Finding Aid for Nick Kaufman Collection of American Wind Band and Orchestra Sound Recordings, circa 1897-1923 | The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

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Collection Overview

Title: Nick Kaufman Collection of American Wind Band and Orchestra Sound Recordings, circa 1897-1923

ID: 12/9/132

Primary Creator: Kaufmann, Nicholas A. (1942-)

Extent: 1.0 cubic feet

Arrangement: Organized alphabetically by ensemble name.

Date Acquired: 01/10/2014

Subjects: Bands, Brass Bands, Clarke, Herbert L., Kryl, Bohumir, 1875-1961, Military Music, Pryor, Arthur, Sousa, John Philip

Formats/Genres: Sound Recordings

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Consists of 7-inch, 8-inch,10-inch, and 12-inch 78 rpm audio recordings of performances by the John Philip Sousa Band, Arthur Pryor Band, Herbert L. Clarke Band, Sir Harry Lauder Band, and the Victor Military Band, documenting the audio recording legacy of bands ca. 1897 and 1923 as well as the personal sound recording collection of Nick Kaufmann. In addition there are recordings of the International Concert Orchestra and the Bohumir Kryl Bohemine Band.

Biographical Note

Nicholas A. Kaufmann (1942- ) joined the US Navy in 1962. He was married to Sylvia Wisneski in 1966. He received both a BS and BA in biology and physics from Long Island University in 1967. Throughout the 1970s and 80s, he served as a medical consultant and marketer in the Chicago subburbs. After retiring to Elroy, Wisconsin in 1994, he founded the Wisconsin Seasonal Residence Association.

Subject/Index Terms

Bands
Brass Bands
Clarke, Herbert L.
Kryl, Bohumir, 1875-1961
Military Music
Pryor, Arthur
Sousa, John Philip

Administrative Information

Repository: The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

Acquisition Source: Kaufman, Nick

Acquisition Method: Donation.

Related Materials: http://victor.library.ucsb.edu/

Other Note: Dates for recordings were pulled from the Encyclopedic Discography of Victor Recordings.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Box:

[Box 1],
[Box 2],
[Box 3],
[All]

