Columbia History of Music, Volume I

Columbia History of Music by Ear and Eye, Volume I

Medieval & Renaissance
Various performers
Columbia (USA) set M 231 [78rpm x8, 25cm]

Contents:

This is a set of eight released 78rpm:

1. Columbia (Great Britain) 5710 [78rpm, 25cm] Examples of Plainsong
2. Columbia (Great Britain) 5711 [78rpm, 25cm] Anonymous - Dufay - Palestrina
3. Columbia (Great Britain) 5712 [78rpm, 25cm] Palestrina - Byrd
4. Columbia (Great Britain) 5713 [78rpm, 25cm] Bull - Farnaby
5. Columbia (Great Britain) 5714 [78rpm, 25cm] Norcome - Weelkes
6. Columbia (Great Britain) 5715 [78rpm, 25cm] Dowland - Anonymous (13th c.)
7. Columbia (Great Britain) 5716 [78rpm, 25cm] Pilkington - Morley
8. Columbia (Great Britain) 5717 [78rpm, 25cm] Weelkes - Gibbons

Playing time: ??' ??"

Performers, recording site and date:
See links above

Date of release:
ca 1930

Reviewed in:
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.):
La Revue musicale (Vol./#-p.):
Revue Disques (#-p.):

Comments:
Information from The Gramophone Shop Encyclopedia of Recorded Music (1942), WERM (1952 ed.) and Trinity College, Dublin. This recording is a part of a collection edited by Percy Scholes. Each Volume (5 in total) contains eight 10" (78rpm) discs, accompanied by a 52-page illustrated booklet and album.

Volume II:

Columbia History of Music by Ear and Eye, Volume II

Baroque
Various performers
Columbia (USA) set M 232 [78rpm x8, 25cm]

And another large series on Columbia from this era:

Anthology of English Church Music, vol. I & II

Various Choirs & performers
Columbia (UK) LB 91/95, LX 1283/1289 & LX 1379/1390 [78rpm x5, 25cm + x19, 30 cm]

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