german by unidentified female [dub of commercial disk or radio]
Disk 122a: Paderewski [Beethoven "Moonlight Sonata"] [2:57] / 122b: Paderewski [unidentified music] [2:43]
Piano music played by [Ignacy Jan Paderewski] [dub from commercial disk or radio] [note: overmodulated]
Disk 123a: Kelly Waltz / 123b: Good Night Waltz [note: disk is unrecorded/blank]
unrecorded/blank disk
Disk 124a: Manon - The Dream [2:54] / 124b: Gournod - Santus [2:30]
Dub of commercial recording of [Jussi Bjorling]. [note: 124a on CD is blank]
Disk 125a: Asleep in the Deep [2:27] / 125b: In einem kühlen Grunde [2:09]
American spiritual and German lieder sung by George [Bushong] [n.p.] [n.d.]
Owens 5
Disk 126a: [Edward, Edward] [1:56] / 126b: [Edward, Edward] [2:57]
Folk ballad sung by [Lawrence Tibbett] [dub of commercial recording]
Disk 127a: Ohé Hélène [1:41] / 127b: Marie Magdelène [1:30]
Cajun folk songs sung by Madame Trosclair of Bayou Blue in Houma, LA, 1938.
[note: songs included in "Tell Me a Story, Sing Me a Song..."]
Disk 128a: Good News [2:05] / 128b: Dry Bones [2:24]
Gospel songs sung by unidentified male quartet [n.p.] [n.d.]
Disk 129a: Ah, Suzette, Chère [2:08] / 129b: Jungle Nanny Song [2:03]
French folk songs sung by unidentified female [New Orleans, LA] [1937]
Owens 246
[note: 129a mentioned in "Tell Me a Story, Sing Me a Song..."]
Disk 130a: Unusual Newscast [0:29]; Poetry [0:57]; Piano [Bells of St. Mary's] [0:44]; Cadet Call [0:22]; Mary Had a Little Lamb [0:16]; Goldilocks [0:31] / 130b: Piano Song [0:41]; Blank [0:11]; Silent Night [0:56]; Call for Someone [0:28]; Foreign Language [0:08]
Miscellaneous spoken word, piano music, and songs performed by Bill Owens and other unidentified males and females [n.p.] [n.d.]