Box 1

Item 1: The Cake Walk in Coontown, 1905: An Evening With the Minstrels No. 6., 10 in. disc, Victor: 1828. Damaged.
Item 2: Herbert L. Clarke, 1901: My Black Pearl, 10 in. disc, Victor: 3436. Accompaniment by Sousa's Band.
Item 3: Clarke and Bellstedt, 1905: The Friendly Rivals (Godfrey), 10 in. disc, Victor: 4423. Accompanied by Sousa's Band.
Item 4: Clarke and Millhouse, 1906: The Swiss Boy (Tyrolean Air), 10 in. disc, Victor: 4753. Accompanied by Sousa's Band.
Item 5: Clarke, Rogers, and Bellstedt, 1905: The Three Solitaires (Herbert), 10 in. disc, Victor: 4456. Accompanied by Sousa's Band.
Item 6: Clarke and Zimmerman, 1906: "Cousins" (Clarke), 10 in. disc, Victor: 4716. Accompanied by Sousa's Band.
Item 7: Garde Republicaine Band, 1905: Amour et Printemps Valse (Waldteufel), 10 in. disc, Victor: 4116.
Item 8: German Calvary Band, 1907: Parade Post with Kaiser Friedrich March, 10 in. disc, Victor: 5255.
Item 9: J.W. Myers with orchestra, 1907: The Bowery Grenadiers (Kelly), 10 in. disc, Victor: 4968.
Item 10: Arthur Pryor's Band, 1904: Ben Hur Chariot Race March (Paull), 10 in. disc, Victor: 4085.
Item 11: Arthur Pryor's Band, 1907: Carmen Selection (Bizet), 10 in. disc, Victor: 5074.
Item 12: Arthur Pryor's Band, 1905: The Climax Medley Overture (O'Hare), 10 in. disc, Victor: 4143.
Item 13: Arthur Pryor's Band, 1904-1906: Coon Band Contest (Pryor), 10 in. disc, Victor: 4069.
Item 14: Arthur Pryor's Band, 1908: "Distand Greetings" March (Doring), 10 in. disc, Victor: 5457.
Item 15: Arthur Pryor's Band, 1905-1907: "Dixie", 10 in. disc, Victor: 4350.
Item 16: Arthur Pryor's Band, 1904-1905: Forge in the Forest (Michaelis) Descriptive Idyl, 10 in. disc, Victor: 2789.
Item 17: Arthur Pryor's Band, 1905: Hawaiian Hymn, 10 in. disc, Victor:4401
Item 18: Arthur Pryor's Band, 1904: Meet Me in St. Louis Medley Waltz, 10 in. disc, Victor: 2960.
Item 19: Arthur Pryor's Band, 1905: Merry Wives of Windsor Overture (Nicolai), 10 in. disc, Victor: 4141.
Item 20: Arthur Pryor's Band, 1906: Priscilla (Henry) Colonial Intermezzo and Two Step, 10 in. disc, Victor: 4645.
Item 21: Arthur Pryor's Band, 1903: Rifle Regiment March, 10 in. disc, Victor:2585.
Item 22: Arthur Pryor's Band, 1904: Russian National Anthem, 10 in. disc, Victor: 2785.
Item 23: Arthur Pryor's Band, 1908: Ruy Blas Overture (Marchetti), 10 in. disc, Victor: 5430.
Item 24: Arthur Pryor's Band, 1905: The Sentry March (Haskin), 10 in. disc, Victor: 4161.
Item 25: Arthur Pryor's Band, 1905: Spanish Patriotic Airs: A. National Air-"Hymne de Riego" (Huerta), B. Royal March, 10 in. disc, Victor: 4201.
Item 26: Arthur Pryor's Band, 1905: Sylvia Ballet-Valse Lente (Leo Delibes), 10 in. disc, Victor: 4312.
Item 27: Arthur Pryor's Band, 1904: Vienna Beauties Waltz (Ziehrer), 10 in. disc, Victor: 2779.
Item 28: Pryor's Orchestra, 1903-1906: Stephanie Gavotte, 10 in. disc, Victor: 2591.
Item 29: Pryor's Orchestra, 1904: Uncle Sammy March, 10 in. disc, Victor: 2692.
Item 30: Sousa's Band, 1902-1903: The American Patrol, 7 in. disc, Victor: 382.
Item 31: Sousa's Band, 1902-1903: American Patrol, 10 in. disc, Victor: 382
Item 32: Sousa's Band, 1905: Amoureuse-Valse Lente (Berger), 10 in. disc, Victor: 4454.
Item 33: Sousa's Band, 1904: At a Georgia Camp Meeting, 10 in. disc, Victor: 315.
Item 34: Sousa's Band, 1902: The Blue and Gray Patrol, 10 in. disc, Victor: 1171.
Item 35: Sousa's Band, 1901: The Blue and Gray Patrol, 10 in. disc, Victor: 3260.
Item 36: Sousa's Band, 1905: Blue Bell-Humoresque (arr. Herman Bellstedt, Jr.), 10 in. disc, Victor: 4376.
Item 37: Sousa's Band, ca. 1899: The Chalatan March, 7 in. disc, Berliner: 076. Label comments: Arthur Pryor 4/22/99.
Item 38: Sousa's Band, 1906: Cherry-Two-step (Albert), 10 in. disc, Victor: 4867.
Item 39: Sousa's Band, 1901: A Coon Band Contest, 10 in. disc, Victor: 312.

Box 2

Item 1: Sousa's Band, 1904-1905: Creole Belles, 10 in. disc, Victor: 1182.
Item 2: Sousa's Band, 1905: Damnation of Faust (Berlioz), 10 in. disc, Victor: 4414.
Item 3: Sousa's Band, 1902: El Capitan March, 10 in. disc, Victor: 304.
Item 4: Sousa's Band, 1906: Flying Arrow (Holzmann) (Intermezzo Indienne), 10 in. disc, Victor: 4718.
Item 5: Sousa's Band, 1906: The Free Lance March (Sousa), 8 in. disc, Victor: 4699. Damaged.
Item 6: Sousa's Band, 1905: German Patriotic Air: "Die Wacht am Rhein" (Wilhelm), 10 in. disc, Victor: 4196.
Item 7: Sousa's Band, 1906: Hail to the Spirit of Liberty March (Sousa), 8 in. disc, Victor: 365. Damaged.
Item 8: Sousa's Band, 1903-1905: Handel's Largo, 10 in. disc, Victor: 1440.
Item 9: Sousa's Band, 1900-1901: Hands Across the Sea, 10 in. disc, Victor: 300.
Item 10: Sousa's Band, 1905: Hapsburg March (Kral) (Hoch Hapsburg), 10 in. disc, Victor: 4415.
Item 11: Sousa's Band, 1903-1912: A Hot Time in the Old Town, 10 in. disc, Victor: 316.
Item 12: Sousa's Band, 1903-1908: Invincible Eagle March (Sousa), 10 in. disc, Victor: 844.
Item 13: Sousa's Band, 1906: Iola-Intermezzo (Johnson), 10 in. disc, Victor: 4862.
Item 14: Sousa's Band, 1901: Jolly Fellows' Waltz, 7 in. disc, Victor: 1174.
Item 15: Sousa's Band, 1901: Jolly Fellows Waltz, 10 in. disc, Victor: 3246.
Item 16: Sousa's Band, 1902: La Paloma, 10 in. disc, Victor: 1190.
Item 17: Sousa's Band, 1906: La Sorella, 10 in. disc, Victor: 4744.
Item 18: Sousa's Band, 1902: The Liberty Bell March, 7 in. disc, Victor: 1193.
Item 19: Sousa's Band, 1902: The Lily Bells, 10 in. disc, Victor: 339.
Item 20: Sousa's Band, 1900-1901: The Mosquito Parade, 7 in. disc, Victor: 337. Damage.
Item 21: Sousa's Band, 1903: Narcissus, 10 in. disc, Victor: 354.
Item 22: Sousa's Band, ca. 1897: Nearer My God to Thee, 10 in. disc, Berliner: 8004. Label comments: Henry Higgens.
Item 23: Sousa's Band, 1902: Overture, Morning, Noon and Night, 10 in. disc, Victor: 1430.
Item 24: Sousa's Band, 1902: Patrol, Rose, Thistle and Shamrock, 7 in. disc, Victor: 1194.
Item 25: Sousa's Band, 1904: Poet and Peasant Overture, 10 in. disc, Victor: 1552.
Item 26: Sousa's Band, 1902: The Rajah March, 7 in. disc, Victor: 1443.
Item 27: Sousa's Band, 1905: Ramona (Johnson) (Indian Intermezzo and Two-Step), 10 in. disc, Victor: 4218.
Item 28: Sousa's Band, 1901: Semper Fidelis March, 10 in. disc, Victor: 1175. Damaged.
Item 29: Sousa's Band, 1910: Siamese Patrol (Lincke), 10 in. disc, Victor: 5766.
Item 30: Sousa's Band, 1906: Silence and Fun (Mullen), 10 in. disc, Victor: 4538.
Item 31: Sousa's Band, 1903-1908: Stars and Stripes Forever March, 10 in. disc, Victor: 306.
Item 32: Sousa's Band, 1902: The Star Spangled Banner, 10 in. disc, Victor: 336.
Item 33: Sousa's Band, 1903-1908: The Thunderer March, 10 in. disc, Victor: 1437.
Item 34: Sousa's Band, 1901: Valse, Rose von Schiras, 10 in. disc, Victor: 3443.
Item 35: Sousa's Band, 1902: Valse, "Rose von Shiras", 10 in. disc, Victor: 1831.
Item 36: Sousa's Band, 1905: The Warbler's Serenade, 10 in. disc, Victor: 1168.
Item 37: Sousa's Band, 1900-1901: Whistling Rufus, 7 in. disc, Victor: 361.
Item 38: Sousa's Band, 1900-1901: The White Rat March, 10 in. disc, Victor: A-371.
Item 39: Sousa's Band, 1904-1905: Zampa Overture, 10 in. disc, Victor: 363.
Item 40: U.S. Marine Band, 1907: Brooke's Triumphal March (Lietz) (Washington), 10 in. disc, Victor: 4910.

Box 3

Item 1: Bauernkappelle (Peasant), 1922-1923: Walzer-Potpourri No. /Walzer-Potpourri No. 2, 12 in. disc, Victor Batwing: 68612. Band with Male Chorus.
Item 2: International Concert Orchestra - Nathaniel Shilkret, director, 1926: Danube Waves-Waltz (J. Ivanovici)/Over the Waves-Waltz (Juventino Rosas), 12 in. disc, Victor: 35774
Item 3: International Novelty Orchestra, 1923: University Lancers-Part 1 (Theo. Moses-Tobani)/University Lancers-Part 2, 12 in. disc, Victor: 35723
Item 4: Kryl's Bohemian Band, 1911: Pepe Polka (J. Pebel)/Smes ces Kych pisni ("Gems of Bohemia"-Safranek), 12 in. disc, Victor: 68296. Damaged.
Item 5: Sir Harry Lauder: I'm Going to Marry 'Arry on the 5th of January (Lauder)/O'er the Hill to Ardenteny (Lauder), 12 in. disc, Victor: 55138.
Item 6: Harry Lauder, 1914: It's Nice to Get Up in the Mornin' But It's Nicer to Lie in Bed! (Lauder), 12 in. disc, Victor: 70107.
Item 7: Sir Harry Lauder, 1921: My Bonnie Bonnie Jean (Lauder)/Breakfast in Bed on Sunday Morn (Lauder), 12 in. disc, Victor: 55119.
Item 8: Sir Harry Lauder: I Love to Be a Sailor (Lauder)/We Parted on the Shore, 12 in. disc, Victor: 55118
Item 9: Sousa's Band, 1909: La Paloma (Yradier), 12 in. disc, Victor: 31727.
Item 10: Victor Military Band, 1916: America, I Love You--One-Step (Leslie-Gottler)/You'd Never Know That Old Home Town of Mine--Medley Fox Trot ("Along the Mississippie Shoe", "In the GLory of the Moonlight", "At the Old Plantation Bail", "You'd Never Know that Old Home Town of Mine"), 12 in. disc, Victor: 35516.
Item 11: Victor Military Band, 1916: Bugle Call Rag--Fox Trot/Some Sort of Somebody--Fox Trot (from "Very Good Eddie") ("Old Boy Neutral", "Babes in the Wood", and "Some Sort of Somebody"), 12 in. disc, Victor: 35533.
Item 12: Victor Military Band, 1916: I Can Dance with Everybody but My Wife--Medley One-Step ("I Can Dance with Everybody", "My Fox Trot Wedding Day", "The Indian Fox Trot Ball")/Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula--Medley Fox Trot ("Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula", "Long Live the Ladies"), 12 in. disc, Victor: 35546.
Item 13: Victor Military Band, 1917: I Can Hear the Ukuleles Calling Me--Medley Fox Trot ("Where the Black-Eyed Susans Grow", "If You Ever Get Lonely", "Sinbad Was in Bad All the Time", "I Can Hear the Ukuleles Calling Me")/Way Down in Arkansaw--Medley One-Step ("Dancing Down in Dixieland", "Way Down in Dixieland", "Way Down in Arkansaw"), 12 in. disc, Victor: 35635.
Item 14: Victor Military Band, 1916: If I Knock the "L" Out of Kelly--Medley Waltz (Including "By the Sad Luana Shore") (Bert Grant--Ray Goetz)/Canary Cottage--Medley One-Step ("It's Always Orange Day in California", "That Syncopated Harp", Old Man Methusalah") (Earl Carroll), 12 in. disc, Victor: 35579.
Item 15: Victor Military Band, 1914: La Brulante (One-Step or Turkey Trot) (Jessey M. Winne)/Sari Waltzes (Introducting "Love's Own Sweet Song", "Love Has Wings", "My Faithful Stradivari") (Kalman), 12 in. disc, Victor: 35364.
Item 16: Victor Military Band, 1917: So Long, Letty--Medley Fox Trot ("O'Brien is Tryin' to Learn to Talk Hawaiian", "When the Major Plays Those Minor Melodies", "So Long, Letty")/Pass Around the Apples Once Again--Medley One-Step (from "So Long, Letty") ("If the Good Die Young", "Blame it All on the Girls", "Mr. Patrick Henry Must Have Been a Married Man", "Pass Around the Apples Once Again"), 12 in. disc, Victor: 35612.
Item 17: Victor Military Band, 1917: The Two Two Dance (Arthur N. Green)/Broken Doll--Fox Trot or London Taps (James W. Tate), 12 in. disc, Victor: 35599.
Item 18: Evan Williams, 1915: The Lost Chord (Proctor-Sullivan), 12 in. disc, Victor: 74453.

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